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======================================= Relay for Life - join MCBusa's team ======================================= Join mcbUSA in UC Berkeley's annual Relay for Life! Do you know someone who has been affected by cancer? Do you want to help raise money to fund cancer research? Do you want to be involved in the Relay but you just don't have a team to join? Help raise money and honor cancer patients by joining mcbUSA's team for this year's relay! If you are interested in joining mcbUSA's team for Relay for Life or if you want more information, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This year's Relay for Life will take place on April 28-29th at Edwards Track Stadium. Make a difference by donating just 24 hours of your time for those who are fighting for their lives. ======================================= PART TIME JOB - VIRUS PROGRAM, VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE SECTION ======================================= The California Department of Health Services is recruiting students that will be able to start working part-time as early as February 22nd and as late as June 1st. The hours will likely increase to full-time during the summer months. The students would work in the West Nile virus program at $10 per hour. The position is in Richmond at the State Health Laboratory Building at 850 Marina Bay Parkway. The students will be answering the California West Nile Virus hotline which received over 92,000 calls and online reports in 2004 from the public reporting dead birds for testing and asking questions about the disease. The students would also be working with at least 70 local agencies and 5 testing laboratories throughout California to arrange for picking up birds and shipping them for testing. Work would also be involved with the State Health Viral and Rickettsial Disease Lab in Richmond and the UC Davis Arbovirus Research Unit. A California drivers license and insurance are preferred as driving a state vehicle may be necessary. Stan Husted, MPH, MPA Supervising Public Health Biologist Vector-Borne Disease Section Vector-Borne Disease Section, Richmond Campus 850 Marina Bay Parkway Richmond, CA 94804 phone: (510) 412-6251 fax: (510) 412-6263 West Nile virus website: <http://www.westnile.ca.gov/>www.westnile.ca.gov ======================================= APAMSA Western Regional Conference 2006 ======================================= WHO: Hosted by UCSF and Stanford APAMSA (Asian Pacific American Medical Student Assn.) Chapters WHAT: TAKING ACTION! Responding to the Health Needs of the Asian Pacific American Community Come to meet and discuss issues in Asian Pacific American health with other interested and active students. Come to make friends. Come to see beautiful San Francisco. The conference is open to all students interested in Asian Pacific American health issues. You do not need to be part of an APAMSA chapter, nor a medical student. WHEN: Saturday March 4th, 2006 9:00 am - 5:00 pm WHERE: UCSF 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143 REGISTRATION: Early registration is $10 until Feb. 26 Go online to www.apamsawest.com FEATURED WORKSHOP TOPICS: Hepatitis B Asian Epidemics (SARS, Avian Flu, etc.) Domestic Violence (South Asian focus) End-of-life Care for API Complementary and Alternative Medicine APA LGBT Issues APA Youth Issues Southeast Asian Refugee Health Issues Pacific Islander Health Issues -- ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ Anne Aaboe phone: (510) 643-7473 Undergraduate Advising Manager fax: (510) 643-2208 Molecular & Cell Biology email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2083 Valley Life Sciences, #3200 web: mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad Berkeley, CA 94720 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The above message does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of MCBcDNA, mcbUSA, the MCB Department, or UC Berkeley. TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe mcb-infoline" in the message body. Please send questions or comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a list of upcoming events and information about the student clubs: MCBcDNA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/ mcbUSA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbusa/
