NCFR 2017

The 2017 NCFR Annual Conference is just months away! We will be meeting in beautiful and sunny Orlando, Florida, for the conference. Hurry and register to get a lower registration rate. Here are some exciting things to look forward to for the 2017 NCFR conference:

• We had a record-breaking 160 proposals submitted to the Families and Health Section for the NCFR conference, which means we received lots of presentation slots! There will be great posters, paper presentations, and symposia related to families and health issues.

• There will be a new award this year presented at the section meeting. In addition to our best student or new professional and professional paper awards, we will be giving out a best poster award too!

• Our section will have the first ever “tri-section” meeting with the Family Policy and Ethnic Minorities sections. We will meet together as the Families and Health Section for the first hour of our meeting and then join with the other two sections for our roundtables, which include opportunities to work on symposium proposals for the next NCFR conference, propose policy briefs, have discussions about important topics in the field, and swap teaching or clinical ideas and resources.

• And of course there will be door prizes, great networking, free memberships for newcomers who want to try our section out, and food!

Logo Contest

We are having a logo design competition! Any Families and Health Section member is eligible to submit a logo design that you think represents the essence of the Families and Health Section. The competition will go until we have a winner. Submit logos to me at [email protected]. The winner of the logo contest will receive a one-year membership to NCFR.

Section Member Spotlight

Amy Rauer was the recipient of the Families and Health Section Best Professional Paper Award at the 2016 NCFR Annual Conference for her paper “Romantic Relationships and Alcohol Use: A Long-Term, Developmental Perspective.” This paper—a collaborative effort with Gregory Pettit, Diana Samek, Jennifer Lansford, Kenneth Dodge, and John Bates—explores how the links between alcohol use and romantic relationships vary both within and across individuals over the life span. Amy is currently an associate professor in child and family studies at the University of Tennessee. She is the proud mother of two daughters, who make up for in laughs what they cost her in sleep!