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** UPDATE! At the 2009 AEJMC Convention, members of the Science Communication Interest Group (SCI-Group) voted to change the group's name. The new name is the Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Specialty Group (ComSHER). A new website will accompany this change, to be launched by the end of the year. ComSHER is also applying for Division Status at AEJMC. Click here to sign the petition! ** New: ComSHER Constitution and Bylaws now available. ** ** New: Fall 2009 newsletter now available ** About ComSHER Eestablished in 1991 and known as the Science Communication Interest Group until 2009, ComSHER provides a forum for the advancement of the field of science communication and the professional development of its members. Objectives of the group include: (1) Providing a community for those interested in science, health, environmental, and risk communication; (2) Defining “science communication” to include the environment, health and technology, not just science in the narrowest sense; (3) Supporting a diversity of research methodologies and approaches in an ongoing effort to facilitate robust research in the field. The Group publishes a tri-yearly newsletter in January, June and October. It also hosts a number of peer-reviewed paper and poster sessions at the AEJMC Annual Convention in August. |
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