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Greetings!
The 2003 NAASO Annual Meeting is right around the
corner! As final touches are added to program
scheduling, we are getting more excited about the
exceptional speakers, research findings and diverse
group of professionals that will assemble in
Fort Lauderdale.
One Committee that has had a challenging mission is
the
NAASO Awards Committee. The Awards Committee
recently met to select 5 finalists
for the Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award. One of
these 5 finalists will be awarded this honor after
presentations are reviewed during Annual Meeting.
Make sure you make a point to visit each of these
finalists during their presentation times. The finalists
are:
Ningping Feng, PhD
Stella P. Kim
Tanja V.E. Kral, MD
Chantal Michel, PhD
Hollie A. Raynor, MS
Congratulations to all and best of luck at Annual
Meeting!
| Annual Meeting Registration Deadlines Near! |
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Make your reservations today for NAASO's 2003 Annual
Scientific Meeting. Don't delay!
Advance Registration Deadline: Sept. 22
Last Day to Request Housing: Sept.
10
Please note that you must register for the meeting prior
to booking your hotel.
A new "Day-at-a-Glance" Program Guide is now
available online. Schedule your visit to Annual Meeting
with help of this handy guide.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Fort Lauderdale.
For Annual Meeting Registration and Information..... »
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| Free Online Obesity CME |
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Register today for your free online Obesity Education
course. Designed for the busy professional, these
courses are available through the NAASO website, 24
hours per day, 365 days per year.
Courses include Office Managment of
Obesity and Assessment and Management of
Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Course offerings
consist of information on managing patients in an office
setting, treatment alogorithms, counseling and
physical guidelines.
Since the launch of the Obesity online courses in the
spring, nearly 3,000 individuals have participated. Log
on today and register. You may bookmark the course
and return to complete the course at any time.
Register for a Free Online Obesity CME Course Today..... »
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| Student's Corner - Tips from the Professionals |
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This month's issue of the NAASO newsletter sees the
launch of a new section designed to provide career
guidance for graduate students and post-docs. Tips
from the Professionals will comprise pieces written
by different senior scientists. Each article will aim to
provide an expert's opinion on how best to facilitate
progression in your career. The focus of the articles will
alternate between industry and academia.
The first article in the series, which focuses on what to
do and what not to do during preparation and interview
for a job in a large genomics company, is written by
Alan Schafer PhD, a senior biotechnology consultant
from Cambridge, England. Alan works as an independent
consultant primarily serving venture capital firms and
early stage biotechnology companies.
Special thanks to Dr. Schafer for taking the time to
provide this informative piece and for being our very
first "professional."
Go to Tips from the Professionals.... »
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| Around NAASO |
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Regional notes from the
West
Judith Stern reports from the University
of California, Davis,
Peter Havel was awarded the Academic
Federation Excellence in Research Award. Marjorie
Freedman, PhD, spoke at the annual ASCN/ASNS
Public Information Committee symposium at FASEB.
Dr. Freedman is also busy working with the
San Jose Unified School District to sell more nutritious
food during break and lunch time.
Judy also writes that the UCLA Nutrition and Obesity
Training Program, under the direction of David
Heber has been renewed for five years by
NIDDK. A trainee from this program, Maryam
Sartippour, recived an American Cancer Society
Fellowship for two years and was also awarded the
Chancellor's Award for Portdoctoral Research at UCLA.
In Oregon, Jon Purnell, at Oregon Health
Sciences University has just had his GCRC funded
through the NCRR for a Body Energy and Composition
Core.
In Washington state, Michael Schwartz was a
speaker at NHLBI Think Tank on Priorities for Obesity
Research, gave the Distinguished Research Lecture at
University of Iowa School of Medicane and grand
rounds at Northwestern University School of Medicine.
Phew!
Steve E. Specter and Adam
Drewnowski co-chaired a workshop on food
insecurity and obesity in the US.
Congratulations to Brent Wisse on the birth of
a new daugher, Charlotte.
Regional Notes from Canada
Paul Boisvert reports that Jean-Pierre
Despres and Angelo Tremblay, are busy organizing
a continuing medical education conference called
Nutrition and Cardiovascular Diseases: Facts and
Controversies. The conference is scheduled
September 12 in Quebec city.
Read Regional notes in their entirety...... »
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| Case-Study of the Month - Call for Submissions |
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This spot is reserved for your Case-Study of the Month
report. You are
invited to send obesity-related unique and peculiar
cases encountered during the treatment of obesity.
This information sharing is expected to increase the
dialogue among the membership and promote
future collaborative projects, leading to the
advancement of knowledge in the field.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
The submission should not be more than 4000 words,
and should include Abstract (200 words),
Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and References
sections. Please follow Obesity Research
style guide for citing references. In addition, a 50 word
summary / short abstract should be included.
This 50 words note will be published in Obesity -
NAASO's newsletter, and will serve to attract
attention of newsletter readers to the case report,
which will be published online in a PDF format.
Please send your submissions electronically as a
Microsoft Word document attachment to the
Case Study editor, Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar (E-
mail:NikhilDhurandhar@wayne.edu). Submissions
will be reviewed and the editor's decision will be final.
Accepted case reports will be published online,
with links provided in Obesity, the new online
newsletter of NAASO and on the NAASO website,
www.naaso.org.
Read Previous Case-Study of the Month Reports....
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