Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:43:45 -0500

From: Lori Marks <lnmarks@UMD.EDU>

Subject: Early Registration Deadline for 2008 AAHB Annual Scientific Meeting

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The conference theme is " Addictions: From Cells to Societies." If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone at 301-405-0056. We look forward to seeing you in California!

Lori N. Marks, PhD

Executive Director

The American Academy of Health Behavior

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#855

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:52:31 -0500

From: Elbert D Glover <eglover1@UMD.EDU>

Subject: Annual American Academy of Health Behavior meeting.

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The conference theme is " Addictions: From Cells to Societies." If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone at 301-405-0056. We look forward to seeing you in California!

Lori N. Marks, PhD

Executive Director

The American Academy of Health Behavior

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Elbert D. Glover, PhD, FASHA, FAAHB, FRIPH Professor & Chair University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health Department of Public & Community Health (PCH) Director, Center for Health Behavior Research (CHBR)

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#856

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:50:57 -0800

From: Mark Fulop <markfulop@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: Interesting study for data wonks

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I came across this and it undersores the influence of money on process. Great for inclusion in research courses when discussing bias.

Financial ties and concordance between results and conclusions in meta-analyses: retrospective cohort study Veronica Yank, Drummond Rennie, Lisa A Bero BMJ 2007;335:1202-1205 (8 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.39376.447211.BE

"What this study adds

Meta-analyses with financial ties to one drug company are no more likely than others to have results that favour the company’s drugs but are more likely to have favourable conclusions Editors and peer reviewers failed to prevent publication of biased conclusions in metaanalyses"

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Mark Fulop, MA, MPH

Portland, OR

"We have to fight for our futureâ€"for our America. Because when we look our children in the eye, what will we tell them? Will we be forced to say that we left this mess to them, because the challenges were just too great? Or will we be able to look at them and say that in the face of great challenges, we changed our country. We rose to the day. We fixed a broken system and made our country stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before. This is our moment."

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#857

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:27:26 -0400

From: "Michaela Conley, MA" <michaela@HPCAREER.NET>

Subject: Paid Ad: Director/Distinguished Professor @ Ball State U.

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Ball State University seeks a creative and committed leader to provide direction and oversight to all programs and operations of the Institute. Some of these areas include: academic degrees, certificate programs, and minors in wellness management and applied gerontology; wellness and gerontology services to the university community and off-campus constituencies; external funding procurement related to wellness and gerontology; and Institute promotion through research, scholarly writing, presentations, and leadership in professional organizations. This position is a full-time administrative position available July 1, 2008.

Students at this unique Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology are taught in an immersive learning environment; i.e., working and learning in community-based programs designed to provide wellness-enhancing services across the life span. Programs coordinated through the Institute and funded by community partners include the Community Center for Vital Aging (innovative service center), employee wellness and school wellness initiatives, and a wellness media project.

All programs are evaluated and results are disseminated locally and nationally through a variety of formats.

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*Minimum qualifications:* earned doctorate from an institution of higher education in a wellness and/or gerontology-related field; at least five years of successful university experience, including teaching, supervising, and administration or equivalent experience in a wellness and/or gerontological setting; record of success in external funding; extensive knowledge of the theory and practice of wellness and/or gerontology; demonstrated ability to lead, manage, and coordinate an interdisciplinary academic department; demonstrated scholarly activity in wellness and/or gerontology; effective verbal and written communication skills; record of activity and participation in professional organizations and programs related to wellness and/or gerontology at regional or national levels; firm commitment to academic excellence. *Preferred qualifications:* over five years of successful university experience, including teaching, supervising, administration, and partnership development or equivalent experience in a wellness and/or gerontological setting; experience with federal funding agencies; experience with immersion learning and interdisciplinary program development; knowledge of and scholarly activity in both wellness and gerontology practice.

Send letter of application, vita, and four letters of recommendation

to: Dr. David Haber, Chairperson, Search Committee, Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306.

Ball State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.

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