June 1, 2003
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The American Medical Informatics Association held a conference in Atlanta in May 2001 at which public health officials and specialists in public health informatics sought to develop recommendations for strengthening informatics in public health.
September 1, 2003
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A software development firm specializing in public health software studied the potential design for a centralized information system that would allow public health officials to combine data from separate databases holding a community's public health information.
October 1, 2003
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The National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, studied the problem of injury in America. A special focus of the project was to examine the accomplishments of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
October 1, 2003
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The National Association of County and City Health Officials provided video streaming via the World Wide Web of seven sessions of its 2002 annual conference, "Working in a Changing World: Strengthening Public Health Preparedness."
December 1, 2003
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Experts from the social, behavioral, physiological and medical sciences developed a plan to study how the extent to which people are socially connected (that is, have relationships with others) affects their physical health.
December 1, 2003
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A physician-scientist in the pediatric residency training program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington received a one-year fellowship to work in Washington, contributing to the development of health-related research and policy statements.
December 1, 2003
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A team of scientists, business leaders, doctors, security professionals and others formed the New England Collaborative for Public Health Preparedness to bring a regional focus to local planning against bioterrorism and other biological threats.
December 1, 2003
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The Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, published and disseminated a book entitled Emergency Preparedness: Bioterrorism and Beyond.
December 1, 2003
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.
December 1, 2003
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The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Boston, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly sponsored a national conference, "The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century," held June 17-19, 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia.