ARC and AHSRA Conference May 17-21, 2021

More than 30 oral (virtual) presentations in the Social Sciences

The Andrews Research Conference (ARC) and the Adventist Human Subjects Researchers Association (AHSRA) are collaborating to host joint virtual conferences from May 17-21, 2021. The conferences will feature more than 30 oral research presentations in the fields of education, family, health, industry, justice, media, politics, and sexuality. This year's focus can lead to a deeper understanding of critical social, educational, and religious challenges facing our church, schools, and the wider community. Several of the presentations will consider the impact of COVID-19 and identify important lessons learned.

The Andrews Research Conference will be held May 17–18, 2021. ARC was developed for Adventist graduate students, post-docs, and early career researchers to provide opportunities for them to present their scholarly research. This year the conference will focus on the social sciences. The keynote speakers are Jean-Luc Murk, clinical microbiologist/virologist and physician at the Elizabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, the Netherlands, and Cooper Hodges, of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Murk's plenary is entitled, Measuring the reliability of molecular tests to diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infection.  Hodges will present Traumatic Brain Injury: How Interdisciplinary Research Has Furthered Our Understanding of Head Injury.  Information and registration for ARC2021. 

The Adventist Human Subjects Researchers Association held May 19–21, 2021 is themed "Health, Gospel, Community: Get Involved." There will be three plenary presentations. Gary Fraser, Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology,Loma Linda University, will present Six decades of exciting discovery about eating and health experience. Thadeu Silva, Director of Archives, South American Division will present A Sociologist in the Administration, and Daniel Ganu, Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies, Adventist University of Africa, will present African Seventh-day Adventist Health Studies: Phase One.  Information and registration for AHSRA 2021.