| The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR) is pleased to invite you to attend: "Frontiers of Knowledge in Sleep and Sleep Disorders:
Opportunities for Improving Health and Quality of Life." March 29-30, 2004
Natcher Conference Center
Bethesda, MD Join other health care providers, public health and education experts, policy makers, patient advocacy organizations, and sleep medicine specialists to review the gaps between knowledge and effective health care related to sleep, and to develop an action plan for improving public health. The key question to be addressed at the National Institutes of Health-sponsored public conference is, "How can current knowledge about sleep and sleep disorders be translated into cost-effective strategies for: -
Improving individual knowledge, attitudes and sleep-related behaviors -
Improving rates of diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders -
Reducing health care costs due to untreated sleep disorders -
Improving public health and quality of life?" You can play a critical role in developing the innovative and interactive final action plan by attending this high profile conference. There is no registration fee but it is essential to REGISTER IN ADVANCE for appropriate representation of all key stakeholders and final planning. Questions? Looking for more conference information? Check http://www.sleeptranslation.com/ or contact NCSDR at 301-435-0199. Learn more about sleep and sleep disorders at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/sleep. | 