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• Learn in joint and discipline-specific sessions for environmen- tal health specialists, epidemiologists, laboratory scientists, health communicators, and other federal, state, and local pub- lic health ocials involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. • Network and share knowledge, best practices, and lessons
learned with other professionals in your region. Save the date for the InFORM Regional Meetings: • Fort Lauderdale, Florida: January 28–29, 2025 • Saint Louis, Missouri: February 11–12, 2025 • San Francisco, California: February 19–20, 2025
Continuing education contact hours for each regional meeting are being oered through NEHA. Details about meeting locations, lodging, and registration are available at www.neha.org/inform. Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be used to sup- port travel to attend the regional meeting. There is no fee to attend but registration is required. Contact inform@cdc.gov if you have questions or need a letter of support for travel.
Our Government Aairs sta track legislative trends in environ- mental health across the country and advocate for the profession at the national level. The role of our Government Aairs is to change or maintain public policy that supports the environmental health workforce and their ability to protect communities from environ- mental threats. You can check out all of our current activities and resources at www.neha.org/advocacy, which includes advocacy insights, how to take legislative action, letters and sign-ons, and policy and position statements. Please help us prioritize our eorts by completing our anony- mous 3-minute survey to better understand your interest in policy updates, actions, and training. The information you provide will help us to better understand and meet your needs and the needs of our members. The information you provide is anonymous unless you choose to include your contact information. Learn more and take the survey at www.neha.org/advocacy- insights. Thank you for sharing your insights with us! Register Now for the 2025 InFORM Regional Meetings
Honor the Best in Environmental Health With One of Our Awards
In a world where environmental health professionals are unsung heroes, our awards are an oppor- tunity to spotlight and honor accomplishments. Each year we recognize individuals and groups for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the environ- mental health profession. • Walter S. Mangold Award: Mangold dedicated his life to the practice of environmental health in an extraordinary and exemplary way. In doing so, he
became a beacon of excellence and inspiration for all environ- mental health professionals who have followed. We named our highest honor after him and the award was first given to Man- gold in 1956. Since then, we have honored numerous luminar- ies in our field with this award. • Walter F. Snyder Award: Snyder was a pioneer in our field and was the cofounder and first executive director of NSF. He embodied outstanding accomplishments, notable contributions, demonstrated capacity, and leadership within environmental health. This award is cosponsored by NEHA and AAS. • Dr. Bailus Walker, Jr. Diversity and Inclusion Awareness Award: This award recognizes an individual or group who has made significant achievements in developing or enhancing a more culturally diverse, inclusive, and competent environment. In line with the career and work of Dr. Walker, awardees dem-
The Integrated Foodborne Out- break Response and Manage- ment (InFORM) Regional Meet- ings are coming to a town near you in early 2025. The InFORM
Regional Meetings support eorts to prevent and control disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and envi- ronmentally transmitted infections. Participants have the opportunity to: • Discuss strategic goals and exchange expertise about improving surveillance systems and practices for detecting, investigating, and controlling enteric disease outbreaks.
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