12th Annual Conference of the
International Society for Quality of Life Research
October 19 - 22, 2005
Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Building Bridges to Enhance Quality of Life

 
 
 
Conference Schedule

Tuesday, October 18th

ISOQOL Board Meeting

Wednesday, October 19th

9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Morning Workshops

1:30 - 4:30 pm
Afternoon Workshops

6:00-7:00pm
Opening Reception

Thursday, October 20th

8:00am-12:00noon
Posters on display

8:45-9:00am
Presidential Welcome
David Feeny, Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta

9:00-10:15am
Plenary I
Measuring Health
Robert H. Brook, VP and Director of RAND Health and Professor of medicine and Health Services at the Center for Health Sciences at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

10:15-11:15am
Break and Meeting the Author Poster Session

11:15am-12:45pm
Concurrent Oral Session I

12:30-6:30pm
Posters on display

12:45-2:00pm
Lunch Session
Peer Review Process
~ Neil Aaronson, Head of Psych Research & Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute
~ Colleen McHorney, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Medical Care, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care

2:00-3:30pm
Concurrent Oral Session II

3:30-4:00pm
Break

4:00-5:30pm
Invited Symposia
Hearing from Stakeholders
~ Bonnie Teschendorf, Director of Quality of Life Science, Cancer Control Science Department, American Cancer Society
~ Patricia Ganz, UCLA Department of Health Services
~ Steven Clauser, Chief, Outcomes Research Branch, National Cancer Institute
~ Russell Mardon, National Committee for Quality Assurance

5:30-6:45pm
Meet the Author Poster Session

6:30-7:15pm
Mentor/Mentee Meeting

Friday, October 21st

8:00am-11:45am
Posters on display

9:00-10:15am
Plenary II
Policy Applications of QOL
~ Michael Wolfson, Statistics Canada
~ Paul Kind, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
~ Galina Velikova, Cancer Med Research Unit, St. James' Hospital

10:15-11:15am
Meet the Author Poster Session

11:15-12:45pm
Concurrent Oral Session III

12:45-2:15pm
ISOQOL Business Meeting/Lunch Session

2:15-3:45pm
Concurrent Oral Session IV

2:30-6:45pm
Posters on display

3:45-4:15pm
Break

4:15-5:45pm
Concurrent Oral Sessions V

5:45-6:45pm
Meet the Author Poster Session


Saturday, October 22nd

8:00am-11:45am
Posters on display

8:00-9:15am
Plenary III
QOL Assessment in Clinical Practice
~ David Osoba, QOL Consulting
~ Michael J. Barry, Director of the Health Services Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
~ David Cella, CORE, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

9:15-10:15am
Break and Meeting the Author Poster Session

10:15-11:45am
Concurrent Oral Sessions VI

11:45-1:00pm
Lunch on your own

12:30-5:00pm
Posters on display

1:00-3:30pm
Joint ISOQOL/SMDM Oral Session

3:30-5:00pm
Joint ISOQOL/SMDM Poster Session

7:00-10:00pm
ISOQOL Social Dinner/Awards
Following the Dinner and Awards Ceremony, El Tren, a 4-piece Cuban charanga/danzon/latin-jazz ensemble feating piano, flute, bass and percussion, will perform.

Conference Dinner

Join with friends and colleagues at the annual ISOQOL Conference Dinner and Awards Banquet. This year, the event will be held at the Atrium, a short walk from the Hyatt, the Conference Headquarters. The Atrium, a world-class restaurant, is located in the 101 California Building, designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson, who was the recipient of the 1980 American Architects Gold Medal Award for this building. Entertainment will be provided by El Tren, a local band performing Cuban jazz and traditional dance music. The prestigious ISOQOL Awards will be presented during this event -- it's one not-to-be-missed!

Hotel Accommodations

This year's ISOQOL meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. ISOQOL has arranged a special sleeping room rate of $173 single/double. The Hyatt Regency is quality San Francisco waterfront accommodation near the California cable car stop and part of the eight-block Embarcadero Center business and shopping complex. Each sleeping room has a beautiful view of the city or the San Francisco Bay. Well-suited for San Francisco business travel and leisure guests with computer ports, two telephone lines with voice mail, and a private fax machine on request. Children under age 18 stay for free in the same room with a parent or guardian. Rooms on non-smoking floors available, ADA approved rooms, and hotel accessibility.

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The nation's only moving national historic landmarks, the cable cars still run on 8.8 miles of track along three of their original hundred-year-old routes.

Transportation

One of the USA's busiest airports, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) handles both domestic flights and international connections for the Pacific Rim, Europe and Latin America. With four terminals, one is a recently built and much praised international terminal, and three handle domestic and Canada-bound flights. An internal transit system, AirTrain, links together the various parts of the airport. Metro rail services run between the airport, the city and the Bay Area. Once you land you are only 14 miles from the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

Scholarship Information

ISOQOL is pleased to offer scholarships for the 2005 Annual Conference. We encourage attendees to submit their application for the following scholarships (click on the type of scholarship you are interested in to download the application):
1. Developing Countries - Scholarships up to $3000 US per person are awarded
2. New Investigators - Scholarships up to $1000 US per person are awarded

The deadline for submitting applications for Scholarships is May 5, 2005.

ISOQOL 2005 Conference Organizing Committee Chairs

Chair: Ron Hays, PhD, USA
Co-Chair: Anita Stewart, PhD, USA
Co-Chair: Leo S. Morales, MD, USA

Rick Berzon, Dr.Ph., USA
Elaine McColl, M.Sc., UK
Andrea Bezjak, M.D., Canada
Carol M. Moinpour, Ph.D., USA
Annabel Bowden, Ph.D., USA
David Osoba, M.D., Canada
Serge Briançon, M.D., France
Geraldine Padilla, Ph.D., USA
Peter Fayers, Ph.D., UK
Bryce Reeve, Ph.D., USA
David Feeny, Ph.D., Canada
Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D., USA
Ted Ganiats, M.D, USA
Henk F. van Stel, Ph.D., The Netherlands
Ashu Rajan Gandhi, M.D., India
Claire Snyder, M.H.S., USA
Mark Haggard, Ph.D., USA
Karen H. Sousa R.N., Ph.D., USA
Sehyun Kim, Ph.D., Korea
Albert Wu, M.P.H., M.D., USA
Mona Martin, R.N., M.P.A., USA
Julie Brown, M.Sc., UK

ISOQOL Leadership

President
David Feeny, PhD, Canada

President-Elect
Peter Fayers, PhD, UK

Immediate Past President
Albert Wu, MPH, PhD, USA

Editor of Journal
Neil Aaronson, PhD,
The Netherlands

Secretary-Treasurer
Diane Fairclough DrPH, USA

Board Members

Andrea Bezjak, MD, MSc, Canada
Andrew Bottomley, PhD, UK
Graeme Hawthorne, PhD, Australia
 Donna Lamping, PhD, UK
Kwok-fai Leung, DPipOT, China
Elaine McColl, MSc, UK
Carolyn Schwartz, ScD, USA
Laura Schwartzmann, Uruguay
Ingela Wiklund, PhD, Sweden

Executive Director
Laura Degnon, USA

 

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updated 8/4/05