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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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