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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:01:29 -0600
From: "Forys, Linda (PHES)" <lforys@HARRISCOUNTYHEALTH.COM>
Subject: PHEHP Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations now being accepted
DEADLINE: April 29, 2005
Are you a member of APHA's Public Health Education & Health Promotion Section?
Do you know someone that has contributed to the field of health education,
health promotion or health communication? If yes, then nominate your peers for a
PHEHP Award - =20
Sponsors may obtain complete nomination packets and more information about each
award from the PHEHP website www.jhsph.edu/hao/phehp.
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The section recognizes individuals in five award categories. In order to be
nominated, a PHEHP Section member must sponsor an award candidate.
For the Early Career, Distinguished Career and Sarah Mazelis Awards, the nominee
must be must be a PHEHP Section member. However, nominees for the Mayhew
Derryberry and Mohan Singh Awards may be a member of any Section within APHA.
The awards include:
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Current Section Members Eligible
Distinguished Career Award - for outstanding contribution to the practice and
profession of health education, health promotion and/or health communications.
The awardee must have earned a terminal degree 10 years or more prior to
receiving the award.=20
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Early Career Award - for outstanding contribution to the practice and profession
of health education, health promotion and/or health communications. . The
awardee must have earned a terminal degree less than 10 years prior to receiving
the award.
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Sarah Mazelis Award - for an outstanding practitioner in health education. The
awardee will have spent at least five years as a health education, health
promotion and/or health communications practitioner.
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Current Section and/or APHA member eligible
Mayhew Derryberry Award - for outstanding contribution of behavioral scientists
to the field of health education, health promotion and/or health communications
research or theory.
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Mohan Sing Award - for the use of humor to promote better health education,
health promotion and/or health communications practice.
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Being honored by your professional peers has very special meaning to people.
Acknowledge some of the professionals who have been important to your career or
who, in your mind, have made important contributions to the field by nominating
them for one of these prestigious awards.
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For clarification and submission of nomination packets contact: Donna
Pearson-Beal, Awards Committee Co-Chair, Program Director, American Lung
Association of Santa Barbara and Ventura Co., 1510 San Andres St., Santa
Barbara, CA 93101, 805/963-1426, 805/962-2843 FAX or donna@lungsbvc.org OR Linda
Forys, Awards Committee Co-Chair, Director of Health Education, Harris County
Public Health and Environmental Services, Health Education Division, 2223 West
Loop South, Houston, TX 77027, 713/439-6291, 713/439-6060 FAX or lforys@harriscountyhealth.com
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Linda Forys, EdM, CHES
Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
2223 West Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone: 713-439-6291
E-mail: lforys@harriscountyhealth.com
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#215
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:56:24 -0500
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS News Alert, March 24, 2005 - Avian Flu Vaccine Being Tested on
'Fast Track'
CHHCS News Alert - March 24, 2005
Avian Flu Vaccine Being Tested on 'Fast Track':
Concerned about the possibility of an epidemic of avian influenza in humans, the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the U.S. National
Institutes of Health announced today that it's recruiting healthy adults "on a
fast track" for a trial of a possible vaccine against the infection.
http://www.healthinschools.org/2005/March24_alert.asp
Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW #505
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-3396
Fax: (202) 466-3467
www.healthinschools.org
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#216
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:42:03 -0500
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: CHHCS Grant Alerts - March 24, 2005
CHHCS Grant Alerts - March 24, 2005
Funding Available to Support Recruitment and Retention of New Dental
Faculty:
The American Dental Association Foundation has announced a Request for Proposal
titled "Enhancing the Dental School Faculty Workforce" to stimulate the
development of innovative methods to recruit and retain new dental faculty
members.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops272.asp
Consumer Health Foundation - Improving Access to Health Care in Washington, DC
Area:
The Consumer Health Foundation has announced funding through its Improving
Access to Health Care program. The purpose of the program is to improve access
to quality health care services for individuals living in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops273.asp
Student Social Venture Fund at NYU Stern Invites Applications for Inaugural
Grant Cycle in New York City:
The Student Social Venture Fund, a new student-run venture philanthropy fund at
New York University's Stern School of Business, has announced a Request for
Proposals for its inaugural grant cycle. During the Spring
2005 grant cycle the fund will award grants to organizations that provide
support to thirteen- to nineteen-year-olds who are transitioning to their next
level of education.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops274.asp
Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW #505
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 466-3396
Fax: (202) 466-3467
www.healthinschools.org
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