Preventive Medicine 2001

Fundraising for Preventive Medicine 2001 has been the primary focus of development activities in recent months. A goal of raising $125,000 has been set for the meeting. To put this in perspective, just over $50,000 was raised for PREVENTION 2000, and this amount was in effect split between ACPM and ATPM.

As of the end of October, ACPM had received funding commitments of $46,500 has been raised for the conference. The commitments are as follows:

Bayer Corporation $15,000
Merck & Co., Inc. $10,000
Quaker Oats $10,000
March of Dimes $5,000
SmithKline Beecham $5,000
Optum $1,500

Preventive Medicine 2001 Planning Committee members and staff continue to contact other potential corporate sponsors. In addition, formal conference grant proposals have been submitted to CDC and AHRQ. The CDC proposal has been approved although it has not yet been funded. The AHRQ proposal is still pending. Discussions have also been held with HRSA about providing support for the meeting.

Cooperative Agreement Update

• Our HRSA cooperative agreement has been renewed. Although the cooperative agreement has been renewed at level funding, we have requested additional funding to carry out additional activities to strengthen the preventive medicine workforce, including convening a group of stakeholders to begin developing a research plan to enumerate the preventive medicine workforce. We have good reason to believe that our efforts to obtain supplemental funding will be successful.

• Our ATSDR cooperative agreement has been renewed. Funding has been reduced, however, because the Department of Energy, which contributed funds to ATSDR’s cooperative agreement program last year, has withdrawn its support from the program.

Corporate Support

• We have received a $60,000 educational grant from Procter & Gamble to support research into issues concerning handwashing and/or the public health impact of consumer-oriented antibacterial products. Erica Frank is leading our discussions with P&G regarding the exact use of these funds as well as regarding our future relationship with P&G. While P&G initially contacted the College regarding our interest in supporting handwashing education in conjunction with P&G’s release of new handwashing products, our interest is also in identifying opportunities to work jointly with P&G on other preventive medicine issues.

• Merck has given the College a grant of $15,000 to support web site development. Thanks go to Steve Teutsch for facilitating a strong relationship between Merck and the College.

Other Revenue-Generating Activities

• We have contracted with a company called Applied Recruitment Technologies to develop an online service for posting preventive medicine job opportunities. ACPM will receive a portion of the revenues resulting from employers listing their job openings.

• We have been negotiating with a health internet company to provide ACPM-developed and/or ACPM-approved information to the site. Under the terms of this not quite finalized contract, ACPM would receive a set fee to participate in this endeavor.

• We have also been negotiating with a company to digitally capture sessions at our annual meeting. The sessions would then be available online and would be accessible for a subscription fee. ACPM would receive a portion of the subscription and sponsorship fees received.

Future of Preventive Medicine Fund

As of October 31, 2000 we had raised $9,925 from 45 members’ generous contributions. The contributions continue to come into the office. In late November, we plan to send out a mailing seeking additional support for the Future of Preventive Medicine Fund.

President’s Society

We have added twelve new members to the President’s Society this year. There are now 25 ACPM members who have contributed at least $500 to become a part of this distinguished group. As determined at the last Development Committee meeting, a $500 contribution earns an individual a three year membership in the President’s Society, while a $5,000 contribution garners a lifetime membership. The President’s Society members are listed below:

E. Jackson Allison, Jr., MD
George Anderson, MD
Christopher R. Armstrong, MD
Robert Carr, MD
Ronald M. Davis, MD
Roy L. DeHart, MD
Halley S. Faust, MD
Jonathan Fielding, MD
Donad H. Gemson, MD
Robert G. Harmon, MD
Linda Louise Hill, MD
Douglas N. Johnson, MD
Arnold Kisch, MD
James George Kotsanos, MD
Douglas Lloyd, MD
J. Patrick Moulds, MD
Gary R. Noble, MD
F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD
William S. Shaw, MD
Susan J. Standfast, MD
Penny M. Stern, MD
Leslie A. Swygert, MD
Hugh H. Tilson, MD
William Wiese, MD
Llewellyn Wilson, MD