HEAN Annual Community and
Scientific 
Partners Meeting

Hyatt Regency Downtown SOMA 

October 7 - 9, 2024

Welcome to the registration site for the HEAN 2024 Annual Meeting

 

Please note: The HEAN 2024 Annual Meeting will be taking place in-person in San Francisco, California from October 7th to 9th at the Hyatt Regency Downtown SOMA. Information on how to access the conference site materials and participate will be forwarded to you a little closer to the meeting dates. 

The Skills Development Workshop for early stage and pilot investigators will be held for the full day on October 7th beginning at 8:00 AM and will include poster sessions, career development and skill building.  If you are attending the Skills Development Workshop on October 7th, please plan to arrive on Sunday, October 6th. Meeting agendas will be posted on this website as soon as they become available.  Poster submissions will also be done through this website.

HEAN 2024 Annual Meeting Goals

The goals of our HEAN 2024 Annual Meeting are to promote collaboration and communication among MCD center investigators & research teams, our community partners, and other research organizations, as well as to engage in research skills and career development of early-stage investigators.

Organized over three days in October, the sessions are designed to:

  • Foster communication across centers and the network as a whole
  • Provide status updates on P50 center’s main studies 
  • Share successes & challenges implementing the goals of the Network
  • Strengthen community and scientific partnerships
  • Highlight innovations addressing MCD disparities
  • Advance meaningful community engagement across the research continuum 
  • Leverage opportunities across NIH centers to promote our HEAN agenda, priorities, and best practices
  • Advance research skills and the careers of the next generation of MCD disparities researchers and network these early-stage investigators to each other and across the HEAN MCD network

Who should register to attend this meeting:

  • P50 Center MPIs (at least 1 required to represent Center)
  • Core PIs
  • Project PIs
  • Community Partners
  • P50 Center Co-Investigators
  • Project & Program Managers
  • Data Managers
  • Early Stage & Pilot Investigators and Trainees

Meeting dates and times*:

The HEAN 2024 Annual Community and Scientific Partners Meeting will take place October 7-9 in San Francisco, California at the Hyatt Regency Downtown SOMA.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL AGENDA

The Research Coordinating Center (RCC) will be supporting 12 travel scholarships for:

  • 6 Early Stage / Pilot Investigators per center (to be selected by the P50 center development cores)
  • 6 additional team members per center (to include a minimum of 2 community partners and 2 project managers)