6th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters
May
6-9, 2007
Torrance, CA
Opening
Keynote Speaker
Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM
Director, Asia-Pacific Center for Biosecurity, Disaster and Conflict Research
and Professor in Tropical Medicine, Public Health and Epidemiology, John A.
Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii;
Senior
Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Harvard School of Public Health
Public Health and the Human Cost of War
Tuesday
Keynote Speaker
Invited Speaker: Jon T. Perez, PhD
Team Leader USPHS Mental Health Team II, United States Public Health Service,
USPHS Hospital
New Public Health Directions from a Federal Perspective
Closing
Keynote Speaker
Lucile Jones, PhD
Project Chief, Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project
U.S. Geological Survey
150th Anniversary of the Fort Tejon Earthquake
Conference Details
About
the Conference:
The public health consequences of natural and intentional disasters cut across
many substantive areas. This unique multidisciplinary conference will bring
together academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers from public
health, mental health, community disaster preparedness and response, social
sciences, government, media, and non-governmental organizations.
Conference
Goal:
To provide an annual forum that continues to promote a dialogue and exchange
of ideas between local health departments and others involved in improving emergency
public health preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Conference
Objectives:
By the end of the Conference, participants will be able to:
Who
Should Attend this Conference:
The Conference is designed for public health professionals as well as individuals
and organizations from both the public and private sectors involved in emergency
public health preparedness and response. The diverse topics will be relevant
to public health and medical practitioners, emergency medical services professionals,
researchers, and managers involved in the wide range of emergency public health
issues resulting from natural and human-generated disasters.
Poster
Session:
The UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters will host a student poster session
on Sunday, May 6, 2007, 6:30-9:00pm. This poster session will be held in conjunction
with the evening reception; therefore, allowing presenters to explain their
research and network with conference attendees.
Please note that posters should be on display by 6:00pm on Sunday night. Poster session participants should also plan to be available for the duration of the reception to informally discuss their poster and answer any questions from conference attendees.
If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact Nicole Brzeski at 310-794-0864 or nbrzeski@ucla.edu. Additional information and guidelines as well as a registration form will be provided in the Call for Student Abstracts.
Continuing
Education:
CPHD is offering the following Continuing
Education credits:
Health Educators, CHES:Sponsored by the Pacific Public Health Training Center, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive Category I CECH in health education. PPHTC Provider Number: CA1162; NCHEC Provider Number: MEP2364. CPHD will issue a certificate of attendence with indication of the total CHEC earned.
Nurses, BRN: Continuing Education for BRN is provided by the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care. UCLA CPC is an approved CE Provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP-12416. Course objectives available upon request. The Center for Prehospital Care will issue a certificate of attendence with indication of the total contact hours earned.
Registration
Fees:
Standard Registration: $450 (on or after April 7, 2007)
Student Registration: $175 (letter from Program Director required)
Fee covers all materials, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, and 1 evening reception.
Checks and Purchase Orders: Please complete the pdf registration form and fax to 310-794-0889 or mail to 1145 Gayley Avenue, Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Checks must be made payable to the UC Regents. Please send faxes or mailed envelopes to the attention of Event Coordinator. Upon receipt of your completed registration form, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided. Please confirm that all contact information, including email address, is correct.
Credit Card Online Registration: Please complete the secure online registration form. There are two steps for the online registration process and both must be completed for registration to be successfull. After registering online, an email confirmation will be sent to indicate that the registration process has been completed successfully. Before submission, please confirm that all contact information, including email address, is correct.
If you have any questions, please contact Chara Burnstein at 310-794-0864 or via email at cphdevents@ucla.edu.
Where:
Torrance
Marriott Hotel
3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503
Tel: 800-228-9290
or 310-316-3636
Fax: 310-543-6076
www.marriotthotels.com/laxtr
Accommodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the special rate of $139/night plus tax.
Please book directly with the hotel and indicate that you are attending the
UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters. The block of rooms will be reserved
until April 20, 2007, after which prevailing rates and availability will apply.
Rooms may sell out early, so please book a room as soon as possible. (Note:
This room rate is applicable for stays beginning Saturday, May 5, 2007 through
Wednesday, May 9, 2007.)
The
hotel is conveniently located approximately 10 miles south of Los Angeles International
Airport. The hotel does not provide shuttle service. Taxi fare to the hotel
is about $25; shared ride vans are about $13.
Helpful
Travel Planning Sites:
www.supershuttle.com
– SuperShuttle
www.weather.com –
Current Weather Information
Past Conferences
5th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 21-24, 2006
4th UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 1-4, 2005
Third UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 16-19, 2004
Second UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters, May 18-21, 2003
First UCLA Conference on Public Health and Disasters April 11-14, 1999