March 5, 2008
Topics at a glance... Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks...Fresh Fruit Fridays!...Online Catalog Down...Positive Deviance Workshop...Evidence-Based Public Health Practice...Making the Connection Between Housing and Health...Translating Basic Research Results...TPHA Annual Conference...Library Spring Break Hours...When Public Health Issues Escape Prison...Qué Sabrosa Vida...Biosecurity & the Law...Dioxins and Agent Orange...SWCOEH Spring Institute 2008...Healthy Homes Course...Mesenchymal Stem Cells...Nutrition Month Speaker...Evaluation of Lung Cancer Screening Trials...Health Fair...Public Health Field Day... Radiation Protection for Lunar Operations...SPH Events Calendar
Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks
To help prepare for public health emergencies, the American Public Health Association is reminding Americans that they need to have an emergency preparedness stockpile with at least three days of food, water and supplies. APHA's Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks effort is encouraging people to check that their stockpiles are up to date when they change their clocks for daylight-saving time.
For people who don't have an emergency stockpile yet, Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks offers information to help them become prepared. (And reminds all Americans to check the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks.)
The Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks Web site, online at http://www.getreadyforflu.org/clocksstocks includes a stockpile checklist, grocery list, stockpiling facts, tips for healthy stockpiling and stockpiling recipes. There are even games and other materials aimed at kids!
The American Public Health Association is calling on you to spread the Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks message and help Americans become more prepared. The next clock change for daylight saving time is Sunday, March 9, so now is the time to spread the word!
National Nutrition Month - FRESH FRUIT FRIDAYS!
Fridays, March 7, 21, & 28, 9:30 am, RAS 9th Floor Lobby
To celebrate National Nutrition Month®, free fruit will be available on Fridays in March. The fruit will be available from 9:30 am until it’s gone. During this time, you can also participate in the Guess that Produce Contest. Near the Fresh Fruit Friday event, an odd looking fruit or vegetable will be displayed. You can enter a drawing by guessing the correct name of that odd looking produce. One winner will be selected to win a prize each Friday. So hurry up to the 9th floor (by way of the stairs of course!) for a healthy morning snack.
Library Online Catalog Down
Due to a version upgrade, the Library's online catalog will not be available on Wednesday, March 5. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. You can search WorldCat (http://tinyurl.com/2j5a4v) to determine if the UTSPH Library owns the book you need. If you are looking for a journal, check the e-journals page (http://tq5wt9yw2k.search.serialssolutions.com/) as we do have print holdings listed as well as electronic holdings.
Positive Deviance Workshop
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, RAS Auditorium
“From the Inside Out: Uncovering Solutions to Intractable Problems Through Positive Deviance.” Sponsored by The University of Texas Prevention Research Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, Memorial Hermann Clinical Innovation and Research Institute, The John P. McGovern Lecture Series. With Jerry Sternin (Director, Positive Deviance Initiative) and Curt Lindberg (President, Plexus Institute). Lunch provided for the first 50 attendees.
TPHA Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 8:30 - 11:30 am, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
Helena VonVille, UT School of Public Health, will present, "Evidence-Based Public Health Practice: Using Research and Data to Improve Your Programs." Sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region and the Texas Public Health Training Center. Participation at this session is free, however, pre-registration is required. Register at www.charityadvantage.com/texaspha/2008AnnualConference.asp. For more information contact Helena.M.VonVille@uth.tmc.edu.
TPHA Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 9:30 - 11:30 am, Radisson Hill Country Resort, San Antonio, TX
Nancy Crider, NS, RN, UT School of Public Health and Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH, City of Houston Health and Human Services will present, "Making the Connection Between Housing and Health." Sponsored by the Texas Public Health Training Center. Seating is limited therefore pre-registration is requested at www.txphtrainingcenter.org. Participation in this session is free.
EOHS Research Seminar Series
Friday, March 7th, 2008, 12-1:00 pm, SPH 102B
Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD, will present, “Community Outreach and Education: Translating basic research results to the public.” Dr. Fuchs-Young’s presentation will focus on the experiences and impacts of her work with the COEP, particularly the translation of environmental health information and research results to the public. Robin Fuchs-Young is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park Research Division (SPRD) of the MD Anderson Cancer Center. 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.
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 Library Spring Break Hours
March 8 – 16, 2008
Even with Spring Break around the corner, the Library will be open and available to you. Library hours during the Spring Break week are 8 am – 5 pm, Monday, March 10th – Friday, March 14th. We will be open from 1 pm to 6 pm on the weekends of Saturday, March 8th & 9th and Saturday, March 15th & Sunday, March 16th. We return to regular weekday hours on Monday, March 17th.
McGovern Award Lecture Series
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, RAS Auditorium
First Annual John P. McGovern Award Lecture Series for Community Contributions and Activism in Health Promotion, sponsored by the Center Health Promotion and Prevention Research. The 2008 award recipient, Mr. Ray Hill, will present “When Public Health Issues Escape Prison.” Mr. Hill is the Creator/Host/Producer of the Ray Hill’s The Prison Show which is broadcast weekly on Houston Pacifica Radio station KPFT, 90.1. He is co-founder, former board member and former general manager of Pacifica Radio and founder and original producer and host of Wilde N. Stein, one of the first regularly scheduled gay/lesbian radio shows. He is also a member of the Houston AIDS Prevention Community Planning Group representing incarcerated populations. Parking is available in TMC Garage 2. Lunch will be provided for the first 100 attendees. For additional information, please contact Peggy Tate at (713) 500-9609.
TMC Women's Health Network - Qué Sabrosa Vida
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, HAM-TMC Library
Come learn about a model program developed as an innovative community based participatory nutrition initiative to enhance the nutrition and health for the Paso del Norte region of the Texas-Mexico border.
Guest Speaker: Sue Day, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, The University of Texas School of Public Health. This TMC WHN 2nd Tuesday seminar will be held from 5:30 -7 pm at the HAM-TMC Library, 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Ground Level Conference Room. The programs are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.
Biosecurity & the Law
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, RAS E305
Presented by the Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health and the Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, this course covers topics such as Identification of the Current Threats to Biosecurity, The Role of Public Health in Responding to a Crisis, Forced Vaccination and Quarantine, Protecting the Borders, and much more! SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: complimentary registration is available for UT School of Public Health faculty, staff & students but only by registering online at http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/swcoeh/regform.asp. Contact Vickie Mason for more information at Vickie.L.Mason@uth.tmc.edu.
Dioxins and Agent Orange: Past, Present, and Future
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 4:00-5:00 pm, ITV RAS 102A from Dallas Regional Campus V8.110
David Butler, PhD, will present, “Health Research on Dioxins and Agent Orange: Past, Present, and Future.” Dioxin contamination and its health effects have been studied for over 20 years in a cohort of veterans who sprayed Agent Orange. The findings of this longitudinal study lead to evidence suggesting dioxins have a causal link to cancer, diabetes mellitus, thyroid status alterations, and other disorders. The opportunity exists, once anticipated funding is obtained, for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to fund university researchers through a variety of mechanisms. This will be discussed by Dr. Butler as well as other IOM Agent Orange and dioxin activities. For additional information please contact Maria Arias at (713) 500-9266 or maria.arias@uth.tmc.edu.
Spring Institute 2008
Monday-Thursday, March 10 - 13, 2008, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, UT School of Public Health
The Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health is pleased to present Spring Institute 2008 which offers a variety of individually-priced courses and seminars that meet various needs and interests; participants may choose as many or as few courses as needed. Topics that will be covered during the four-day Institute include Biosecurity & the Law, Biological Safety Officer Training, Compelling Data Display for EH&S, Environmental Toxicology, Healthy Homes, Industrial Hygiene Sampling, Nonviolent Intervention, Security 101.
Keynote speakers for Spring Institute 2008 include NASA Astronaut Clayton Anderson and Dr. John B. Charles, Assistant Director of Science Management at NASA. Anderson was part of the Expedition XV crew aboard the International Space Station after launching on the shuttle Atlantis in June of 2007. His research into the cardiovascular effects of space flight, particularly in weightlessness and high gravity loads, attempts to answer critical questions relating to long duration flights to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Anderson will address the Institute on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 12:00 noon in RAS W102 and Dr. Charles will address the institute on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 12:00 noon in the auditorium. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. For detailed information on courses and registration fees, please visit http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/swcoeh/default.aspx?id=2061 to access the PDF format brochures. Registration fees must be received by February 29, 2008; afterwards, registrations will be accepted on a space-available basis. Please contact Vickie Mason for more information or to register: Vickie.L.Mason@uth.tmc.edu.
Healthy Homes Course
March 11-12, 2008, UT School of Public Health
The Texas Public Health Training Center and the Houston Department of Health and Human Services are offering the Texas Center for Health Homes and Communities Essentials for Healthy Home Practitioners course. If you visit homes to provide health or inspection services of any type, you will benefit from the Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners course. To register go to: www.healthyhomestraining.org/upcoming.htm or www.txphtrainingcenter.org. For more information contact Nancy Crider at 713-500-9399 or Nancy.M.Crider@uth.tmc.edu.
Human Genetics Center Seminar
Monday, March 17, 2008, 3:30 pm, RAS E505
Paul Simmons, PhD, Professor and Director, Centre for Stem Cell Research at
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine will present, “Mesenchymal Stem Cells: From Concept to Clinic.”
For more information contact Sara Barton at 713-500-9812, Sara.A.Barton@uth.tmc.edu
National Nutrition Month Speaker
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, RAS Auditorium
R. Sue Day, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor at the UT School of Public Health will present, "Qué Sabrosa Vida - A Community Based Nutrition Program for Mexican Americans." A light lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. Regional campuses should contact their ITV technician to receive the presentation.
Human Genetics Center Seminar
Monday, March 24, 2008, 3:30 pm, RAS E505
Deborah Goldwasser, NCI Cancer Prevention Fellow, Department of Statistics at
Rice University will present, “Stochastic Modeling of Lung Cancer: An Evaluation of Lung Cancer Screening Trials.” For more information contact Sara Barton at 713-500-9812, Sara.A.Barton@uth.tmc.edu
Health Fair
Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, RAS W102A
Come and have your BMI calculated and blood pressure and cholesterol analyzed. Lots of information will be provided and registered dietitians will be available to answer your questions. Gourmet food samples and prizes will be given away.
1st Annual Public Health Field Day
Saturday, April 5, 2008, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
A day of fun, fitness and a picnic in the park for UTSPH students, faculty, staff and families. Activities include fun run/walk, relay race, team events, and activities for the kids. SEIS is seeking individual and group volunteers to host an event or activitiy. To sign up as a volunteer or to host an activitiy contact seis@uth.tmc.edu.
EOHS Research Seminar Series
Friday, April 4th, 2008, 12-1:00 pm, SPH 102B
Mary Van Baalen, BS, MS, will present “Radiation Protection for Lunar Operations”. Since radiation exposures in space differ from terrestrial exposure, radiation dose limits have been developed for spaceflight. NASA currently has a well developed and documented radiation protection program for its astronauts. This presentation will outline the current radiation protection program and describe some of the forward work necessary to safely conduct missions outside Low Earth Orbit. Mary Van Baalen, is the Radiation Health Officer at NASA/Johnson Space Center. 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!
SPH Events Calendar
Check out lectures, seminars and other events happening at the School of Public Health
at the online Calendar of Events.
