May 16, 2007
Topics at a glance...Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon...Basic Laboratory and Clinical Safety Training...Teaching & Learning Conference...EOHS Research Seminar Series...Health Protection and Health Promotion Seminar...Distinguished Professional Woman Award Nominations...Student Research Proposal Workshops...CDC Public Health Grand Rounds...TPHA Invitation...SPH Events Calendar
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.
Basic Laboratory and Clinical Safety Training
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 9:00 - 10:30 am, RAS W228
Fulfills state and federal hazard communication and bloodborne pathogen training requirements (bloodborne pathogen training is required annually). No registration required. Contact Environmental Health & Safety at 5832 for more information.
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.
Health Protection and Health Promotion (EOHS Seminar)
Friday, June 1, 2007, 12-1:00 pm, RAS W102B
Lois Tetrick, Ph.D., will present, “Health Protection and Health Promotion - Organizational Values” Dr. Tetrick's presentation will address the question as to whether health protection and health promotion efforts reflect competing or complementary values of organizations and employees and whether regulatory focus theory may inform the interaction between health protection and health promotion activities from the organizational and employee perspective. Dr. Tetrick is Director of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program at George Mason University. 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.
2007 Distinguised Professional Woman Award
Nominations due June 8, 2007
The Committee on the Status of Women invites nominations for the 2007 Distinguished Professional Woman Award. Criteria include: recipient exemplifies a professional woman; outstanding achiever in Houston, in Texas and/or the nation; made significant contributions to her profession; demonstrated a pioneering spirit; and supported women as a mentor and positive role model. Nominations should be sent to Kathy Rodgers at UCT 1718A. For more information check the website at CSW Awards.
Student Research Proposal Workshop
Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 12:00-1PM, RAS E705
This workshop will review the student research proposal process from start to finish. Steps to follow, timelines, forms and proposal resources will be explained. Students near the proposal stage of your degree program are encouraged to attend. Workshop conducted by Dr. Sue Day, Associate Dean for research.
Questions? Contact Stephanie Carter by e-mail: Stephanie.A.Carter@uth.tmc.edu or by phone: 713-500-9310.
Student Research Proposal Workshop
Thursday, June 14, 2007, 11:00AM-12PM, RAS E705
This workshop will review the student research proposal process from start to finish. Steps to follow, timelines, forms and proposal resources will be explained. Students near the proposal stage of your degree program are encouraged to attend. Workshop conducted by Dr. Sue Day, Associate Dean for research.
Questions? Contact Stephanie Carter by e-mail: Stephanie.A.Carter@uth.tmc.edu or by phone: 713-500-9310.
2007 CDC Public Health Grand Rounds: CATCH from Research to Practice
Friday, June 15, 2007, 1:00-2:00 pm Central Time/2:00 to 3:00 pm Eastern Time
This CDC broadcast of Public Health Grand Rounds focuses on Healthy People and the importance of establishing healthy behaviors during childhood instead of attempting to change unhealthy behaviors during adulthood. The broadcast will highlight the Coordinated School Health Program Model (CSHP) to aid schools and communities in preventing and reducing chronic diseases. This program will seek to increase knowledge and awareness of how the CATCH program helps school and communities help children improve their diet and increase the amount of physical activity they engage in, which will prevent and reduce the chronic disease burden adolescents, adults and older adults.
Live broadcast held at The University of Texas School of Public Health main auditorium. Regional campuses: please contact your ITV technician if you wish to receive the transmission. For additional information, please contact 713-500-9316.
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.
