Woohoo!

[rivka]

Dear Dr. Wald:

I am pleased to inform you that your submission entitled, "PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF SPIRITUALITY AND FORGIVENESS AMONG INNER CITY HIV PATIENTS" has been selected for presentation as an oral paper at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, which will be held March 24-27 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.

Your presentation will be within Paper Session #05 and will be identified as such in the program. Your presentation has been scheduled for Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Each oral paper is scheduled for 15 minutes (10 minutes for presentation, approximately 5 minutes for questions).

Congratulations on an excellent submission. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore!

This is the premier conference in my field, and although I've had lots of posters accepted, I've never been invited to do an oral presentation there before. I'll be giving a poster too, later the same evening, called "TRANSMISSION RISK BEHAVIORS OF INNER-CITY HIV PATIENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV BIODISPARITY." But a paper, yay! Exposure!

I think I'm going to preen now. *preen* *preen*

Comments

Yay, exposure!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's really cool!

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Great! Wonderful! "Giving a poster" is an odd combination of words.

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo indeed! Does that conference give the presenting authors ribbons to wear on their badges, author breakfast, or other helpful ways to brag?

[thbeatnik.livejournal.com]

I am continually and joyfully impressed by you. Congratulations!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Congratulations darling. Excellent news!

[geekchick]

Congratulations!

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hoo! Very cool - congratulations.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

That's great!

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Woo and hoo!

Think kindly of us little people when you are named Surgeon General in the (Hilary) Clinton administration. :-)

Re: Yay, exposure!

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

May I use your icon?

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's a significant step forward for you. And what a nice ending to your year, to get this notice.

(Tangentially, when I took Business Communication, the phrase "I am pleased to inform you" was so thoroughly drilled out of me that I automatically flinch to see it. The rationale was, "the reader doesn't *care* what pleases me, s/he wants to know what's in it for him/her, so start with, 'Congratulations!' or something similar.")

Re: Yay, exposure!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Yes. Glad you like it.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I love seeing that "Dr. Wald." :)

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Excellent news. Congratulations!

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

no, I think that should be PREEN!!!. Fantastic news; congratulations.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

It is, but I'm not sure how else to put it. A "poster" is a 4x6' bulletin board, on which I'll put up information about my study. Then I'll stand by it for a few hours, and with any luck people will come by, read it, and ask me questions.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

It's especially cool when it's used by people who aren't doing it because they're all excited about me finishing and want to make me happy. These people at SBM think it's my real title!

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Oh, you rock, you rock, you utterly rock! Excellent news, and well-deserved good stuff.

I used to work for a Big Name in the Field

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

one Lee Robins, at least a Related Field.
By my lights, this would be a major achievement.
Heart-felt congratulations, madam doctoressa.

[geminigirl]

That's fantastic! Go you!

[ailbhe]

Oooooooh.

Congratulations!

[pameladean]

That's splendid indeed; congratulations!

Pamela

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Bravo, Doc Wald!

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

wow. Go you for even having something to say about this.

I don't suppose we can hope for a pdf (flutters eyelashes hopefully)?

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Impersonating a grownup again, my dear?

(-;

[iamjw.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Congratulations.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Hey! Congratulations.

-J

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've posted about the forgiveness study here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/rivka/155480.html). I don't have anything actually written up about the transmission risk behavior study, but I'll need something by March. I'll probably post about it sometime between now and then.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. For years, it made me grin when I got mail addressed to Dr. M from someone besides my mother.
And I still kinda like it every time, 7+ years later.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm delighted to know that I won't necessarily get over it. :-)

[ex-helygen254.livejournal.com]

Most excellent!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Hee! I think I should save the three exclamation points for the first time I'm an invited guest. (As opposed to submitting a proposal.)

[oursin.livejournal.com]

Way to Go! Congratulations!

WOW!!

[ranunculus.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

I must say, the people at SMB are right - It IS your real title now!

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

Totally cool! Congrats!

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

Good (exclamation) point, but keep the capitals.

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

wOOt!

Stunningly kewl and excellent, rivka

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I just saw this, and I have only one thing to say:

WOOHOO!!!

Go you!