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PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation
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Clinical Support Center,
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Category Day Agenda Highlights

The following are highlights for each of the 11 profession/category-specific meetings on Tuesday, May 25. Detailed agendas will be posted in February.

Dentists

  • Access to Care/Oral Health Disparities
  • Oral Surgical Techniques for the General Practitioner
  • Restorative Clinical Dentistry


Dietitians

  • Food as Medicine
  • Sports Nutrition
  • Nutrition Assessment


Engineers

  • Improving Water Sanitation
  • Incorporating Prevention through Design in Consensus Standards
  • Financial Benefits of LEED Buildings


Environmental Health Officers

  • Risk Profile on Norovirus
  • Salmonella in Mexican Green Onions
  • Environmental Public Health Leadership


Health Services Officers

  • Myths and Realities of the HSO Promotion Precepts
  • Afternoon round tables on more than 20 topics


Medical

  • FDA Expectations of Clinical Investigators
  • HIV Updates
  • Reducing Emergency Room visits due to adverse events from high risk medications


Nurses

  • Building Healthier Communities
  • Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010 and Beyond
  • Nursing's Role in Eliminating Health Care Disparities


Pharmacists

  • Outreach to Minority Communities
  • The Science of HIV Prevention
  • Pharmacy-Managed Influenza Clinic


Scientists

  • The Invisible Lung Cancer Risk in Homes
  • Trends in Workforce Availability during Emergency Response at CDC
  • Investigation of Household Drinking Water Sources and Contaminant Exposures in the Navajo Nation


Therapists

  • Total Joint Pre-Operative Care
  • Healthy People 2020
  • Managing the Difficult Patient


Veterinarians

  • Veterinary Special Pathogens
  • Veterinary Role in H1N1 Response
  • USDA: Special Assignment in Brazil


 

revised Jan 2010


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