January 23, 2008
Topics at a glance...Children's Nutrition Seminar...Medical Ethics Seminar...Cabot Retirement Reception...Nobel Prize Winner to Lecture...Biostatistics Faculty Candidate Seminar...Shift Work & Occupational Health Outcomes...Ethical Leadership Colloquium...Microbes in Space...Preventive Medicine 2008...TPHA Annual Conference...SPH Events Calendar
Children's Nutrition Research Seminar
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 8:30 am, Howland Auditorium, CNRC
C. Wayne Smith, MD, Professor, Section of Leukocyte Biology, Department of Pediatrics, CNRC, Baylor College of Medicine will present, "Leukocytes in adipose tissue: Effects of Diet-Induced Obesity." A light breakfast will be served in the Sam Foman Conference Room from 8 - 8:25 am. For more information contact Lejuana Himes at lhimes@bcm.tmc.edu.
Human Genetics Center Seminar
Monday, January 28, 2008, 3:30 pm, RAS E505
Amy McGuire, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,
Baylor College of Medicine will present, “Ethics and the Future of Personalized Genomic Medicine.” For more information contact Sara Barton at 713-500-9812, Sara.A.Barton@uth.tmc.edu
Jason Cabot Retirement Reception
Monday, January 28, 2008, 2:30 pm, RAS 9th Floor Lobby
Jason Cabot, Senior Staff Assistant, of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, is retiring after 11 years with the Dell Center and 14 total years with UTSPH. His retirement reception will be held at 2:30 PM in the lobby on the 9th floor of the RAS Building.
Global Health Seminar/Refugee Health Class
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 10 am-12:30 pm, RAS Auditorium
Nichole Lillibridge, JD, Assistant Chief Council, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will speak on International Law and Human Rights. Following a short break, Nobel Prize Winner James Cobey, MD, MPH, Physicians for Human Rights, International Campaign to Ban Landmines will speak on Landmines and the Geneva Convention. A reception will follow. For more information contact Elizabeth Barney at carolyn.e.barney@uth.tmc.edu or Sara Staggs at sara.n.staggs@uth.tmc.edu.
Biostatistics Faculty Candidate Seminar
Thursday, February 7, 2008, 12-1:00 pm, RAS-E305
Xin Ming Tu, PhD, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Dr. Tu is a visiting faculty candidate for the position of Director of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health. Dr. Tu will present, “A Unified Approach for Modeling Reliability with Clustered and Longitudinal Data”. In his talk, he will introduce a new class of functional response models (FRM) to unify semi-parametric regression and non-parametric models. For more information, please contact Shirley Nunnally at 713-500-9615.
EOHS Research Seminar Series
Friday, February 8th, 2008, 12-1:00 pm, RAS 102B
Michael Smolensky, PhD, will present, “Shift Work and Occupational Health Outcomes”. Certain workplace tasks require the around-the-clock presence of employees and therefore shift work (SW). Approximately, 12-15% of the workforce in developed countries and up to 25% of the workforce in developing countries are involved in rotating or permanent night work. Night and SW has long been known to be a risk factor for certain social and health problems. Dr. Smolensky is Professor of Environmental Physiology in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. For additional information please contact Maria Arias at (713) 500-9266 maria.arias@uth.tmc.edu or visit the EOHS Seminar Series Calendar. Free Lunch for first 50 attendees!
Ethical Leadership - SPH Colloquium
Monday, February 11, 2008, Noon - 1:00 pm, Auditorium
What is the potential for unethical behavior in your public health organizations or public health research projects? How do you know? What can you do about it? Howard T. Prince, II, PhD will speak on “Ethical Leadership”. This presentation will describe why and how ethical breaches occur, how they can be prevented and what you can do in your current and future responsibilities to strengthen the likelihood that your employees will do the right thing and not do things that land you and your organization on the front page of your local newspaper for the wrong reasons. Dr. Prince is clinical professor and director of the Center for Ethical Leadership and holds the Loyd Hackler Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin. More information can be found at http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/course/envi/Spring08colloquia/hprince.pdf. Lunch will be provided for the first 70 attendees.
EOHS Research Seminar Series
Friday, February 22, 2008, 12-1:00 pm, SPH 102B* (Via ITV from El Paso)
Kristina D. Mena, MSPH, PhD, will present “Microbes in Space: An Astronaut Health Hazard?” The space shuttle environment - a semi-closed system with individuals occupying a small space - presents a scenario that has often resulted in microbial disease outbreaks in other settings. Although flight crews must have exceptional health prior to entering such an environment and the water/food on the shuttle must be of high quality, studies have shown that spaceflight alters the immune system of crew members as well as the virulence of microorganisms that may be present. Dr. Mena is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. For additional information please contact Maria Arias at (713) 500-9266 maria.arias@uth.tmc.edu or visit the EOHS Seminar Series Calendar. Free Lunch for first 50 attendees!
Preventive Medicine 2008
February 20-23, 2008, Austin, TX
Preventive Medicine 2008, the annual meeting of the American College of Preventive Medicine, is the premier event for professionals in disease prevention and health promotion. The meeting advances the science of preventive medicine through high caliber educational programming and abundant networking opportunities. For details and registration go to http://www.preventivemedicine2008.org/.
Texas Public Health Association 83rd Annual Education Conference
March 5-7, 2008, San Antonio Texas
TPHA's 83rd Annual Education Conference, Pathways to Health: Policy, Practices & Partners will be held at the Radisson Hill Country Resort & Spa. TPHA's 2008 Public Health Presentations Committee Competition will be held in conjunction with the Annual Education Conference. For more information go to http://www.charityadvantage.com/texaspha/TPHAConferences.asp.
SPH Events Calendar
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