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American Public Health AssociationInjury Control and Emergency Health Services SectionAPHA ICEHS Electronic News Vol. 8 No. 2February 2001***************************** APHA ICEHS Electronic News is circulated on the 15th of each month. CONTENTSFrom the Past Chair
Section News
General News
Position Announcements
* This item was also included in the previous edition of Electronic News ***************************** FROM THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: NOMINATIONS NEEDED!Are you interested in becoming more involved in ICEHS? Do you want to help shape our Section's future? If so, please run for an office! We are currently seeking nominations for the offices of Chair-Elect, Secretary-Elect, and Section Councilor (2 positions open). Please nominate yourself or a colleague (but make sure that colleague knows and agrees to run). Nominations are due February 22. To learn more about these positions, or to submit a nomination, please contact: Lisa Barrios, ph: (770) 488-3215, email: LBarrios@cdc.gov - Lisa C. Barrios, Past-Chair LBarrios@cdc.gov ***************************** SECTION NEWS:The First Annual Bill Haddon Birthday Blast!Why wait until October 2001 to get together again with your ICEHS colleagues? This year the ICEHS will sponsor local get-togethers for section members and their colleagues on the occasion of Bill Haddon's Birthday (May). You can volunteer to host the Bill Haddon Birthday Blast event in your city. Events could include scheduling a dinner at a local restaurant, hosting a "pot luck" picnic, or meeting at a local bar for a drink and munchies. If you are interested hosting a Birthday Blast activity for injury control professionals in area, please contact Cathy Gotschall, cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov, tel. (202) 366-1653, fax (202) 366-2559. - Catherine Gotschall, Chair-Elect cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov***************************** Update on Abstracts for Atlanta 2001As you may know, the abstract submission deadline has come and gone. A big 'thank you' goes out to those who did submit an abstract, as 158 were submitted this year. This is a lot fewer than last year, but evidently the number of abstracts submitted in most of the APHA sections and caucuses is lower this year, for unknown reasons. Keep in mind that through our blind, standardized, review process we have an acceptance rate for oral presentations that is approximately 50%. However, abstracts not accepted for an oral presentation may be eligible for a poster presentation. This year we've had a great response from members who are willing to serve as reviewers. This means that each reviewer will only have to review 3-4 abstracts, thereby not "burning anyone out" while helping us keep the Section's standards high. Although reviewers will have received their assigned abstracts around February 15th via on-line communication, they will not be able to access them on the Web site until after February 22nd. Reviewers will then have until April 5th to do the reviews. Notification about abstract acceptance is scheduled for May 30. As part of our goal of educating the public about the injury problem, we are actively soliciting co-sponsorship of sessions with other APHA sections. If you have any suggestions on this process or want to help, let us know. And finally, don't forget that if you are currently working on something that might be of interest to other Section/APHA members, you can submit it for the "Latebreakers" session later this Spring. Contact Lee Husting at eih8@cdc.gov or (770) 488-4244 for more information. - Planning Committee Co-Chairs (Maria Segui-Gomez, Andy Lincoln, Susanne Ogaitis-Jones) Contact us: (410) 955-2636 or mseguigo@jhsph.edu; alincoln@jhsph.edu; sogaitis@jhsph.edu. - Susanne Ogaitis-Jones, sogaitis@jhsph.edu ***************************** ICEHS Paper Newsletter is Now Published On-LineThe latest version of the ICEHS paper newsletter, Winter 2001, is now online. To view it, click HERE. Your browser should open another window. Note that you will not receive a hard copy of the paper newsletter (despite the name) if APHA has an e-mail address for you! APHA has decided that printed Section newsletters are to be replaced by this Web-based product as of January 2001. This change was strongly opposed by ICEHS leadership and by the leadership of many of the other Sections. APHA staff has promised that a limited number of printed copies will be available to send to members who don't have e-mail addresses. However, our Section Chair, David Lawrence, is working with the newsletter staff to find funding sources so that we may continue to publish a printed newsletter, rather than having two on-line newsletters. This version should continue to be published three times a year and will have more lengthy articles and less time sensitive information. Any submissions should go to Sarah Smith at scsmith@umich.edu. ICEHS members will receive an e-mail message from APHA when the paper newsletter is posted on the APHA Web site. If you did not receive notification of the on-line edition of the newsletter from APHA, and would like to receive it in the future, provide APHA Membership Services with your e-mail address at (202) 777-2400, or membership.mail@apha.org. If you have any colleagues that are Section members but do not have e-mail, please notify them that they should be receiving the printed newsletter. If not, they should contact APHA Membership Services at the above phone number or e-mail address. As a reminder, the electronic newsletter, E-News, is published simultaneously each month via e-mail and on the ICEHS Web site. If you prefer to read EN in HTML, simply click on the link http://www.icehs.org/news.htm at the top of this document. Complete archives of the E-News and paper newsletters are also housed at this location. I apologize for the confusion regarding this issue and we hope that we will be able to resolve it soon. - Theresa Cruz - Tcruz@carolinas.org***************************** Section Awards - Nominations Due February 23, 2001The time for submitting nominations for ICEHS Section awards has arrived. The awards, a description of the recognition, past awardees, and the deadline for submission are listed below. You may download the form in MS Word or in Acrobat format from the ICEHS Website (http://www.icehs.org). Please include a CV for the nominee with the form. If you have any questions contact Catherine Gotschall at: cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov or by telephone: 202-366-1653. The deadline for nominations for these three awards is Friday, February 23, 2001. Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, near the end of his/her career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in injury control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have had a significant and long-term impact on the field. Past Awardees: Julian Waller, Jess Kraus, Kathy Christoffel, Leon Robertson, Steve Teret, Pat Waller, Fred Rivara, Ellen Mackenzie, Jerome Baranik, Robert Verhalen, John States. Excellence in Science: To recognize an individual, at mid-career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in the science of injury control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have had a significant and long-term impact on the field. Past Awardees: Carol Runyan, Ted Miller, Arthur Kellermann. Public Service: To recognize outstanding dedication and leadership in injury practice and advocacy with contributions and achievements that have had a significant and long-term impact on the field of injury control and emergency health services. Past Awardees: Art Funke, Sara Brady, David Heppel, Jack Finklea, Lois Fingerhut, Sue Gallagher, Rick Smith, Liz McLoughlin, Murray Katcher, Andrew McGuire, Michael Finkelstein, Billie Weiss. - Catherine Gotschall, Chair-Elect cgotschall@nhtsa.dot.gov ***************************** GENERAL NEWS:Multimedia Injury Seminar Series on the WebThe Center for Injury Research and Control at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce that our recently concluded Injury Epidemiology Seminar Series is now fully accessible on the Web in streaming media RealPlayer Format: Fourteen presentations, each about an hour long, can be accessed in either high (audio, video and Power Point graphics) or low bandwidth versions (audio and graphics only). In addition, most original Power Point presentations are available to browse while watching or listening to the recorded lectures. Presentations cover a variety of topics, aimed at different levels of expertise, and are given by local and national speakers. They include:
It is difficult to estimate exactly how many simultaneous streams our Real Server will support, so if you have trouble linking to a lecture, please try again in a few hours. Any feedback on the usefulness of this series to you or your organization and comments on the presentation format would also be appreciated. Our sincere thanks to all the presenters and their organizations for making their talks accessible over the Internet. Thanks also to CDC/NCIPC for providing partial funding and support of this effort through the training component of our Injury Research Center grant and the Epidemiology Department for co-sponsoring this series. - Hank Weiss weisshb@MSX.UPMC.EDU***************************** Johns Hopkins Summer InstitutePrinciples and Practice of Injury Prevention The 10th Annual Johns Hopkins Summer Institute on Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention will be held from June 3-8, 2001, in Baltimore, MD. This one-week intensive course is for professionals new to the field of injury prevention and those who seek to broaden or advance their basic skills and knowledge. Many of the nation's leading experts in injury control from Johns Hopkins and from other institutions conduct the lectures and discussions. Small group exercises are held daily that enable participants to apply what they've learned in lecture and integrate this with previous experience. The week culminates with student presentations of their small group projects. For more information about the course, or about academic credits, contact Susanne Ogaitis-Jones, Ph: (410) 955-2636 Fax: (410) 614-2797, E-mail: sogaitis@jhsph.edu. See our Web site at www.jhsph.edu/Research/Centers/CIRP/ci03006.htm. - Susanne Ogaitis-Jones sogaitis@jhsph.edu***************************** POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTSNational Farm Medicine Center - Three PositionsThe National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC), a program of the Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Division of Marshfield Clinic, is expanding its program. AGRICULTURAL SAFETY SCIENTIST The NFMC Agricultural Safety Scientist is a position within the scientific tenure track system and this person will be responsible for planning and implementing a program of agricultural health and safety research and interventions. This individual is the content expert for production agriculture methods as they apply to the research and programmatic efforts of the NFMC, is a key member of the NFMC Leadership Group, and will supervise program staff assigned the ag safety initiatives which he/she is directing. Substantial background in agricultural engineering, production agriculture methods, occupational safety or related fields is required. Qualifications: Doctoral level degree in agricultural safety, occupational safety, or related field required. Minimum of five years of work experience. Qualified Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume