This fall, both of my professional conferences were in Washington D.C. First, I was a member of the Scientific Review Committee for AACR – Cancer Health Disparities Conference so I attended in September. I had a poster presentation on the pilot study we did on HPV vaccine barriers for VFC providers in Georgia. There was a large Moffitt HOB presence and I enjoyed seeing everyone. There were some anthropologists there again. This time Yolanda Moses talked about the R.A.C.E. exhibit at the Smithsonian and Juliet McMullin talked about her cancer research.  I did get a chance to visit the new M.L.K. memorial, as you can see below.

In October, I attended APHA for the first time. I attended many sessions on cancer disparities and farmworker health. I also had poster presentation on the NIH grant to present the development of the Salud es Vida flipchart educational tool for cervical cancer education. I probably ran into more than 100 people that I know. It was easy to run into people in the exhibition hall and poster sessions. Fellow anthropologists, Ricardo Contreras, Jason Lind, Antonio Tovar, and Georges (Atlas.ti) and I went to the Lincoln Memorial and then Asian Fusion for dinner. The next night, there was a USF reception at the Hyatt, so I saw a lot of alumni, faculty, and current students. Brett and I had a picture taken in front of inflatable Rocky (thanks Natalie!).