Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health (December 3-4, 2009)
The University of Massachusetts’ Commonwealth Medicine division and Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will be sponsoring their 3rd Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health from December 3rd and 4th, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This conference focuses on collaborations between academic medical centers and correctional institutions. This link will take you to a listing of the presentations at last conference.
Correctional health is an area of increasing concern to clinicians as more an more Americans find themselves arrested and behind bars. In fact, so many Americans are arrested that some have spoken of a “plague of prisons.” This impacts not only on the people who are incarcerated but also on their families and communities. Interested readers should consult our prior posting on marijuana arrests in the US (Record Marijuana Arrests Feed the Prison Industrial Complex ) and the Pew Charitable Trusts report: One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008.
The conference will take place at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel. A special conference rate of $109/night will be available to conference participants; mention the 3rd Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health to secure this rate.
The conference website is located at: http://www.umassmed.edu/commed/ch_conference09/index.aspx
Posted by Matt Anderson, MD
Hello. Have the presenters been finalized? Are you still accepting submissions?
Please contact the organizers of the conference. You can write to Dr. Warren Ferguson at UMASS: fergusow@ummhc.org. Best, Matt Anderson