News

June 5

The MEDGEO 2013 deadline for abstracts has been extended to Friday, June 15.

May 7

We are pleased to inform you of MEDGEO 2013 progress. The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Working Group on Health has agreed to hold their second conference simultaneously with our conference. They will be hosting several technical sessions on the use of remote sensing to address health-related issues, and offering seven short courses and mini-workshops – one of three free mini-workshops. The University of Texas at Dallas is considering a major contribution to the conference to highlight a growing field called Holistics for Health. Holistics for Health brings together large databases from multiple sources including the geosciences to address health issues and impacts on life expectancy resulting from: water quality, global dust sources, climate change, military activities, and more. The Holistics for Health workshop will showcase new advances and provide a networking opportunity for those who would like to leverage the computational BigData revolution for insight generation, decision making or policy formulation.

Our web site (www.medgeo2013) has been completely revised and updated listing the 22 proposed technical sessions, seven short courses/workshops, free excursions to the U.S. Geological Survey Headquarters, the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, and the National Museum of Health and Medicine. There will also be a free evening tour of Washington, D.C. and trips to George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Arlington National Cemetery. A field trip is scheduled to visit a nearby Superfund site.

ESRI has agreed to fund the conference lunch on Tuesday, August 27. The IMGA and the Geological Society of America’s Geology and Health  Division have provided $1,000 each for international student travel incentives. Announcements have been sent out soliciting proposals from students for travel support to the conference. We have formally submitted the proposal to NSF requesting $18,000 for U.S. student support to attend the conference.

A conference luncheon will be included in your registration compliments of ESRI. The conference dinner will be on a cruise sailing on the historic Potomac River past D.C. All this, and much, much more.

We hope to see you in Arlington, Virginia, August 24-30, 2013. For more information contact Bob Finkelman (bobf@utdallas.edu)

April 14

MEDGEO 2013 announces a Travel Fellowship Program for students and post-doctoral associates presenting papers at the 2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (MEDGEO 2013) in Arlington, Virginia, USA, August 24-30, 2013. This fellowship is available to any student or post-doctoral associate enrolled or employed at an educational institution. Only the presenter of the paper will be awarded the fellowship and the presenter must be the first author of the paper and a major member of the research team.  Fellowships are anticipated to be a maximum of $1,000 per person travelling within the U.S. and $1,500 for students travelling from outside the U.S.  The number of fellowships to be awarded will depend on the availability of funds.
Application deadline is June 7, 2013.
The application form may be found at www.medgeo2013.org  and should be submitted with the required documents as a single pdf file by email to: Dr. Dibyendu (Dibs) Sarkar (sarkard@mail.montclair.edu).
For additional information and forms see also INFORMATION and APPLICATION FORM 

April 13

The International Registry of Pathology is proud to sponsor an IMGA research grant program in honor of its late President, William A. Gardner, MD.  In his memory, the IMGA Gardner Research Grants will support three research grants for graduate students from around the globe interested in medical geology.  Awardees may use the grant funds to support data collection, travel to study sites, or travel and register for relevant conferences.  IMGA Gardner Research grantees will be offered complimentary registration to the MEDGEO 2013 in Washington, DC. More information 

March 2
The Mexico´s chapter is organizing the International Course-conference concerning Medical Geology issues. This event will be held in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico, during the period of March 21 to March 23 this year 2013.  The whole program of this event.

February 22
PhD scholarship in groundwater N-pollution and public health effects
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Danish Graduate School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Public Health program and employment at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).  Information

January 18
GEOHEALTH LIFE+ Project Newsletter
This first issue of the newsletter provides you with infor-mation about the project, “The impact of geological envi-ronment on the health status of the residents of the Slovak Republic”, and progress to date. More issues of the news-letter will be published as the project progress.
The main objective is “the reduction of the negative impact of the geological environment on the health status of residents of the Slovak Republic”.

January 6
A new newsletter #21 has been distributed to all our members. If you ve not received it please contact secretary@medicalgeology.org

December 3
The new website for MEDGEO2013 . Bookmark it and check it regularly

November 18 2011
Links to the websites of IMGA and our chapters

November 17 2012
IMGA announces a new chapter stimulus competition

15 August 2012
Website for MEDGEO2013 launched

15 August 2012
Essentials of Medical Geology. New edition to be published late 2012

7 August 2012

6 August 2012
Workshop in medical geology in Denmark February 2012. Program Abstracts

28 April 2012
MEDGEO2013
Announcement. IMGA International Conference 2013, Washington DC, August 25-29
More information press here

21 April 2012
The 9th International Symposium of Environmental Geochemistry
15-22 July, Aveiro, Portugal . Short course in medical geology will be held. http://9iseg.web.ua.pt 

25 February 2012
GEOMED2011 in Italy
The International Medical Geology conference GEOMED2011 was successfully carried out in Bari in August 2011. The report from the conference can be found here.

