Conference News
Exhibition at ACA's 146th Congress of Correction- Boston, MA
Boston hosts the 146th Congress of Correction August 5-10, 2016 at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center and representatives from the UMASS Medical School’s Health and Criminal Justice Program (HCJ) will be there promoting the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH). The Congress of Correction is the American Correctional Association’s (ACA) annual summer event which brings together correctional professionals from across the globe for five days of networking, workshops, meetings and tours of local correctional facilities. The mission of the ACA is to provide an organization for all correctional professionals with the common goal of improving the justice system.
The HCJ staff will be at booth #226 from the Sunday evening reception through Tuesday afternoon. We will have fun giveaways and a raffle for one free registration to the 10th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health in Atlanta, Georgia March 16-17, 2017. Come visit our booth and learn more about our growing membership organization, ACCJH, the annual conference, including its new Implementation Science Track, as well as HCJ’s comprehensive managed correctional health care services, technical, research and consultative services.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Warren Ferguson, MD
We are pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker, for the 10th anniversary of the Academic Health & Policy Conference on Correctional Health, will be Dr. Warren Ferguson.
Warren J. Ferguson, MD serves as Professor and Vice Chair for Community Health in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School and as the Director of Academic Programs, Health and Criminal Justice Program, Commonwealth Medicine Division of UMMS. His academic career has centered on achieving health equity for vulnerable populations. In 2002, Dr. Ferguson took on a new challenge to assist UMass to develop a comprehensive medical care program for inmates in the state’s prisons.
Struck by his steep learning curve to gain understanding of the vexing issues of mass incarceration in the United States, Dr. Ferguson sought to engage academic medicine in the field of criminal justice health. He recognized that correctional health care requires unique competencies and overcame the significant obstacles involved in getting trainees access to prisons to develop clinical experiences for medical students and residents.
On a national level, he founded the Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, now in its 10th year, as well as the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health. With funding from NIH and AHRQ, Dr. Ferguson now leads two projects in implementation science in four states to adopt evidence-based health practices in prisons and jails. He has written in the field of policy, community reentry and clinical competencies at the intersection of criminal justice health and academic health sciences.
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.
