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Presidents Corner
Our annual meeting is set for June 12-13, 2001 at Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. We invite all members to attend. The meeting will last half a
day longer than last year.
This year, we had a record number of abstracts submitted for review.
There is great depth in the quality of the material that will be
presented. This reflects the diversity and strength of the research done
by the members of the organization. The competition for the student
papers was also intense. We have a lot to be proud of, but much also
remains to be accomplished.
I wish to thank the officers who have served the organization in the
past several years. Our sincere appreciation and thanks to our out-going
Secretary, Suzan Carmichael. We will surely miss her.
We welcome the incoming officers and wish them well.
Once again I appeal to members to volunteer to serve the
organization, as officers or committee members. The reward is
substantial and the pain, minimal.
See you in Toronto.
— Edem Ekwo, MD, MPH
La Rabida Children’s Hospital & Research Center, Chicago |
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Abstract Review
This was our first year to do electronic abstract submissions. Thanks
to Cheryl and Ed Prince, of Prince Management Consultants, for
developing
the system and making it a success!
Thanks also to Russ Kirby and Mary Hediger for coordinating the
review process, and to our many reviewers:
Melissa M. Adams
Cande V. Ananth
Germaine M. Buck
Pierre Buekens
James Collins
Michael Cooperstock
Larry Edmonds
Elena Fuentes-Afflick
Mary L. Hediger
Wendy L. Hellerstedt
Claudia Holzman
Thomas C. Hulsey
Russell S. Kirby
Mark A. Klebanoff
Michael S. Kramer
Samuel Lesko
Pauline Mendola
T. Michael O’Shea
Dona Schneider
Kenneth Schoendorf
Patricia H. Shiono
Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Jim Zhang
Next Meeting
Our 2002 meeting will take place at the Marriott Desert Springs
Resort in Palm Desert, California, June 17-18.
CME Credits
CME credits will be available for attendance at the Annual Meeting.
Please see the registration section of our web-site for further
information regarding meeting objectives and accreditation.
Contact Information
Until the meeting in June when new officers begin their terms,
please contact the current Secretary, Suzan Carmichael, for information
about the annual meeting and general information about SPER sca@cdbmp.org
or (510) 434–5342).
After the meeting, you may contact our new Secretary:
Anna Maria Siega-Riz
UNC School of Public Health Maternal and Child Health
407D Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Ph: 919-962-8410
Fax: 919-966-9159
e-mail: am_siegariz@unc.edu
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Officers for 2001-2002
Congratulations to the winners of the recent SPER elections:
President–Elect
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD Professor
and Chair
Department of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Secretary
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD
School of Public Health
Department of Maternal and
Child Health
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Member-at-Large
Mary Croughan-Minihane, PhD
Departments of Family and Community Medicine, Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California
San Francisco
SPER would like to thank all the candidates for volunteering to run
for office. And we appreciate the valuable contributions of outgoing
officers Edem Ekwo (President) and Pat Shiono (Member–at–Large).
Editorial note (from the Secretary): I will miss my involvement with
the Executive Committee, but admit I also look forward to being able to
pay more attention to the excellent research that’s presented at our
meetings. Thanks to everyone for all their help the past 3 years. It
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