D.C. Health Communication Conferences

Summary

Every other year, the Center for Health & Risk Communication (CHR&C) at George Mason University organizes and hosts the D.C. Health Communication Conference.

Support for the DCHC conferences is provided by a conference grant from the National Cancer Institute and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. DCHC is the sister conference of the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC).

Information

2017 Website: http://dchc.gmu.edu/ Conference Manager: Anne Nicotera dchc@gmu.edu Abstract submission: Kevin Wright, Main Conference Program Planner, dchc@gmu.edu Preconference & Atkin Award: Gary Kreps, Preconference Manager & Atkin Award Committee Chair, gkreps@gmu.edu Website info: Brittany Sanders, Assistant Conference Manager & Webmaster, dchc@gmu.edu

DCHC 2017

The Department of Communication at George Mason University announces the innovative 2017 D.C. Health Communication Conference, “Patient-Centered Communication,” April 27–29, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Fairfax at Fair Lakes. The pre-conference on Thursday April 27th will focus on the theme, “Enhancing the Use of Multiple Health Communication Channels” with a variety of invited speakers and interactive panel discussions.

The main conference will feature competitive papers, posters and panel sessions covering not only issues related to the conference theme of “Patient-Centered Health Communication” but also to broadly defined concerns across a breadth of topics relevant to health communication research and practice. The conference reception Friday evening ...

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Open Science Initiative conferences

Summary

The Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) brings together a diverse and high-level group of scholarly publishing decision makers from around the globe into a series of annual meetings that are thoughtfully designed and constructed so these leaders can personally share their ideas and perspectives and look for common ground and actionable solutions.

OSI is managed by the National Science Communication Institute (nSCI) in long-term partnership with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization). GMU Communications and Press Forward hosted the first of 10 annual conferences.

Information

Website: http://osinitiative.org/

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The Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) is an ambitious, global effort to establish high level dialogue and cooperation on these ...

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