2012 Conference
Conference planning is underway! Please contact John Packham if you're interested in participating on the planning committee. This year's conference will be held October 4-5 at the Thomas and Mack Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas.

2011 Conference
The 2011 NPHA Conference, The Future of Public Health in Nevada, was another great success thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors, planning committee and organizing team, presenters, and all participants.

Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsors:

The Nevada System of Higher Education, Health Sciences System

University of Nevada, Reno School of Community Health Sciences

Carson City Health and Human Services

Agenda

Abstracts

Brochure

Plenary Session Presentations

The Future of Public Health in Nevada: Public and Private Sector Roles in Promoting and Protecting Population Health
Larry Matheis, Trudy Larson, MD and Tracy Green, MD

Cross-Jurisdictional Relationships in Local Public Health: Opportunities for Strengthening Public Health in Nevada
Patrick Libbey and Marena Works, RN, MSN, MPH

Cost-Saving Analysis of Reduced Hospital Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke after Implementation of a Nevada Statewide Partial Smoking Ban – Wei Yang, PhD

Risk of Exposure to Second Hand Smoke for Adolescents in Las Vegas Casinos: An Evaluation of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act – Christopher Cochran, PhD

Tobacco Free College Campuses in Nevada: Progress and Lessons Learned at UNLV, NSC, and CSN – Susan VanBeuge, DNP, APN

2010
Social Justice: Narrowing Nevada's Health Equity Gap

Very special thanks to this year's platinum sponsors:

The 2010 conference will be held September 30 and October 1 at the Stan Fulton Building in the International Gaming Institute near the UNLV campus in Las Vegas.

See the conference brochure, agenda, and handouts.

2009
The State of Public Health in Nevada: Taking Stock on the Eve of Healthy People 2010

Another wildly successful conference has come to an end! Very special thanks to all speakers, participants, the Board, and the Conference Planning Committee for making this year's conference another successful event. Members: Please consider joining the Conference Planning Committee next year or in subsequent years to provide your input and ideas for future events!

View the 2009 Brochure here.

See all 2009 Conference materials here.

2008
Who Will Keep the Public Healthy in Nevada? The 2008 conference was held October 2 & 3 in Las Vegas and was extremely well-received, featuring a star-studded faculty discussing hot public health topics such as the hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, urban sustainability, social marketing, public health accreditation, and many program and research updates from across the state.

To view the 2008 Brochure, click here.

A very special thanks to the planning committee for their hard work- it was a very exciting conference once again, and huge thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors, without whom the conference couldn't happen.

Last, but never least, a very big thanks to our conference planning team, the University of Nevada School of Medicine's Office of Continuing Medical Education, who continue to deliver a very professional, organized conference.

2007
The 2007 NPHA Conference was held on October 11 & 12 at Boomtown Conference Center in Reno, Nevada. This year's theme was "Faces of Public Health", in which we hosted 2007 APHA President, Deborah Klein Walker, EdD, as our keynote speaker.

The conference was a great success, featuring a diverse group of plenary, breakout, and poster session presenters from across the state.

Very special thanks to all of our sponsors, the planning committee, NPHA Executive Committee, and all presenters and participants.

Thanks to Amy Weiss for leading us all on a lovely afternoon walk!

Also a very special thanks to our fantastic conference organizing team, the University of Nevada School of Medicine's Office of Continuing Medical Education.