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Media Releases
May 12 Conference to Prepare Journalists for America's Emerging Health Care Crisis
FDA Speaker to Present
Columbia, Mo. (March 14, 2005) - Recent health news headlines have shed light on a number of questions about America's ability to cope with the health care needs of its ever-aging baby boomers. The Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC) and the Health Communication Research Center at the Missouri School of Journalism are co-sponsoring a national state-of-the-science conference titled, "America's Emerging Health Care Crisis," to train reporters, editors and other professional communicators about the impending crisis arthritis poses on our population and health care system.
The conference will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 12, 2005 in Monsanto Auditorium in MU's Life Sciences Center on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Steven Galson, M.D., acting director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, will serve as the keynote speaker. Other featured speakers will include Joe Sniezek, M.D., Director of the Arthritis Program for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Marty Steffens, chair of the Society of the American Business Editors and Writers; Geneva Overholser, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at MU and former ombudsman for the Washington Post; and speakers from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
The conference will feature several presentations and workshops from media, health and science experts and field professionals. Journalists will have an opportunity to learn more about:
- The science of arthritis
- The risk of arthritis to the population
- How to cover hot medical issues
- The process of drug regulation
- Computer-assisted reporting and interpreting medical research
- The economic impact of arthritis on health care
Attendance is free. To register and learn more about the agenda and speakers, log on to www.marrtc.org/events/arthritis05/agenda/html.
The deadline for registration is April 29, 2005.
The Missouri Arthritis Research Rehabilitation and Training Center (MARRTC) was established in 1971 at the University of Missouri-Columbia Arthritis Center. MARRTC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (H133B031120) and is the only federally funded arthritis rehabilitation research and training center in the country.
As part of the MU Health Communication Research Center (HCRC), MARRTC's mission is to become a national leader in the areas of disability management and communication, improve the quality of life and promote independent living among people who have arthritis and arthritic conditions. MARRTC's core message is "Disability is everyone's issue."
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