Annual Meetings - Virginia 2008
The 2008 U21 Health Sciences annual meeting is being hosted by The University of Virginia (UVa) in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The annual meeting is scheduled to run from Wednesday 17 September 2008 and will conclude at lunch on Friday 19 September 2008. The multidisciplinary programme will run over three mornings (17-19 September) and individual discipline group meetings will take place over two afternoons (17-18 September).
View the meeting programme [PDF 31.7kB]
Associated events include an e-health symposium (16 September) and a nursing doctoral student forum (15-16 September).
View the e-health symposium agenda [PDF 22.8kB]
For the first time this year, a workshop to progress the U21 United Nations Millennium Goal Development (UN MDG) initiative will take place on Sunday September 14 (4pm - 6pm) and Monday September 15 (8.30am - 4pm). The organizers of this workshop will host a dinner on Sunday 14 September for participating faculty members and students.
View the UNMDG workshop programme [PDF 18.6kB]
Discipline group meeting programmes:
View the dentistry group programme [PDF 48.3kB]
View the nursing group programme [PDF 44.6kB]
View the health and rehabilitation sciences programme [PDF 29.8kB]
Social events include a welcome reception at the home of Dr Arthur (Tim) Garson, former Dean of UVa's School of Medicine and now Executive Vice President and Provost of UVa.
The U21 Health Sciences formal dinner will take place on Wednesday 17 September. A cocktail reception and group photograph will take place prior to the dinner.
The discipline group dinners will be held in private rooms at the Omni Hotel on Thursday 18 September. Delegates will cover their own costs at the discipline group dinners.
At the conclusion of the U21 Health Sciences meeting, delegates will have the opportunity to visit Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello.
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