16th Annual ISOQOL Conference
Integrating HRQOL in Health Care Policy, Research, and Practice
October 28-31, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana

About ISOQOL

The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) is an organization dedicated to the improvement and dissemination of research and instrumentation for measuring health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes in population-based studies, randomized clinical trials, and other types of evaluative and discriminative studies. ISOQOL is an international society, with participants from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The activities of ISOQOL are focused on the science, measurement and interpretation of HRQOL, as well as other types of patient reported outcomes (PROs). We accomplish our goals though international scientific meetings, mentoring young investigators, disseminating innovative methods and research through our journal, Quality of Life Research.

About the 16th Annual ISOQOL Conference

We are presently soliciting funds to support this year’s activities, including our next Annual Meeting, which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA from October 28 – 31, 2009.

For a list of oral/poster abstract topics to be presented CLICK HERE.

Please Click Here to download a Sponsorship/Exhibitor form or read below for more information on Sponsorship and/or Exhibiting.

Confirmed plenary sessions are:

Patient-reported Outcomes for Adverse Symptom Reporting in Clinical Trials

• Laurie B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Director, Study Endpoints and Labeling, OND/CDER/FDA
• Nancy C. Santanello, MD, MS, Vice President, Head of Epidemiology Department, Merck Research Laboratories
• Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, Health Outcomes Group, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Patient-reported Outcomes to Evaluate the Quality of Health Care Delivery

• Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Professor John Browne, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork
• David Feeny, PhD, The Center for Health Research, Northwest/Hawaii/Southeast, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region

Using Self-reported Measures to Assess Population Health

• Joshua A. Salomon, PhD, Associate Professor of International Health, Harvard School of Public Health
• Prof. Dr. Monika Bullinger, Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Janet A. Harkness, PhD, Director, Survey Research and Methodology Program and UNL Gallup Research Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln, UNL Gallup Research Center

How You Can Help

Help us by sponsoring an activity at this year’s ISOQOL conference.

You may select an advertising opportunity like the conference bag, a booth or an advertisement on the program. You can designate that your support be applied to an event. Or you can choose to support one of several scholarships to bring a presenter or participant to New Orleans for the meeting.

Events and Activities
*Support for Conference Dinner ~ $8,000
*Support for Welcome Reception ~ $5,000
  Support for One Refreshment Break ~ $2,000
*Support for Mentor/Mentee Program ~ $5,000

Scholarship
** Speaker Fees for One Plenary Session ~ $5,000
***Support for the ISOQOL Developing Countries Scholarship Program ~ $3,000
*** Support for the ISOQOL New Investigator Scholarship Program ~ $2,000
*** Support for the New Investigator and Student Awards ~ $1,200

Advertising

Download a Sponsorship/Exhibitor Form Click here

For Details on Exhibiting Click here

*Contact office regarding exclusive sponsorship opportunities.
** Contact office regarding which plenary session you would like to sponsor.
***Please visit the conference page of our website at www.isoqol.org for more information on these programs.

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