9 December 2011
Medical Geology Short Courses in Galway, Ireland, August 19-20, 2012
Two shortcourses on Medical Geology and Medical Mineralogy will be held during the 2012 Sino-European Symposium on Environment and Health. Read more

26 October 2011
IMGA Student travel fund
The next IMGA conference will be in the Washington D.C. area in the fall of 2013. The conference will afford young medical geology students the rare opportunity to hear the best and to be heard by the best. We anticipate that many students from around the world we be requesting financial assistance to attend this important meeting. Therefore, we are setting up a Student Travel Fund that will be used to defray the costs of attending the conference for deserving students.

We ask you to contribute to this worthwhile fund by sending your contributions by credit card via this link or by PayPal. 100% of your contributions will go to assist students in attending the conference and your name will appear in a conference brochure as a benefactor.

16 September 2011
CANCELLED - Short course in Medical Geology, Australia
A short course in Medical Geology will take place at UWA in Perth in mid-December this year. Read more at the UWA course website, or download the course flyer here

16 September 2011
Short course in Medical Geology, Italy
A short course in Medical Geology will take place before the MedGeo2011 conference in Bari, Italy next week, 19-20 September. Read more at the conference website, or download the flyer here

13 August 2011
IMGA Business meeting in Bari, Italy
All members are welcome to the IMGA business meeting at the GeoMed2011 conference, which will be held on Saturday 24, 16.40-18.30.

9 August 2011
Abstract submission for 9th ISEG now open
For more information, please visit the conference website at http://9iseg.web.ua.pt/web/index.php

25 July 2011
IMGA Newsletter 18 out now
The latest IMGA Newsletter has now been sent out to all members. If you believe you should have received it and haven't, please contact our Secretary: Karin.Calluna@gmail.com

29 June 2011
Sign-up for Summer School at Brescia University, Italy
Occupational and environmental determinants of disease: multidisciplinary approach as a key for research and prevention. The school is open to undergraduate, graduate students, researchers in the field of occupational and environmental health. There will be no inscription fee and accommodation is available at very affordable price but the enrollment is on a first-come-first basis. At this time low cost flight are available to reach the airports of Bergamo Orio, Verona, or Milan.   Read more

6 May 2011
Successful Short Course in Medical Geology held in Chengdu, China 12-14 April. Read more

28 February 2011
New IMGA Executive Committee elected. Read more

17 February 2011
The American Geological Institute (AGI) welcomes IMGA as its 49th Member Society. Read more

4 February 2011
New book published by ROSGEO / Russian Division of IMGA
Medical geology: current status and perspectives. 
Editor Iosif Volfson. Russian Geological Society ROSGEO, 2010. See details here.

4 February 2011
Award to our members Iosif Volfson and Evgeny Farrakhov in Russia
Iosif Volfson IMGA RD Russia – N.I.S. Executive Committee Chair and Evgeny Farrakhov Vice-Chair (Geology) have received an honorable award for their work in medical geology. They were awarded each with a special Diploma of the Fund named after Academician V.I. Smirnov (famous Russian Geologist of the XX century) “for outstanding contribution in solving actual problems of geosciences” as well as memorial medal marking the 100 th anniversary of V.I. Smirnov’s birth.

29 January 2011
Geological Society of America associated society to IMGA
We are proud to announce that the prestigious Geological Society of America (GSA) has approved the application of the IMGA to become an Associated Society. This is a distinct honor for an organization as young as ours. GSA Associated Societies are “partners in pursuit of mutual goals to advance the geosciences, enhance the professional growth of members, and promote the geosciences in the service of humanity.” This is additional proof that what the IMGA have already accomplished and what we are trying to accomplish has been recognized at the highest levels of our profession. More information

18 January 2011
New IMGA website launched January 2011
The new website is now launched and we welcome both old and new visitors to what we hope will be a site full of information about Medical Geology activities, research and education around the world.