When: Thursday, October 17, 2013
Time: 8:30am–4:30pm
Where: Student Union Ballroom, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
About the Conference
This conference will provide a crossroad for health professionals, researchers, practitioners, and educators to engage in the translation and dissemination of scientific information integrating health, workplace, and the environment.
Who Should Attend
All interested people, including health promotion, public health, and health insurance professionals, environmental and occupational health professionals, federal, state, and local health agency officials and staff, administrators, managers, practitioners, researchers, academics, students, policy makers, and all other health, workplace, and environmental related professionals are encouraged to attend.
Featured Speakers
 Dr. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
 Ms. Rosalyn Cama, President, Cama Inc. |
 Dr. Michele Gelfand, Profesor, University of Maryland |
 Martin Cherniack, Profesor, UConn Health Center |
The afternoon speakers are grantees of the CPH-NEW Pilot Grant Program. The RFA for the request for applications can be found on the CPH-NEW website. Deadlines for letters of intent is October 15, 2013.
Making Connections
Conference attendees will have networking opportunities by participating in the "Making Connections" round table discussions during the extended lunch session. If you would like to facilitate a "Making Connections" table, please send your topic of discussion to martinus.evans@uconn.edu by August 25, 2013. Table topics will be assigned based on appropriateness and interest of topic
Presented by
The University of Connecticut Center for Environmental Health and Health Promotion in conjunction with the Center for the Promotion of Health in The New England Workplace and the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development
For more information contact
Pouran D. Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM, Professor, Health Promotion: Conference Chair, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Email:pouran.faghri@uconn.edu, Phone: 860-486-0018 Or Martinus Evans, BS: Staff Coordinator, Email:martinus.evans@uconn.edu, Phone: 860-486-1773.