This 3½ day conference will include a panel featuring state and local health directors, with Dr. Kevin Stephens, the New Orleans Health Director; sessions on a wide range of critical issues including future pandemics; food safety; the long-term threat of obesity; disaster response in the wake of Katrina; and more. Surgeon General Richard Carmona will deliver the keynote address. Continuing education credits will be available for a broad array of professions.

The conference, sponsored by the Commissioned Officers Association, will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The BOTC will be offered both before the conference (June 3-5) and after it (June 10-12). The conference will open with a keynote speech by Surgeon General Richard Carmona followed by a panel discussion featuring former Surgeons General C. Everett Koop, Julius Richmond, Jocelyn Elders, David Satcher, and Jesse Steinfeld. Topics covered during the 3 1/2 day conference will include: emergency/ disaster response; global health; food safety; obesity; health effects of climate change; post-traumatic stress disorder; environmental health; and more.

The conference is a great opportunity to earn significant continuing education credits and to network. Affiliated events will include a Career Development Seminar, a Retirement Seminar, and physical fitness testing.

Many thanks to our friends at http://www.somethingnewinvitations.com for supplying us with the party invitations for our annual dinner party. To all that attended, our thanks also.

2008 USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium, Tucson AZ

Subcommittee Members:
CAPT Robert Linkins
CDR Christine Benally
LCDR Boris Aponte
LCDR Marco Bennett, Co-Chair
LCDR Maleeka Glover, Co-Chair
LCDR Henraya McGruder
LCDR Matthew Newland
LT Paul Seo

The 2008 Symposium will be held at the Tucson Convention Center during the week of June 8, 2008.

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