Leading researchers from a variety of health-related disciplines will gather in Atlanta this spring for the conference, ?Public Health in the 21st Century: Behavioral & Social Science Contributions.? The conference will be held May 7?9 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel.

APA is organizing the multidisci-plinary conference in collaboration with scientific and professional organizations and federal agencies. The conference will highlight and demonstrate the importance of applying behavioral and social sciences to disease prevention and control and to health promotion. Researchers working on the integration of behavioral and social sciences and public health are encouraged to attend.

Topics to be discussed include:

? Community-based initiatives to reduce substance abuse.

? Physical activity as a disease prevention strategy.

? Injury prevention.

? Behavioral factors in immunization.

? Social and behavioral intervention in violence prevention.

Registration forms with detailed information about the event will be mailed out in early February, and should be returned to the APA address. The cost of the conference will be $90 until April 1, and $125 after that. Space is limited and registration will be processed on a first come, first served basis. People planning to attend should reserve their hotel room directly by calling the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, which is offering single or double rooms at the federal rate of $96 per night.

The conference is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with supplemental funding from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Office on AIDS Research at NIH.

The organizations participating in the event are the American Academy of Nursing; American Anthropological Association; American Association of Geographers; American College of Epidemiology; American Evaluation Association; American Psychological Society; American Public Health Association; American Sociological Association; Consortium of Social Science Associations; Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences; Society of Behavioral Medicine; Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues; and the Society for Public Health Education

For more information, contact Julia Silva, PhD, conference manager, at the APA address, (202) 336-5817.

APA Science Directorate seeks proposals for occupational health psychology curricula

APA?s Science Directorate is accepting applications from universities interested in developing courses or curricula in the area of occupational health psychology.

The field of occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of worklife and to protecting and promoting the safety, health and well-being of workers.

About $65,000 will be distributed by APA in the first year, with awards expected to average $20,000. Limited funding may be available for a second continuation year, depending upon factors such as available funding, progress and evaluation of the funded program and competing proposals. Completed applications must be postmarked by Monday, April 13.

Examples of appropriate training activities under this program include, but are not limited to:

? Expansion of curricula in organizational psychology to provide a focus on organizational risk factors for stress, illness and injury at work and on intervention strategies.

? Expansion of curricula and practica in clinical psychology to improve the recognition of job stress and its organizational sources.

? Expansion of curricula in human factors engineering to provide a more exclusive focus on occupational health and safety.

? Increased exposure of behavioral scientists to research methods and practice in public/occupational health and epidemiology.

Vehicles for this training could include new courses or clusters of courses, graduate minor or master?s/doctoral degree programs, or practica or internship experiences at the predoctoral level. Because training in work organization, stress and health is an inherently multidisciplinary area, these training experiences should draw upon and integrate knowledge and faculty from several relevant areas, such as psychology, management, public health, occupational medicine, industrial engineering and epidemiology.

APA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have implemented postdoctoral training in occupational health psychology, coordinated international conferences on work, stress and health since 1990, and have helped to establish the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, an APA publication.

APA?s Science Directorate will administer the grants. Individuals and departments interested in obtaining application materials should contact Adonia Calhoun or Heather Roberts-Fox, PhD, at APA, 750 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-4242.

Applications can also be found on the APA web site at http:\\www.apa.org\science\ohp.html.

Agenda for Council of Representatives meeting will be available early this month

Each agenda item for the Feb. 20?22 meeting of the APA Council of Representatives is available for all members to review on APA?s home page: http://www.apa.org./governance. (The January issue incorrectly stated the agenda was available last month.)

For more information on any of the items or copies of the exhibits, contact the APA staff member listed at the end of each agenda item. You are encouraged to talk with your council representative regarding the agenda.

Register now for International Congress of Applied Psychology

April 1 is the preregistration deadline for the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, to be held Aug. 9?14 in San Francisco.

Hosted by APA on behalf of the International Association of Applied Psychology, the congress program will feature an array of individual and group presentations on organizational psychology; psychological evaluation and assessment; psychology and national development; educational, instructional and school psychology; clinical and community psychology; applied gerontology; health psychology; economic psychology; psychology and law; political psychology; sport psychology; traffic and transportation psychology; and other areas such as applied social, applied developmental, human factors and ergonomics, and social issues.

The congress program will also offer an exhibit of major publishing, technological and psychological companies; continuing education workshops; site visits to clinics, laboratories and industrial settings; and excursions to nearby tourist attractions.

Registration materials are available from the Congress Secretariat, APA Office of International Affairs, 750 First St., N.E., Washington, DC 20002-4242; fax: 202-336-5956; e-mail.