to: Mary Treichel, Physician Recruitment, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: (800) 782-8581 ext. 19774. E-mail: treichem@mfldclin.edu. RESEARCH SPECIALIST INJURY PREVENTION The Research Specialist is responsible for carrying out a variety of activities associated with research studies related to childhood agricultural injury prevention. This individual will collaborate with several professional staff on various projects. Qualifications: Master's degree in health education, health promotion, occupational safety, or a related field. Minimum of five years of work experience in area(s) noted above. Previous experience working with rural populations is desirable. Working knowledge of agricultural hazards, child development, and public policy is highly desirable. Qualified Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume to: Jill Kupfer, Human Resources Representative, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: (715) 387-5341, Fax: (715) 387-5400, E-mail: kupferj@mfldclin.edu. RURAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST The Rural Health Communication Specialist will be responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating a wide range of multimedia (internet, radio, newspaper, newsletter, annual report) activities associated with the National Farm Medicine Center programs in order to be responsive to professional and general public audiences. Work will be conducted in collaboration with many different staff members, under the overall direction of the NFMC Director. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required in health education, health promotion, agricultural journalism, agricultural safety, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. Minimum of 3-5 years work experience in journalism, public relations, health communications is recommended. Working knowledge of rural agricultural health and safety is desirable. Qualified Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume to: Jill Kupfer, Human Resources Representative, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: (715) 387-5341, Fax: (715) 387-5400, E-mail: kupferj@mfldclin.edu. *****************************Research Assistant, New England Medical CenterA major national pediatric trauma project, located at the New England Medical Center in Boston, is looking to hire a research assistant. The job offers the opportunity of being associated with a very visible research project and of cooperating on publications for major medical journals. The candidate must have: experience with statistical oriented public health research, good working knowledge of data base management in VMS environment, good working knowledge of statistical packages (BMDP, SPSS), interest in learning many different aspects of pediatric trauma, strong computer skills, and attention to detail and the ability to work independently. Major job duties: data management, statistical analysis, creation/modification of data base routines, and regular interaction with off-site collaborators. Requirements for applicants: bachelors degree (Masters preferred) with an emphasis on public health, three to five years experience in public health or research, and ability to handle relational databases, statistical analysis, and database programming. For more information, or to send a resume, contact: Carla Di Scala, PhD, Director, National Pediatric Trauma Registry, New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box #75K-R, Boston, MA 02111. Telephone: 617-636-5037, Fax: 617-636-8173, E-mail: E-mail: cdiscala_tra@opal.tufts.edu - Jeannette Hudson, JHudson@edc.org***************************** Faculty Position in Injury Prevention, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa College of Public Health The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at The University of Iowa College of Public Health invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in injury prevention at the level of assistant or associate professor. Applications may also be considered at the level of faculty associate. The successful applicant will join the faculty of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and of the CDC-funded Injury Prevention Research Center. A secondary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology, or in the Division of Emergency Medicine is possible. Applicants should have an MD, PhD or other advanced professional degree with research experience related to the epidemiology of injury prevention. Strong epidemiological skills are required. The candidate should have publications in the peer-reviewed literature and demonstrated teaching ability. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding research productivity or promise. Interest and experience in preventing injuries in a rural context is desirable. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with interdisciplinary research teams is desirable. The University of Iowa offers a rich environment for collaborative research including a federally funded center in agricultural health and safety, a world class driving simulator, and a Level 1 Trauma Center. Please send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, and names of three references to Dr. Craig Zwerling, Chair, Search Committee, (#F1850) Attn: Wendy Jackson, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000. Our department is committed to increasing faculty diversity. The University of Iowa is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We strongly encourage women and minorities to apply. - John Lundell JLundell@mail.public-health.uiowa.edu ***************************** Closing Quote "To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, - William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Hamlet, Act IV Scene 5. |
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