Idaho Conference on Health Care Sessions to be Broadcast Live to Boise Oct 22 - 24
October 11, 2008
Pocatello – Āé¶¹“«Ć½AV Kasiska College of Health Professions will host the 21st Annual Idaho Conference on Health Care Wednesday, Oct. 22, through Friday, Oct. 24, in the Pond Student Union Building on the Pocatello campus.
Several conference sessions will be broadcast live to Boise through ISUās Distance Learning Network and can be viewed in Room 156 of the ISU- Boise campus located at 12301 W. Explorer Drive.
At the Boise broadcasts space is limited to 30 and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The live broadcast will include the following sessions:
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- āNutrigenomics Research for Personalized Nutrition and Medicineā presented by Jim Kaput from 1 to 5 p.m.
- Welcome and Keynote Presentation: āBeating Obesity: Mission Impossible?ā presented by Michael Dansinger from 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 23
- āMindless Eating, Mindless Weight Loss, and āSecretsā of Sustained Changeā presented by Ron Guymon from 10:45 a.m. to noon.
- āNutrigenomic Approaches to Understanding Obesity, Diet, and Cancer Preventionā presented by Sharon Ross from 2 to 3:20 p.m.
- āIt Matters at Any Age: Substance Use Disorders and Older Adultsā presented by Jean Woodward from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
- Keynote presentation āThe Death Spiral: How 'the Uninsured' Became an American Casteā presented by Susan Starr Sered, followed by a Legislative Panel on āthe Uninsuredā from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 24
- āComplementary and Alternative Medicine: A Multicultural Perspectiveā presented by Adam Perlman from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m.
- Oral Health Track, āImplications of Meth Abuse: Pharmacological, Oral and Oral Health Services,ā from 9 a.m. to noon presented by Tara Johnson, Denise Bowen and Ann Spolarich, and Oral Health Track, āOral Side Effects of Medication Use,ā from 1 to 4 p.m. by Ann Spolarich.
The conference is free of charge to ISU students, faculty and staff. The full conference schedule is available at www.isu.edu/kchp/hlthconf. For the general public, registration fees are required for all events, except the evening keynote sessions.
For more information or to register, call Victoria BaƱales at 282-3155.