Announcement
Donating Journals
Members often inquire about donating their old Journals to a good cause, but don’t know where to start. The Special Libraries Association Web site provides a list of organizations that accept donations of old journals and redistribute them to developing countries, found at http://www.sla.org/content/resources/inforesour/reftool/bkdonate.cfm. The Journal encourages our readers to take advantage of this opportunity to share our knowledge.
Educational Events
Clinical Nutrition Management Symposium
March 29-April 1, 2008, Crowne Plaza Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX. This year’s Annual Clinical Nutrition Management (CNM) Dietetic Practice Group (DPG) Symposium is “Leading System Improvement: Optimizing Organizational and Patient Outcomes.” Although Clinical Nutrition Managers (CNMs) have made significant progress in improving the quality of patient care and the environment of care in their organizations, there is still a need for improvement in these care systems. This symposium is designed for CNMs who are interested in learning more about innovative strategies that will improve systems and result in safer, higher-quality care. The topics include: 1) leading system change in a complex and highly technological health care environment, 2) using information technology to advance clinical and management components of health care, and 3) using complexity science principles to build teams. Brochures with registration information will be sent to all CNM DPG members in January. If you are not currently a CNM DPG member and would like to receive the mailing when available, please e-mail your request to [email protected] or fax to 1-312-475-1405. If you would like to consider sponsorship or exhibiting at the symposium, please contact Kelly Danis at 1-412-647-3621 or [email protected] no later than February 1, 2008.
Weight Management Symposium
April 4-6, 2008, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN. Save the date for the Annual Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group (WMDPG) Symposium—Weight Management: The Harmony of Science and Practice. Looking for techniques to put theory into practice? Join the Weight Management DPG as invited speakers explore research in weight management science and real-world applications that yield results. Networking opportunities daily, including member product display and exhibits. WMDPG members will receive a mailing early in 2008. Non-WMDPG members can receive a brochure, when available, by e-mailing [email protected] or faxing 312/475-1405.
About People
Obituary
Clara M. Soter, RD, October 2007, was a member of the American Dietetic Association since 1944, and a Life member since 1961. Soter received a bachelor of science degree from James Madison University and completed a dietetic internship at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. She then worked as a therapeutic dietitian at Elizabeth Buxton Hospital in Newport News, VA, and as director of dietetics at DePaul Hospital in Norfolk. Soter then joined the US Public Health Service, working in positions of increasing responsibility to eventually become director of dietetics at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk in 1960.
Tell Us Your Issue …
We care about the concerns of ADA members and want to hear from you. There are four easy ways to submit your issues:
- •E-mail [email protected]
- •Fax 312/899-4790.
- •Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000.
- •Contact your delegate.
You will receive immediate confirmation that your message has been received and action will be taken within 2 months. For more information, visit ADA’s member home page and click on Member Issues or visit www.eatright.org/issues.
Deadline for submitting material for the People and Events section is the first of the month, 3 months before the date of the issue (eg, May 1 for the August issue). Publication of an educational event is not an endorsement by the Association of the event of sponsor. Send material to: Ryan Lipscomb, Department Editor, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606; [email protected]ight.org; 312/899-4829; or fax, 312/899-4812.
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© 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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