Happy new year, everyone!

The 2012 Call for Abstracts for the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting is NOW OPEN!

The 2012 Theme is Prevention and Wellness Across the Lifespan and the Annual Meeting will be held from October 27 through October 31, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. For more information on the call for abstracts, visit the main page at http://apha.confex.com/apha/140am/oasys.epl

The deadline for submission of abstracts range from February 6 thru February 10, 2012 depending on the Section, SPIG, Caucus or Forum to which you wish to submit. All submissions will end at 11:59 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on the due date listed on the Call for Abstracts. The APHA Scientific Sessions are developed from abstracts that are submitted to APHA Sections, SPIGs, Caucuses, Forums and the Student Assembly during the abstract submission process.

Papers must present new information or viewpoints not previously published or presented. The acknowledged author must be listed or, in the case of a group, the chairperson must be listed as the author. Papers presented at the Annual Meeting remain the property of the author. While you do not need to be an APHA member to submit an abstract, presenters whose papers are accepted must be individual members of APHA to present their paper(s) at this meeting. Session organizers, moderators and presenters are required to pay the appropriate registration fee (full or one-day). All presenters must be registered by the Advanced Registration Deadline.

If you are unsure where your presentation would best fit in the program, visit this website: http://apha.confex.com/apha/140am/sessiontitlesearch.cgi?action=showResults (and note that transportation comes up in several areas).

Cheers,

Eloisa

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.