NCA Pre-Conference

For those of you thinking about going to NCA this year, this is a great pre-conference to attend. It generally happens every two years. I went last time and found it very helpful, even as someone early in the Ph.D. program. Also, it's a great way to meet health comm scholars in an environment where you can have one-on-one conversations. Here's the link for more information about this and other pre-conferences (including one on risk and crisis communication): http://www.natcom.org/nca/Template2.asp?bid=6417.

PCO5: Doctoral and Early Career Health Communication Conference: Creating Connection and Action

Hilton Palacio del Rio

Salon Del Ray South

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Health communication scholars and practitioners have long recognized the tremendous opportunities and challenges of working within and across this discipline. This pre-conference is designed to enhance the work and network of (a) doctoral students in the final stages of completing Ph.D. work (i.e., finishing classes, working on the prospectus, conducting and writing up the dissertation project) or (b) recent Ph.D.s working to establish their research agenda. (Of course, scholars at any stage in the development of their research agenda are welcome to attend.)

The opening sessions will focus trends in content, funding, methods and outcomes, publishing in the field, as well as the intersection of health communication with other disciplines. The afternoon sessions will be in small groups with attention to the mechanics of completing research and translating work into publications. (50 maximum capacity)

Presenters:

Vicki Freimuth, University of Georgia

Teri Thompson, University of Dayton

Jon Nussbaum, University of Pennsylvania

Dan O’Hair, University of Oklahoma

Stephen Haas, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati,

Rajiv Rimal, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University,

Athena duPre’, Ph.D., University of West Florida,

Lisa Murray-Johnson, Ph.D., Ohio State University

Rick Street, Texas A&M University

Mike Stephenson, Texas A& M University

Jim Query, University of Houston

Lisa Sparks, George Mason University

Eileen Berlin Ray, Cleveland State University

Marifran Mattson, Purdue University

Barb Sharf, Texas A&M University

Becky Cline, Karamos Cancer Center, Wayne State University

Carma Bylund, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Jen Kopfman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dale Brashers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Christina Beck, Ohio University

Nancy Grant Harrington, University of Kentucky