Conference News
Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
Become a sponsor or exhibitor at the 10th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health!
Gain exposure with:
- Leaders in Academe
- Public Agencies
- Policy Makers
- Correctional Institutions
- Criminal Justice Healthcare Experts
Last year we had more than 236 Attendees from 31 states, three countries, and 125 institutions!
View our SPONSOR PROSPECTUS to learn more.
2017 Hotel Information
2017 Conference Location | March 16-17, 2017
ATLANTA AIRPORT MARRIOTT | 4711 Best Road Atlanta, GA 30337
We are delighted to announce that this year's conference will take place at the Atlanta Airport Marriott. Take advantage of our special conference rates! To receive this discount, you must make your hotel reservations before February 23, 2017
Now Accepting Scholarship Applications!
The Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health is pleased to open the application process for scholarships to the 10th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health. This year's conference will take place March 16th & 17th at the Atlanta Airport Marriott 4711 Best Road Atlanta, GA 30337. We are pleased to announce that six scholarships are available to junior investigators with funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. At this time, proposals are pending to secure support for additional scholarships for students and junior investigators.
We encourage junior investigators and students to submit a proposal to the Call for Papers (Submit here). Please note that this is a competitive process with application reviews by two members of the ACCJH Board of Directors. Scoring will be based on strengths of: articulated experience and interest in the field; strength of written objectives for attending; quality of the applicant based on curriculum vitae; and also whether the individual submits a proposal to present at the conference.
THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 9 P.M. EST.
Save The Date: 10th Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health
The Correctional Health Conference provides a forum for researchers, clinicians, administrators, educators, policy makers, and grant funding leaders to network, share evidence, and learn about emerging research and relevant policy updates in the field of correctional health care. This year's conference is taking place at the Atlanta Airport Marriott in Atlanta, GA March 16th & 17th, 2017.
2017 Call for Abstracts: Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health
- Seminar: 60-minute interactive seminars for facilitated policy discussions, panels or research skills training
- Lecture: 30-minute lectures, detailed 20 minute topic presentation with 10 minutes of Q & A
- Peer Paper: 15-minute peer papers, tight 10 minute presentation on completed or in progress projects with 5-minutes of Q&A
- Special Topic Networking: 60-minute networking session focused on criminal justice health research, education, clinical care or policy
- Poster: Display and discuss an innovative correctional health clinical, quality or workforce development project
The preliminary 2016 conference schedule is now available!
The 2016 conference theme is Implementation Science, and the preliminary schedule features presentations on the following:
- Mental Health
- Special Populations
- Quality
- Infectious Disease
- Workforce
- Substance Abuse
- Juvenile Justice
- Reentry
- Health Policy
- Public Health
- Research
- Chronic Illnesses
Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
Become a sponsor or exhibitor at the 10th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health!
Gain exposure with:
- Leaders in Academe
- Public Agencies
- Policy Makers
- Correctional Institutions
- Criminal Justice Healthcare Experts
Last year we had more than 236 Attendees from 31 states, three countries, and 125 institutions!
View our SPONSOR PROSPECTUS to learn more.
Plenary Speakers Announced
Shira Shavit, MD
Shira Shavit, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco and the Executive Director of the Transitions Clinic Network. For over a decade, Dr. Shavit has been redefining national best practices for the care of incarcerated individuals and individuals transitioning home.
Emily Wang, MD, MAS
Dr. Emily Wang, MD, MAS, is an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine and Co-Founder of the Transitions Clinic Network. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on promoting health equity for vulnerable populations, especially individuals with a history of incarceration, through both prison and community based interventions.
Keynote Speaker Announced
Steven Belenko, Ph.D. is Professor in the Temple University Department of Criminal Justice, and is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as adjunct Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry. Before joining the Temple faculty in August 2006, Dr. Belenko was a Senior Scientist at the Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Fellow at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Prior positions were held at the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, New York City Office of the Mayor, Vera Institute of Justice, and Mathematica Policy Research.
Dr. Belenko is a nationally recognized scholar on the impact of substance abuse on the adult and juvenile justice systems, HIV risk behaviors and related service needs for offenders, and the integration of treatment and other services in criminal justice settings (including drug courts, diversion programs, and prisons). His current and recent research has involved improving implementation of evidence-based drug treatment in criminal justice settings; developing and testing organizational change and process improvement strategies to improve the implementation of treatment and other health services for inmates and probationers; prevalence, risk factors, and service needs for sexually transmitted infections among juvenile delinquents; development and testing of brief interventions for delinquents at risk for substance abuse; modeling economic costs and benefits of prison treatment, screening and admission processes in drug courts and mental health courts; computerized therapeutic interventions for drug-involved inmates; and improving use of evidence-based practices in juvenile drug courts.
He has been principal investigator on numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse including the Temple University Center for Adolescent Implementation Research, recently funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Belenko has published numerous articles and book chapters, and is the author of four books: Crack and the Evolution of Antidrug Policy (winner of the American Library Association’s Choice Magazine academic book of the year award), Drugs and Drug Policy in America: A Documentary History, Implementing Evidence Based Addiction Treatment in Community Corrections (with Dr. Faye Taxman), and Drugs, Crime and Justice (with Dr. Cassia Spohn). Dr. Belenko received his B.S. in applied mathematics and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Columbia University.
Visit us at NCCHC!
ACCJH will be exhibiting at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care.
October 17-21, 2015 – Dallas, TX
This event, hosted by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, provides correctional health professionals opportunities to learn, mentor, and connect.
Visit us at booth #208!
