May 9, 2007
Topics at a glance...Online Catalog System Upgrade...CNRC Seminar...Houston AIDS Film Festival...Hazardous Materials Manager Training...Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon...Teaching & Learning Conference...EOHS Research Seminar Series...TPHA Invitation...SPH Events Calendar
Online Catalog System Upgrade
The Library’s Online Catalog will be upgraded from May 8-10, 2007. During this time period, please use the following link to access the Online Catalog: http://thslc.net/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First. Please note items checked out from the Library that would normally be due May 7 - May 13, 2007 will now be due back in the Library on May 14, 2007. Overdue notices will not be delivered electronically or in print from May 8 - May 14, 2007.
Questions? Contact Helena VonVille by e-mail: Helena.M.VonVille@uth.tmc.edu or by phone: 713-500-9131.
Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) Seminar
Thursday, May 10, 2007, 8:30 am, Howland Auditorium, CNRC
Robert J. Cousins, PhD, Boston Family Professor of Nutrition, Director, Center for Nutritional Sciences - University of Florida will discuss, "Zinc Transporter Genes - Their Regulation and Function." For more information contact Lejuana Himes at lhimes@bcm.tmc.edu or by phone at 713-798-7164.
Houston AIDS Film Festival
Thursday May 10, 2007, 7:00 pm and Saturday May 12, 2007, 7:00 pm
Aurora Picture Show, 800 N. Aurora St.
On Thursday May 10th, a special panel of guest speakers will share their personal experiences living with HIV, followed by the night's feature film, A Closer Walk by Director Robert Bilheimer. On Saturday May 12th, the Festival continues with introductory guest speaker Dr. Wayne Shandera of Baylor College of Medicine followed by two films exploring the global scale of HIV/AIDS. Tickets are $6, $3 for students under 18. Proceeds benefit the AIDS Foundation Houston and Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative. For more information contact aidsfilm@gmail.com.
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.
8th Annual Teaching & Learning Regional Conference
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 8:00 am - 5:30 pm, SONSCC Building
Gordan Freedman, Vice President of Education Strategy at Blackboard, Inc. is keynote speaker for the conference and will address the issues of Higher Education & 21st Century Realities. Advances in Teaching and Learning Day is a regional conference designed to showcase research and innovations in teaching, learning and technology. This interdisciplinary meeting is a venue for faculty of higher education in the Health Sciences to come together and share ideas and network in this rapidly changing time in academia. For more information go to Advances in Teaching & Learning Conference.
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.
