6th Annual Rural Tobacco Summit

Addiction: Tobacco & E-Cigarettes

A Clinical Update

The 6th Annual Rural Tobacco Summit will provide in-depth information regarding tobacco addiction, wound healing, emerging tobacco products in young adults and youth, and an update on the electronic cigarette.

When: April 1, 2014

Where: Lake Shore Hospital Authority, Lake City, FL

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Other Info: 

FREE Lunch and FREE Continuing Education Credits!

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This is a day of learning appropriate for ALL Healthcare Professionals- Doctors, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Community Health Workers, Social Workers, Tobacco Treatment Specialists, CHES, and Mental Health Counselors.

Objectives:

• Educate attendees on the updated regulation and safety concerns with e-cigarettes 
• Reveal current marketing tactics and regulation on emerging tobacco products aimed at youth 
• Educate attendees on the effects of nicotine on the body and brain

Sponsored By: Suwannee River AHEC

Co-sponsors: Lake Shore Hospital & The North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative

CE Credit Statement

Suwannee River Area Health Education Center, Inc. is a Florida Board of Nurses, Clinical Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors approved provider of continuing education. CE Broker Provider ID #50-1922. This program meets the requirements for up to 5.0 contact hours

Alzheimer's Association Central & North Florida Chapter - Gainesville Caregiver Forum

March 6, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Caregivers can enjoy educational speakers, information, exhibitors, networking, and door prizes at this event being held at the Downtown Gainesville Public Library (401 East University Avenue).

There is no charge to attend this forum.

Lunch will be provided to all attendees.

Pre-registration is required. Call (800) 272-3900 for reservations or if you have any questions.

FBCF's Free Education and Advocacy Day Conference in Tampa on March 22

March 22, 2014 – Tampa
Crowne Plaza Tampa-Westshore

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Schedule:

8:30am - 9:00am: Registration


9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome


9:15am - 10:00am: "Using Evolutionary Principles to Improve Breast Cancer Therapy"

Robert A. Gatenby, MD

Diagnostic Imaging, Moffitt Cancer Center


10:00am - 10:45am: The Past, Present & Future of Breast Cancer Management

John V. Kiluk MD, FACS

The Center for Women’s Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center


10:45am – 11:00am: "Advocacy"



11:00am - 11:30am: Lunch


11:30am – 12:15pm: “Killing Cancer Cells with Nano-Peptides”

Annette Khaled, PhD

University of Central Florida


12:15pm – 1:00pm: "Lymphedema: How to Reduce Your Risk"

Marcy K. Biller, OTR/L, CHT, UE-CLT, RYT

St. Joseph's Hospital


1:00pm – 1:15pm: Break


1:15pm – 1:30pm: "Stay Away Breast Cancer"

Hattan Alghamdi, MBBS


1:30pm – 1:45pm: "How to Become an Advocate Grant Reviewer"


1:45pm – 2:00pm: Closing and Prize Drawing

First Inaugural Make the Magic at Camp Kesem FSU

Camp Kesem at FSU is hosting our first ever Make the Magic! We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids whose parents have cancer feel like kids again.

Make the Magic is a dinner and silent auction that will include guest speakers sharing stories about their Camp Kesem experience. We will have a catered “Fancy Camp” dinner for each ticket holder to bring out everyone’s inner camper. Following dinner, we will open our silent auction with donations from local businesses such as Mohawks and Moccasins, Trader Joe’s and That’s Mine! Monogramming.

Please join us for our inaugural dinner and silent auction! All proceeds will go to sending a child whose parent has cancer to a free week of summer camp. There will be fancy camp food, sweet tea and lemonade, and baskets of goodies to bid on.

The event will be held at Miller Hall in University Center C at the Doak Campbell Stadium on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, Florida 32306. The event will take place on February 28, 2014. Doors open at 7 PM. To purchase a ticket please visit: http://goo.gl/eypZX6

Please contact fsu.mtm@campkesem.org for any questions. Visit WWW.CampKesem.org/FSU for more information about Camp Kesem FSU.

