Conferences & Events

Upcoming Cancer Care Connect workshop dates:
Participation is free. Other dates will be added at a later time.
Register online at www.cancercare.org/connect or call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673)
Also available at www.cancercare.org/podcasts

Cancer Care Connect: Cancer and the Workplace
Monday, June 17, 2013
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: When Your Loved One Has CML: How Caregivers Can Help Improve Adherence: Part IV of Going the Distance: Thriving and Surviving with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Living with Breast Cancer: Treatment Updates: Part I Updates in the Treatment of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
4:30 - 5:30 PM Eastern Time

Cancer Care Connect: Living with Breast Cancer: Treatment Updates: Part II Updates in the Treatment of Estrogen Receptor Positive (ER Positive) and Progesterone Receptor Positive (PR Positive) Breast Cancer, and Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

Health Disparities Committee Meetings 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Calendar of Educational Opportunities

June 2013

June 3, 2013: 2nd Annual Regional HIV/AIDS Summit: Strategizing on Integrating Prevention and Care. The meeting will take place at the University of Utah's Guest House and Conference Center. 8am-5pm MT. The focus of the Summit will be Strategizing on Integrating HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care. The registration deadline is Friday, May 24, 2013. Click here to register online. For more information about registration, contact Lisa Cohen at lisa.cohen@hhs.gov or 303-844-7853. For more information about details on the agenda, contact Edwin Espinel at eespinel@utah.gov or 801-538-9480.

June 7-9, 2013: The Family Voices Parent Leadership Institute. Each year they accept applications from 25 families to attend the weekend. Application link Requirements for Participation: Applicants must be a family member of a child with special health care needs and must have an interest in leadership development. Reimbursement for families: Meals and Lodging will be provided at no cost to the parents. Mileage will be reimbursed to participants following the Leadership Institute. Questions regarding this application, please contact the FV State Director Donene Feist at fvnd@drtel.net or 888-522-9654.

June 11-12, 2013: 2nd Annual Conference Past, Present, and Future of American Indian Nurses in North Dakota. The conference is coming to Cankdeska Cikana Community College and Spirit Lake Casino & Resort in Fort Totten, ND. Registration is free. For more information about the conference contact Loretta Heuer, NDSU Department of Nursing: loretta.heuer@ndsu.edu, 701-231-8205 or Ann Wadsworth, Cankdeska Cikana Community College: ann.wadsworth@littlehoop.edu, 701-766-1134.

June 17-19, 2013: 4th Annual National Indian Health Board National Tribal Public Health Summit. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida. Register online at www.nihb.org. Book your room by May 17, 2013 for $129.00 and use code GNI13 to get the exclusive rate.

July 2013

July 23-25, 2013: 2013 North Dakota Children and Family Services Conference, Ramkota Inn, Bismarck, ND. Pre-Conference Workshops: July 22, 2013. Click here to register online. Click here for a Schedule of Events. Sponsored by: Children and Family Services Training Center 701-777-3442.

August 2013

August 6-7, 2013: Great Plains Tribal Chairmen' s Health Summit at the Best Western Ramkota in Aberdeen, SD. For more information contact: Staci LaCroix, email staci.lacroix@gptchb.org.

NEWS

S.3058. Introduced by Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The bill reauthorizes the Special Diabetes Program, which funds both prevention and treatment research for Type I diabetes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a special prevention and treatment program for American Indians and Native Alaskans through the Indian Health Service (IHS). Each of those two programs is currently funded at $150 million annually. The new legislation would increase funding for each program by one third -- to $200 million annually -- for each of the next five years.

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