<div class="gmail_quote">FYI<br><br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"><strong>PLEASE DISSEMINATE</strong></span>
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</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Epidemiologists' Forum presents:<u></u><u></u><u></u></span>
</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Neighborhood Quality:<b> </b>The St. Louis African American Health Cohort Study<u></u><u></u></span>
</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">Elena Andresen, Ph.D., <span style>Professor and Chief of Disability & Health Research Group, OHSU</span><u></u><u></u></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">
</span></p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br><b>Wednesday, May 16, 2012<br>4:00 - 6:00 pm</b><br><br>Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, Room 1D,
</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">MAX: NE 7th Avenue Station<br>Parking is available near PSOB<br><br><span style>The St. Louis African American Health Cohort study (2001-2011) examined the association between neighborhood conditions and lower body disability among 998 residents 55-64 years old. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Dr. Andresen recently came to OHSU from the University of Florida, where she was the chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. <u></u><u></u></span>
</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt"><br>Sponsors:<br>Oregon Public Health Association (Epidemiology and Biostatistics section)<br>
Oregon Public Health Division<br>The Center for Healthy Communities, a CDC funded Prevention Research Center at OHSU<u></u><u></u></span>
</p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt">For more information about Epidemiologists' Forum contact Ken Rosenberg <a href="tel:%28971%29%20673-0237" value="+19716730237" target="_blank">(971) 673-0237</a><br>
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