Health and the environment

Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison (mgs@aae.wisc.edu)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:04:44 -0500

Howdy, all--

Thought this might interest you earthlings who live in bodies.

peace
misha

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From: Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network
<PACNET@idefix.spc.org.nc>
Via: Amy Gilman <agilman@ZOO.UVM.EDU>

Health & the Environment: Exploring Critical Connections
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This is a four-part teleconference series presented by The
University of Vermont Division of Continuing Education,
College of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Environmental
Program. This series educates participants on the
inter-dependence between the environment and human health
and analyzes actual or potential health problems of patients
from an environmental perspective. The program also
explores environmental causes of cancer,
asthma/bronchitis, and emerging infections -- including the
hantavirus; strategies for reducing/preventing the impact of
environmentally-related health conditions; and how to
encourage public policy changes to promote the protection of
human health for all citizens.

Nursing Contact Hours - 9.6 and
Continuing Medical Education Credits - 8.0.

Dates: April 5 & 12, May 3 & 10
Time: 1 - 3:00 pm ET
Sponsors: American Nurses Association
Nightingale Institute for Environment and Health
Physicians for Social Responsibility

For more information or to register call:
UVM Professional Programs at (800) 639-3188 x29,
E-mail us at profprog@zoo.uvm.edu
visit our Website at http://uvmce.uvm.edu/profprog.htm
or write to the Div. of Continuing Education,
30 South Park Drive, Colchester, VT 05446.

Early Bird Registration Deadline is 12 March 1999!

Featured speakers:
* Anthony Cortese, ScD, President, Second Nature Inc.,
Boston, MA
* Paul Epstein, MD, MPH, Associate Director, Center for
Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
* Timothy Ford, PhD, Director, Program in Water and Health,
Harvard School of Public Health
* Gene Likens, PhD, President, Institute of Ecosystem
Studies, Millbrook, NY
* Jean Richardson, PhD, Director, New England Environmental
Policy Center
* Barbara Sattler, RN, PhD, Director, Environmental Health
Education Center, University of Maryland
* Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, author, Generations at Risk
* Sandra Steingraber, PhD, author, Living Downstream: An
Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment

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Michele Gale-Sinex, communications manager
Center for Integrated Ag Systems
UW-Madison College of Ag and Life Sciences
Voice: (608) 262-8018 FAX: (608) 265-3020
http://www.wisc.edu/cias
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