Events and Seminars

All events and seminars listed are open to CDC’s partners. For more information, contact the POC listed.

November 2009

An Iconography of Contagion: An Exhibition of 20th Century Health Posters
Sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences.  Additional support provided by the Presidents' Circle Communications Initiative of the National Academies. In Atlanta, the exhibition is sponsored by CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum.

Description: On view in the Global Health Odyssey Museum until January 29, 2010, An Iconography of Contagion: An Exhibition of 20th Century Health Posters features more than 20 health posters spanning the 1920s to the 1990s, from North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The exhibition covers infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, gonorrhea, and syphilis. The posters show the interplay between public understanding of disease and social values, reflecting the fears and concerns of the time, and the state of medical knowledge. And they show how beautiful and entertaining images and designs were used to educate the public on matters of life and death.
Dates and Times: September 28, 2009–January 29, 2010
Location: Global Healthy Odyssey Museum, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, Roybal Campus, Atlanta, GA
Contact: Judy M. Gantt, (404) 639-0831

Planning for a Pandemic: Can History Inform Action? (Webcast)
Hosted by Public Health Reports

Description: This Public Health Reports Meet the Author Webcast brings together public health historians and practitioners to connect the U.S. experience of the 1918 flu pandemic to the ongoing practice issues facing influenza preparedness planning.

The program will address cutting-edge questions including the following:

• How did diverse communities and local leaders respond to the 1918 flu?
• How can these responses inform contemporary planning?
• How are these lessons being applied to inform the U.S. response to H1N1?
• What are the implications for planning at the local level, both in urban and rural America?

Dates and Times: November 30; 1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m., EST
Location: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/941279587
Contact: Jean Schumacher at (202) 296-1099

December 2009

15th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference
Hosted by CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health

Description: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) conference organizers invite you to join MCH professionals in sharing experiences, enhancing knowledge and generating new ideas for improved MCH data use and informed policymaking. This year’s theme is Making Methods and Practice Matter for Women, Children and Families. Who should attend? Health professionals working with maternal and child health data, programs, or policies, particularly at the national, state, tribal and local levels, including the following:

• Epidemiologists 
• Program specialists 
• Evaluators 
• Data analysts 
• Clinicians 
• Community advocates 
• Policymakers 
• Researchers 
• Students

Dates and Times: December 9–11
Location: Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida

Contact: Mattea Campbell Langel or Mark Law
(e-mail: mchepireg@unmc.edu; phone: 402-561-7500)