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Press Release For Immediate Release August 28 , 2006 Contact: CDC Coordinating Center for Health Promotion Phone: (770) 488-6540 Media Advisory CDC Hosts Its First-Ever National Health Promotion Conference WHAT: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is convening its first-ever National Health Promotion Conference. With the theme Innovations in Health Promotion: New Avenues for Collaboration, the conference is designed to share information and ideas to build and advance a national health promotion and wellness agenda. This event is co-sponsored with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Directors of Health Promotion and Education; March of Dimes; and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. WHO: Times and information about these speakers can be found at www.cdc.gov/cochp/conference. Tuesday, September 12 Jane Brody, M.S., Author and Columnist – The New York Times Kim Peek, inspiration for 1988 Oscar-winning movie Rain Man, and his father Fran Peek William D. Novelli, M.A., Chief Executive Officer – AARP Wednesday, September 13 J. Edward Hill, M.D., Past President – American Medical Association Town Hall Meeting: What Does It Mean to Be Well? Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., CDC Director Janet Collins, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion – CDC Lynn B. Nicholas, F.A.C.H.E., Chief Executive Officer – American Diabetes Association Rose Marie Robertson, M.D., Chief Science Officer – American Heart Association John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer – American Cancer Society Presentation: The 2006 Fries Prize for Improving Health recipient – William T. Sergeant, Chair Emeritus International PolioPlus Committee, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Thursday, September 14 Andrew Zolli, Futurist in Residence – American Demographics; Emerging Explorer – National Geographic Paul Jarris, Executive Director – ASTHO WHEN: Tuesday – Thursday, September 12-14, 2006 WHERE: Hilton Atlanta Hotel 255 Courtland Street, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 404.659.2000 Media interested in attending should contact Llelwyn Grant at 770.488.6540 or LGrant1@cdc.gov by Thursday, September 7, 2006. For more information, please visit the conference’s Web site at www.cdc.gov/cochp/conference. ### DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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