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2008 NBDPN Annual
Meeting
February 11-13, 2008
L’Enfant
Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
The National Birth Defects
Prevention Network (NBDPN) will hold its 11th Annual Meeting
at the L’Enfant
Plaza Hotel in Washington,
DC from February 11-13, 2008. Featured presentations will focus
on:
- Defects of the Ventral Wall, from
embryology (Dr. Sadler) to long-term outcomes
- Current and Future
Research Agenda of the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
- Birth
Defects and Public Policy: Making the Connection
- Reproduction
and Infertility: Making Babies Isn’t Always
Easy
- A Parent's Perspective: Judy
Woodruff, national
news anchor and parent of a child with spina bifida
A variety of breakout sessions is scheduled
to appeal to a diverse audience and cover birth defects surveillance,
research, and prevention issues. Also on the agenda are
sessions designed to encourage information sharing and networking,
such as poster presentations and exhibits. On February 10, 2008,
we'll offer a hands-on statistical analysis method class.
Early-bird registration (on or before Friday,
December 14, 2007) is $200. Registration after December 14, 2007
will be $225. The statistical analysis method hands-on class is
an additional $50.
A block of rooms at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel has been reserved
at the 2008 federal per diem rate of $201/night + 14.5% occupancy
taxes. To make a reservation, call the hotel at 800-635-5065
and identify yourself as part of the NBDPN 11th Annual Meeting.
Detailed information about the meeting and the
registration form will be available soon. Contact Amy
Case (Amy.Case@dshs.state.tx.us)
or Cara Mai (cmai@cdc.gov) for additional information.
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