Calendar

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MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

March

18?21: ?Successful relating in couples, in families, between friends and at work,? Tucson, Ariz., presented by the University of Arizona Extended University, allows researchers to exchange ideas on personal relationships. Contact: University of Arizona Extended University, Registration Office, P.O. Box 210158, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0158, (520) 621-7724, fax: (520) 621-3269.

20?21: ?Engineering solutions/improving lives,? Pittsburgh, is sponsored by the Autism Intervention Movement. Contact: Bobbie Holt, Meetings & More, (412) 481-4000, or Autism Intervention Movement, The Travel Source, 2006 E. Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203, web site: http://www.pitt.edu/~mrkool.

22?24: ?In the public interest: new systems?community values,? Chicago, is sponsored by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH). Contact: Karen Zuckerman, NCCBH, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 320, Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 984-6200, fax: (301) 881-7159, web site: http://www.nccbh.org.

25?28: ?Critical choices: charting a course for the age boom,? San Francisco, is the 44th annual meeting of the American Society on Aging (ASA). Contact: ASA, 833 Market St., Suite 511, San Francisco, CA 94103-1824, (800) 537-9728, fax: (415) 974-0300.

26: ?International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC): improving the efficiency,? Boston, is sponsored by the Applied Research Ethics National Association. Contact: Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research, 132 Boylston St., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 423-4112, fax: (617) 423-1185.

April

1?6: Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB), Orlando, Fla. Contact: Kate Hololand, AAPB, 10200 W. 44th Ave., Suite 304, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-2840, (303) 422-8436.

2?4: ?A coming together: alcohol, drugs and alternative treatment approaches,? Albany, N.Y., is the annual state conference of the New York Federation of Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency Counselors (NYFAC). Contact: Ellen Forman, NYFAC, 155 Washington Ave., Suite 302, Albany, NY, 12210, (800) 526-2616.

2?4: The first annual assessment psychology conference, Orlando, Fla. Contact: Alan Jay Raphael, PhD, 1000 Brickell Ave., Suite 910, Miami, FL 33131, (800) 285-0493, e-mail.

10: Hispanic community health: international and local perspectives?challenges and solutions, Denton, Texas, the second annual PanAmerican professional development conference, is sponsored by the University of North Texas. Contact: Shannon Carraway, Conference Coordinator, (940) 383-9815.

17: ?Police officers in psychotherapy: what every clinician needs to know,? New York, is sponsored by the Members Assistance Program of the New York City Police Unions. The conference will be held at Adelphi University. Contact: Members Assistance Program, 40 Fulton St., New York, NY 10038, (212) 298-9111.

18: The Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Association advocacy training seminar, Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: Sheila Forsyth, (703) 978-4408.

25: American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP) 17th frontiers symposium, Boston. Contact: Susan Ulrich, ACCP Executive Director, 3 Ellinwood Ct., New Hartford, NY 13413-1105, (315) 768-6117, fax: (315) 768-6119, e-mail.

25?26: ?Hypnosis and mind?body medicine,? New York, is sponsored by the Lenox Hill Hospital. Contact: Lenox Hill Hospital, Community Relations Department, 100 E. 77th St., New York, NY 10021, (212) 434-3150.

30: The 12th annual mood disorders symposium, Baltimore, is sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Affective Disorders Clinic and the Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association. Contact: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Turner Building 20, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205, (410) 955-2959, fax: (410) 955-0807, e-mail.

May

1?3: The 10th symposium on creativity, psychopathology and adaptation, Montreal. Contact: Richard Karmel, PhD, (514) 934-8010, fax: (514) 934-8237.

2: ?Trauma, violence & healing: developmental, cross-cultural and intergenerational perspectives,? New York, is sponsored by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies New York Chapter. Contact: Sanja Rolovio, (212) 439-8149, or Anie Kalayjian, (201) 941-2266.

2: ?Neuropsychology and the neuroimmune dialogue,? 19th annual conference of the New York Neuropsychology Group, New York. Contact: F. Frank LeFever, PhD, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY 10993, (914) 786-4110, fax (914) 786-4978.

2?3: First annual conference on ?Spirituality and psychotherapy,? New York, is sponsored by the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, Inc. Contact: Henry Grayson, PhD, Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, 330 W. 58th St., Suite 200, New York, NY 10019, (212) 582-1566, fax: (212) 586-1272.

15?17: ?Psychotherapy, spirituality and the evolution of the mind,? Santa Monica, Calif., is sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Psychotherapy & Eastern Thought. Contact: Center for the Integration of Psychotherapy & Eastern Thought, 1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 1751, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310) 824-2272, e-mail.

27?30: International conference on cognitive and neural systems, Boston. Contact: Cynthia Bradford, CNS Department, Boston University, 677 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02215, fax: (617) 353-7755, web site: http://cns-web.bu.edu/cns-meeting.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS) invites proposals for presentations at its 10th annual ISHS conference, to be held June 25?28 in Bergen, Norway. Proposals must be received by March 20. Contact: Don Nilsen, English Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302, (602) 965-7592, fax: (602) 965-3451.

The University of Minho, Braga?Portugal?s department of psychology requests submissions for its second annual meeting, ?Psychology applied to sport and exercise? to be held July 25?28. Papers, posters and multimedia formats are welcome. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 27. Contact: Jose Fernando Cruz, Instituto de Educacao e Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal, fax: 351-53-678987.

PROGRAMS

Learning in the Real World (LRW), a nonprofit organization, requests proposals for studies investigating the correlation between children?s use of computers and the effects of this use on academic achievement and/or cognitive/social emotional development. Grants are $5,000?$10,000 each. The deadline for the proposal is April 10. Contact: William Rukeyser, coordinator, Learning in the Real World, 725 Main St., Suite 232, Woodland, CA 95695-3406, (530) 661-9240, fax: (530) 661-9242, e-mail.

The American Heart Association (AHA) National Research Program seeks research for its Patient Care and Outcomes Research Program. The research is designed to improve the prevention of cardiovascular disease or stroke. The program will award $5.6 million for up to 12 grants in 1999. Deadline for letters of intent is May 15. Contact: (214) 706-1458, fax: (214) 706-1341, e-mail, web site: http://www.americanheart.org/.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks applications for its Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research. The deadline for letters of intent is April 10. Grant amounts range from $100,000 to $250,000. Contact: Barbara Krimgold, Deputy Director, Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research, Association for Health Services Research, 1130 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 223-2477, website: http://www.ahst.org.

The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College announces the Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award Program. The program offers grants to women doctoral students who utilize the center?s data resources. Grants are $2,500. The application deadline is April 1. The Henry A. Murray Research Center offers other grant awards. Please call for further details. Contact: The Henry A. Murray Research Center: A Center for the Study of Lives, 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138-3600, (617) 495-8140, fax: (617) 496-3993.

?Compiled by Mel Waters