INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING FORUM
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Purpose: The forum is designed to bring together colleagues who are working in the international arena on prevention science research, programs, and policies. This is an interactive forum and it is not a workshop nor is it a didactic session. Participation is key to the forum. The forum is sponsored by the International Task Force and each year, projects are addressed that will further the underlying goal of supporting and networking colleagues who work in the international arena.
International Task Force (ITF): The ITF is comprised of the following members: Brenda A. Miller, Chair, USA (bmiller@prev.org), John Toumbourou, Australia (john.toumbourou@deakin.edu.au); Moshe Israelashvili, Israel (mosheil1@post.tau.ac.il) ; Josipa Basic, Croatia (basic@erf.hr); Hanno Petras, USA (Hpetras@jbsinternational.com) ; Zili Sloboda, USA (zsloboda@jbsinternational.com); Jeff Lee , UK (jeff@mentorfoundation.org)
International Advisory Group: At this year’s forum, a group of advisors will be introduced. The purpose of this group is to provide a network of colleagues who can respond to the activities of the ITF to reflect their region. Our goal is to support these regional advisors as they work to strengthen the prevention science approach for their own regions.
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NIDA INTERNATIONAL POSTER SESSION
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
(3-034) STRATEGIES FOR LINKING THE SCIENCE OF PREVENTION TO WORLDWIDE EFFORTS TO CONTROL OBESITY, Regency B
Chair: Brenda Miller, PhD, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Presenters: James Hospedales, MD, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Benn McGrady, PhD, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, Steve Allender, PhD, Deakin University
This symposium examines strategic efforts currently being made to organize and promote prevention science to achieve public health advances related to obesity. The symposium was developed by the Society for Prevention Research International Task Force with the aim to continue the theme from last year’s conference of introducing participants to international efforts to promote healthy living and to feature the range of efforts emerging to control both childhood and adult obesity worldwide and to provide the SPR scientific community with worldwide programmatic efforts with the intent of linking our scientific efforts in a more substantive way.
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