On this page you will find information on chapters and chapters can publish local information on meetings, notes, publications etc for their members.
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Links to the websites of IMGA and the chapters of IMGA:
http://proj.ncku.edu.tw/imgatwn/ (Taiwan Chapter website)
https://sites.google.com/site/grupodegeologiamedicayforense/ (Colombian website in Spanish)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Medical-Geology-Association-IMGA/217954944942790 (Facebook, IMGA)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Medical-Geology-Association-Taiwan-Chapter/141527755859166 (Facebook, Taiwan Chapter)
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117427695222 (Facebook Medical Geology group)
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117427695222 (Facebook, Colombian chapter)
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2857479&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr (Medical Geology group in Linkedin)
http://imga14.wix.com/imgabolivia#! (Website Bolivian Chapter)
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IMGA Chapter Stimulus Contest
The International Medical Geology Association is offering a $1,000 prize to the IMGA
Chapter that submits the best response to the question:
How would you use the $1,000 to stimulate interest in
Medical Geology in your region?
The contest is open to all IMGA Chapters that have at least five (5) paid-up members.
The one-page response should be sent to Kim Dowling (k.dowling@ballarat.edu.au)
by May 1, 2013 by the Chapter chairs or by a designated representative. The winning
Chapter will be announced at the IMGA Chapter session of the MEDGEO 2013
conference in Arlington,VA, USA and the prize money will be presented during the
Awards Ceremony.
The response should clearly state how the money would be used, what benefits would
result, and how the impact would be assessed. The money could be used, for example, to
educate students at all levels, increase membership in the IMGA, inform communities of
important medical geology issues, influence decision makers to consider medical geology
issues and information, etc. The money can not be used for research projects.
The evaluation committee will consider:
Likelihood of success
Beneficial impacts on the region
Scale of impacts
Benefits to medical geology
Benefits to the IMGA
Novelty of the approach
The winning Chapter must have a representative present at the MEDGEO2013
conference and will be asked to sign a receipt for the IMGA funds for use on the IMGA
approved Local Chapter project only. The winning Chapter must complete the project
within one year of receiving the funds. Shortly thereafter the Chapter must submit a
report to the IMGA Newsletter describing the project and assessing the results. The
Chapter will also provide an oral presentation or a poster about their project at MEDGEO
2015.
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Japanese chapter
The Japanese chapter has its own international journal.
Geopollution, Medical Geology and Urban Geology. A Japanese journal published by the Japanese chapter of IMGA
