The theme of this year’s conference, which is being held from November 7 – 11, 2009, is "Water and Public Health." While many take clean drinking water for granted, water is a limited resource and the demand for more water is increasing. Today’s public health officials are struggling to find new ways to provide safe, clean drinking water for Americans without compromising water supplies for future generations.
Yet, the demand is not limited to just the United States. According to the APHA, more than one billion people across the globe lack access to safe drinking water, and water supply systems face constant threats including chemical contamination, waterborne disease, supply shortages and outdated infrastructure.
Researchers from the School of Public Health will be actively involved in a number of discussions, panels and presentations on a wide-variety of public health concerns. For instance, Dr. Nicole Vaughn, a professor at the School of Public Health, is leading a panel entitled, "Constructing a Community Mobilization Team in a CBPR Framework: How do you build collaboration, connection and capacity from within the community?" and participating in "Building Strong Community Leaders: Working to Prevent Youth Violence in Philadelphia through a Focus on Leadership Skills Development."
In addition, Dr. Seth Welles will be presenting research about antiretroviral therapy among HIV positive patients. Additional faculty presenting at the conference include Dr. Mariana Chilton, Dr. Michael Yudell, Dr. Dennis Andrulis, Dr. Longjian Liu, Dr. Curtis Cummings and Dr. Marcia Polansky.
A complete schedule and locations of all School of Public Health faculty, students and staff at the conference will be announced shortly.
For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.apha.org/meetings/sessions.