AAPHP News
Volume 1 Issue 1
January 17, 2000

Please send any items of interest, comments or constructive suggestions to the editor (Virginia M. Dato MD MPH) at aaphp@iname.com.

AAPHP news is produced whenever several items of possible interest accumulate

1. Feedback is needed for our March Membership meeting: We are considering a teleconference option if there is enough interest and we may have a choice of two locations . Our general membership meeting will be March 23, 2000 in Atlanta GA in conjunction with Prevention 2000. The physical setting will either be Grady Hospital (arranged by Board Trustee Erica Frank MD MPH) or the Atlanta Hilton. The Grady Hospital option will be less expensive. PLEASE EMAIL aaphp@iname.com if you would consider attending BY TELEPHONE or if you HAVE A PREFERENCE IN SITES IF ATTENDING IN PERSON.

2. One-day educational conference March 10, 2000
"Drinking Water and Disease: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know" in Washington, DC for physicians, nurses and public health professionals on the topic of . AAPHP is a co-sponsor with Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)

3. Selected sessions from the Healthy People Conference "Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium" in Washington DC 1/24 to 1/28 will be available via satellite and Internet. The website with all of the information is at: http://www.health.gov/partnerships/  Click on the link to this session on the AAPHP home page.

4. APHA ABSTRACT submission deadlines are 2/1/00 to 2/5/00 see http://apha.confex.com/ for details.

5. PREVENTION 2000 The 17th Annual National Preventive Medicine Meeting March 23 - 26, 2000 Atlanta Hilton & Towers, Atlanta, Georgia AVAILABLE  ONLINE Online Conference Registration* Current Program Information http://www.prevention-meeting.org/

6. EMPLOYMENT: FROM ATPM NEWS CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Physicians for Social Responsibility to Host Conference on "Drinking Water and Disease: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know" Physicians for Social Responsibility is hosting a one-day conference entitled "Drinking Water and Disease: What Every Health Care Provider Should Know". The conference, which is jointly sponsored by CDC and ATSDR, will be held in the Washington DC area on Friday, March 10, 2000.
   This conference, intended primarily for physicians, nurses, and public health professionals, has the following objectives:  Educating health professionals on the new Consumer Confidence Reports now required by EPA; * Increasing understanding among health professionals about potential contaminants in local drinking water supplies, potential health effects, vulnerable populations and appropriate medical responses; * Improving physician diagnostic skills with regard to illness due to environmental hazards; and * Identifying ways that health professionals can get involved in protecting and cleaning up drinking water sources in their communities.
   Additional information and on-line registration are available on PSR's web site, http://www.psr.org  or you can call PSR at 202-898-0150.

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This is reprinted from ATPM news. CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a recognized academic leader with demonstrated commitment to medical education, research, and service. Candidates will possess proven leadership and management skills, and significant expertise in medical and/or graduate education. Requirements include a PhD and/or MD degree or equivalent and academic credentials for a tenured faculty appointment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Send a letter of application or nomination with curriculum vitae, to

Professor Daniel Albert, M.D., Chair, Preventive Medicine / Chair Search Committee,
c/o Margie Martin, 1205 Medical Sciences Center,
1300 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
Fax: 608-265-8796
E-mail: msmartin@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Applications from minorities and women are encouraged. To ensure full consideration, send applications by February 15, 2000. Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. The University of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.