HMS Center of Excellence Sponsored Events

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Other Events

• 2007 Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women’s Health
  The purpose of this conference is to share information and best practices to increase awareness of the needs of women and families living in rural and frontier areas and gain hands on experience with programs that work.
  August 13-15, 2007
  
  
• CDC Cancer Conference: Meeting Future Challenges
  August 13-16, 2007
  Atlanta, Georgia
  
  
• Women of Color: Addressing Disparities, Affirming Resilience, and Developing Strategies for Success
  This Summit is the third (1997, 2004) to address health disparities among women of color living in the United States. The goal of this Summit is to focus on the often unrecognized threats to health experienced by women of color, by 1) building on knowledge gained in previous conferences and identifying distinct health issues disproportionately impacting minority women; and 2) highlighting successful models of health promotion and prevention.
  August 23-26, 2007
  Hyatt Regency Capital Hill, Washington D.C.
  
  
• 4^th Annual Women’s Health Research Conference: Hot Topics in Mature Women's Health
  This year’s Research Conference keynote “The Menopausal Transition: What We Are Learning About Menopause and Healthy Aging” will be given by Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Washington.  Other speakers and topics include: Targeting the Estrogen Receptor in Post-Menopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Strategies, Benefits, and Risks; Pharmacotherapeutic Issues Concerning Cardiovascular Risk for Women; Mental Health Issues in Mature Women; Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment. The Conference will include a poster session and a women’s health resource fair.  There is a $25 registration fee (waived for students). 
  September 17, 2007
  McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Cancer Rehabilitation: The New Frontier
  Sponsored by the Cotting Connection:Please join us for this innovative two-day program designed to introduce health care practioneers, exercise and fitness professionals and survivors themselves to the treatments that breast cancer patients undergo in the battle of their lives. Women are being diagnosed more often and at younger ages than ever before. The statistics are simply staggering. The good news is that survival rates are improving every day. Once active treatment ends women are anxious to return to their every day lives. Our goal at Cotting Connection is to help them do that safely. We will have several keynote speakers from some of Boston’s most prestigious hospitals. Please take a look at our web site for more detailed information on this ground breaking event, or for more information please call: Robyn Becker, 617-795-2214
  October 5^th & 6^th
  Simmons College - Boston
  

• 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of Wellness
  This groundbreaking event will unite health professionals, business entrepreneurs, and government leaders at all levels who are dedicated to health promotion, chronic disease prevention, health preparedness, birth defects, disabilities, genomics, and wellness.
  November 27-29, 2007
  Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.

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