Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health
Practice
Call for Abstracts - Annual Linkage Awards
Deadline: May 4, 2000
A poster session exhibiting successful community-based collaborative activities between
local and state public health agencies and academic institutions of higher learning will
be displayed as part of the ASTHO/NACCHO Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California,
July 19 - 22, 2000.
Abstracts for the poster session are being solicited from state and local public health
agencies engaged in collaborative activities with academic institutions (universities,
colleges, and schools of public health, nursing, and medicine). This includes joint
population-based activities in research, technical support, education, and training. All
abstracts must be jointly authored by health departments and academic institutions. Abstracts receiving the top three scores will exhibit posters. Cash awards will also be
presented to the state or local public health agencies or academic institutions who win:
First place: $1,000; Second place: $500; Third place: $250.