ADVERSE EVENTS in children following exposures to insect repellents containing DEET. PEGUS Research, Inc. is studying adverse events following exposures to DEET. We are seeking information from pediatricians regarding patients who may have experienced neurological, systemic or unusual symptoms. Parents of patients will be asked to participate in a telephone interview.

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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH DIRECTOR

DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is seeking a Director of Pediatric Research. DeVos Children's Hospital is a 136-bed university-affiliated tertiary care center with 25 hospital-based pediatric faculty, a strong pediatric residency program, and a highly-committed, well-organized community of primary care pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. The faculty are young, well trained, with active and enduring research interests. The director will promote and oversee research within all of the Children's Hospital programs. DeVos Children's Hospital and the Butterworth Health System have extensive and rapidly growing research resources and a strong commitment to research.

Candidates should be eligible for appointment at the associate professor or professor level and have demonstrated ability to obtain extramural funding. Highly desirable are skills in outcomes and health services research.

This prosperous and growing community has an exceptional location with abundant professional and cultural opportunities. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience. Applicants should send Curriculum Vitae and direct inquiries to:

Anthony J. Richtemeier, M.D.; Medical Director; DeVos Children's Hospital; 100 Michigan NE, MC 11; Grand Rapids, MI 49503; 616-391-1898(phone); 616-391-3105 (fax)

EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

The Annual Meeting of European Society for Pediatric Research will be held in Szeged, Hungary, August 31-September 3, 1997.

Contact:

ESPR 1997; Department of Pediatrics; Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University; P.O. Box 815; H-6701 Szeged, Hungary

or call; (36) 62 455 802

or fax; (36) 62 455 803

or e-mail: espr97@pedia.szote.u-szeged.hu

FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS

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Ambulatory Pediatric Association

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1999 (April 30-May 3) San Francisco, CA

2000 (May 13-16) Boston, MA

2001 (April 27-May 1) Baltimore, MD

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CONFERENCE PREVENTION OF HIV TRANSMISSION FROM MOTHERS TO INFANTS

A conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission From Mothers to Infants will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, DC, September 3-6, 1997. The conference will address critical intervention issues by combining multidisciplinary scientific updates what topic-specific workshop presentations. This international conference is sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology in collaboration with the Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and is cosponsored by the American Foundation for AIDS Research; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Fogarty International Center, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH; and the International Aids Society. Specific goals of the conference are to provide updates on current research and concepts concerning prevention of mother-to-infant HIV transmission, and to allow opportunities for researchers and public health workers from developing countries to identify implementation obstacles, practical applications of current research and clinical results, and ways to further extend knowledge to reduce mother-to-infant HIV transmission.

Contact: Mr. Alfred Nimocks, Social and Systems, Inc., 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA; or call (301) 986-1216; or fax (301) 913-0351; or e-mail an@s-3.com.