Moffitt's Pathology Symposium: Practicing Pathology in a Changing World

April 12, 2014

Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd. Clearwater Beach, FL 33767 www.sheratonsandkey.com

Conference contact person: Chrystyna.Pospolyta@Moffitt.org

Conference website: http://www.MOFFITT.org/Pathology2014

Brief Description:

Join us at this focused symposium on advances in contemporary pathology practice and technology contributing to advances in personalized medicine. Plenary sessions, presentations and interactive discussion will cover: anatomic pathology, cytopathology, hematopathology, dermatopathology and addressing pathology on a variety of oncology diseases. Call for abstracts, poster session, exhibits, breakfast and lunch included in conference registration.

Course Organizer:

Anthony M. Magliocco, MD, FRCPC, FCAP. Moffitt Cancer Center

Conference Host: Moffitt Cancer Center

Registration Fee: $150.00 For more information and registration, visit: www.MOFFITT.org/Pathology2014

Keywords: Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Cytopathology, Hematopathology, Dermatopathology, Oncology

Lunch and Learn Event Announcement: Navigation and Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients

WHAT: Lunch and Learn – Navigation and Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients

WHEN: February 26, 2014 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: The Hope Lodge – Gainesville

FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Karen Daily

As a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, Dr. Daily founded the High Risk Program within the University of Florida’s Breast Cancer Center, which identifies women at above-average risk of developing breast cancer and offers prevention and early detection strategies. Her expertise as a clinically-based investigator and educator has made her an authority on breast cancer patient navigation focusing on breast cancer throughout the North Central Florida community.

COST: Free

OTHER INFO:

Lunch will be provided

Continuing Education Credits will be provided by Suwannee River AHEC

SPONSORED BY: The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (FBCF), The North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC) and Cancer Connections

RSVP REQUIRED. Please RSVP to Lauren Vagelakos at lvagelakos@wellflorida.org by Friday, Feb. 21st, 2014 at 5 p.m.

NCI Cyber-Seminar - Tobacco Control Strategies for the Next Generation: Working for a Tobacco-free Future

February 18, 2014 2:00PM - 3:00PM EST

Fifty years after the release of the first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health, remarkable progress has been made. Since 1964, smoking prevalence among U.S. adults has been reduced by half. Unfortunately, tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States.

In January 2014, the Surgeon General released the 50th anniversary Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health. The report highlighted 50 years of progress in tobacco control and prevention, presented new data on the health consequences of tobacco use, and detailed initiatives that can end the tobacco use epidemic in the United States.

This past month the Acting Surgeon General, Dr. Boris Lushniak urged new resolve to end smoking by increasing use of proven tobacco-control measures, including price hikes and the expansion of comprehensive indoor-smoking bans. In the shadow of the anniversary of this critical report and the new recommendations, NCI is pleased to present two researchers whose work captures the direction suggested by the Surgeon General’s report.

Dr. Michelle C. Kegler, a Professor at Rollins School of Public Health and the Director of the Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC), will share her work on “Testing and Disseminating a Brief Intervention to Promote Smoke-Free Homes through 2-1-1”. The home is still a major source of exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmokers and children, particularly in low-income households. This presentation will describe the development, testing and dissemination of a brief intervention to create smoke-free homes in low-income families using 2-1-1. Results from an efficacy trial will be shared, along with plans for replication studies and national dissemination through 2-1-1 systems.

In her presentation, Dr. Emily McDonald from the University of California San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education will share research that examines the everyday experiences and opinions of young adults using e-cigarettes in New York City. Based on qualitative interviews and ethnographic participant observation, she explored what young adults know about e-cigarettes and the kinds of information utilized in deciding whether or not to use the devices. In an environment with no official warnings or educational campaigns, young adults may rely on e-cigarette marketing messages, as well as their own bodily sensations, in assessing product safety. Her work suggests that users may interpret a lack of regulation as tacit approval of e-cigarettes.

Drs. Kegler and McDonald will share their perspectives on smoking cessations, barriers to quitting, and tools for reaching smokers. The final part of the webinar will be dedicated to Q&A and discussion and will offer an opportunity to engage with the presenters, and also to share your own experiences and thoughts.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of the cyber-seminar, participants will be able to:

• describe the development, testing and dissemination of an intervention to create smoke-free homes for low-income families using 2-1-1.
• understand the impact of e-cigarette marketing on young people and possible strategies to prevent uptake of e-cigarettes among young adults
• identify new tools and resources for reaching smokers and those most at risk of tobacco dependence.