BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//http://www.obesity.org//NONSGML jCal Pro 2.2.12.566// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:JCal Pro Calendar X-WR-CALDESC:Your online events calendar X-WR-TIMEZONE:Africa/Abidjan BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f4493c55b0b2e64c7746f4da8f1ca8achttp://www.obesity.org/administrator DTSTAMP:20130518T220925Z DESCRIPTION:Diabetes Educator Course\nApril 23-26\, 2012\nThe Coast Plaza H otel and Suites\nVancouver\, BC\n \nThis comprehensive four-day course is for health professionals from a variety of disciplines who face diabetes in practice. The goal is to update your understanding of the complexities of diabetes care\, and learn effective approaches to educate those affecte d by diabetes. It is an ideal course if you are entering the dynamic\, spe cialty field of diabetes education. This course is not specifically design ed as preparation for the CDE examination\; however it will serve as an ex cellent review in your preparation to become a certified diabetes educator .\nEarly bird rate is $695+HST ($778.40) for fully paid registrations rece ived by March 23\, 2012\nRegular rate is $795+HST ($890.40)\nFor further i nformation please visit the conference website at http://www.interprofessi onal.ubc.ca/IN9543/default.asp (http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/IN9543 /default.asp)\, or contact us at ian.ipce@ubc.ca (mailto:%3Ca%20href=)&quo t\;>\;ian.ipce@ubc.ca (mailto:ian.ipce@ubc.ca) or (604) 827 – 3112.\n  \nThe conference brochure is available at http://www.interprofessional.ub c.ca/IN9543/Brochure.pdf (http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/IN9543/Broch ure.pdf) DTEND:20120426T090000Z DTSTART:20120423T080000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120313T141200Z SUMMARY:Diabetes Educator Course URL:http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/IN9543/Brochure.pdf/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20ed05691a4e4558067b579d351a8c86http://www.obesity.org/administrator-5 DTSTAMP:20130518T220925Z DESCRIPTION:Healthy Eating Research Releases 2012 Call for Proposals\n \nH ealthy Eating Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Fo undation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and polic y strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among childre n to prevent childhood obesity\, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2 015. \nThis call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the ch ildhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The award types are: Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research pr ogram. \n \nApproximately $1.9 million will be awarded under this CFP for the two award types.\n \nRound 7 Grants\n\nThe Round 7 grants represent the majority of RWJF’s investment in research through this program.\nApp roximately $1.7 million will be awarded through Round 7. Each grant will a ward up to $170\,000 for a maximum funding period of 18 months. \nConcept papers may be submitted at any time until August 9\, 2012 (3 p.m. ET).\n\n  \nRWJF New Connections Grants Awarded Through Healthy Eating Research\n \nThese grants are to support the research of new investigators representi ng populations and communities historically underrepresented in childhood obesity prevention research\, including researchers from underrepresented ethnic or racial minority groups and lower-income communities and those wh o are first-generation college graduates.\nUp to two RWJF New Connections grants will be awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program in this round of funding. Awards will be for 12- to 18-month grants of up to $100 \,000 each. \nDeadline for receipt of concept papers: May 22\, 2012 (3 p.m . ET)\n DTSTART:20120423T080000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120319T163900Z SUMMARY:Healthy Eating Research Releases 2012 Call For Proposals URL:http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21393&cid=XEM_A57 79/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR