May 2, 2007
Topics at a glance...Revised Evaluation Meeting Schedule...Dallas Faculty Candidate Presentation...Totally You-A Mobile Spa...Children's Nutrition Center Seminar...Graduation 2007!...Texas Women's Health Network Conference...Hazardous Materials Manager Training...Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon...EOHS Research Seminar Series...TPHA Invitation...SPH Events Calendar
Revised Spring 2007 Houston Evaluation Meetings
A revised schedule of evaluation meetings is posted on the Intranet at http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/intranet/. Meetings are scheduled from April 30 through May 3. For more information contact John Adams at 9033.
Dallas Faculty Candidate Presentation
Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, ITV from Dallas
Dr. Susie Ramisetty-Mikler presents "Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among High School Students in Hawaii."
Totally You – A Mobile Spa
Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., RAS E635
Totally You - A Mobile Spa will be providing shoulder massage. The rate is $10 for 15 minutes. To reserve your time slot, call 713-838-1002 or e-mail massage@totallyyoumobile.com with your preferred time and telephone extension. For further information, please contact Brenda Brown at Brenda.E.Brown@uth.tmc.edu.
Children's Nutrition Center Seminar
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 8:30 am, CNRC Howland Auditorium
Monique Rijnkels, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine will present, "Epigenetics in Mammary Gland Development: Opening Doors that Stay Closed for Others." For more information contact Lejuana Himes at 713-798-7164 or lhimes@bcm.tmc.edu.
Graduation 2007!
Friday, May 4, 2007, 2:00 pm, Hornberger Conference Center
Commencement speaker will be Houston Mayor Bill White. Now in his second term, Mayor White has assembled a task force of experts, including UT School of Public Health faculty, to help with ongoing efforts to reduce air quality health risks in Harris County. Parking is free. BBQ dinner following the ceremony at 4:00 pm.
Texas Women's Health Network Conference
Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 12:00 - 7:00 pm, Trevisio Restaurant
"Advancing Women's Health Through Advocacy - A New Era of Collaboration." Be a voice for change. Register for the first Advancing Women's Health Conference. This regional meeting is targeted to health professionals, researchers, health and advocacy organizations, and community members interested in working collaboratively to develop recommendations for women's health policy in Texas. To register or for more information go to Women's Health Network Conference.
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) National Overview Course
Monday – Wednesday, May 14 – 16, 2007, 8am – 5pm, UT Operations Center Building (OCB)
Presented by the Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health and the Buffalo Bayou Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, the CHMM Overview provides a comprehensive review of federal environmental and occupational safety laws and regulations and the principals associated with the management of hazardous materials. The course was created to assist professionals who would like to take the CHMM national certification exam administered by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM). Please visit http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/swcoeh/default.asp?id=2061 to access the course brochure, or contact Vickie Mason for more information or to register: (713) 500-9451, toll free (866) 394-8700, or Vickie.L.Mason@uth.tmc.edu.
Annual SPH Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 11:30 - 1:00, RAS W102A&B
Faculty and staff are invited to lunch as we honor employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and more years of service to the School of Public Health. Delicious Mexican food from Pico's Mex-Mex Restaurant sponsored by the SPH Dean's Office and the SPH Staff Organization.
EOHS Research Seminar Series
Friday, May 18th, 2007, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, RAS W102B
David Coggon, MA, PhD, will present, “Cultural Influences on Illness Attributed to Occupational and Environmental Hazards” The conventional paradigm for managing occupational risks to health entails hazard identification and characterization, assessment of exposure and risk, and controls on exposure where risks are deemed unacceptable. This model has been enormously successful, and remains so for many hazards. However, Dr. Coggon will argue that it is less apt for some of the most important work-related disorders that now confront us. David Coggon trained in medicine at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. In 1980 he joined the Medical Research Council's Environmental Epidemiology Unit at Southampton University, where he is now Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and an accredited occupational physician.
Free Lunch for first 50 attendees. For more information go to 2006-2007 EOHS Research Seminar Calendar or contact Maria Arias at (713) 500-9266 maria.arias@uth.tmc.edu.
Attention TPHA Members!
The next issue of our TPHA journal will be devoted to publishing Community Based Participatory Research papers. Submit manuscripts by the June 1, 2007 deadline to be included in this issue. Let your peers and colleagues across the state know about the important work you do. Authors do not need to be a member to submit or have their work published.
The TPHA journal is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing public health research and practice material of interest to professionals in Texas.
Visit our website's journal page for details http://www.charityadvantage.com/texaspha/Journal.asp.
SPH Events Calendar
Check out lectures, seminars and other events happening at the School of Public Health
at the online Calendar of Events.
