Contact: Dianna Borsi O'BrienMissouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research & Training CenterUniversity of Missouri-Columbia13 Walter Williams, Columbia, MO 65211Phone: (573) 882-2914, Fax: (573) 884-3437E-mail: [email protected] For more information: http://www.muhealth.org/~arthritis/
For Immediate Release
International Conference PostponedNew Date to be Set Soon
(Columbia, Missouri; Sept. 19, 2001) -- In light of the recent U.S. tragedy, the international conference on exercise and arthritis set for Sept. 21-22, 2001 in St. Louis is postponed.
A new date for the conference will be set soon.
Titled Health Promotion and Disability Prevention for Individuals and Populations Rheumatic Disease: Evidence for Exercise and Physical Activity, the conference will include experts and researchers from throughout the nation and the world.
Concerns about travel safety as well as sensitivity to those who have lost friends and family members in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 led to the conference organizers's decision to postpone the event.
For more information on the conference, see the ACR webpage on the event at http://www.rheumatology.org/acrrehab.html or contact Marcia K. Martin at (404) 633-3777 or by email at [email protected].
The decision was made in consultation with representatives from all involved organizations including the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Chair of the ACR planning committee for the event is Marian Minor, Ph.D., P.T., a principal investigator with the MARRTC.
Those who would like to be notified when a new date is set may contact Dianna Borsi O'Brien, Senior Information Specialist of the MARRTC's Dissemination Project at (573) 882-2914 or by email at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]
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The Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC) is a federally funded arthritis-related rehabilitation research center headquartered at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The only such center in the nation, it is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
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