Current SEIS Activities!!
West Nile Houston Cohort Patient Meeting
Saturday, October 17, 2009
SEIS volunteers are needed to assist in logistics, administering patient and control questionnaires, and biologic sample collections from a unique cohort of West Nile patients in Houston. In particular, volunteers with phlebotomy skills are greatly needed!! This semi-annual patient meeting provides a forum for members of the cohort to meet for an informative lecture on West Nile disease, including new findings, participate in an open discussion amongst cohort members and researchers, and provide biological specimens for continued research on West Nile Virus and disease. Lunch is provided to patients and volunteers!
A noon orientation will be required on the preceding Friday, October 16th (lunch provided). If you would like to volunteer, please contact Susan Lackey at seis@uth.tmc.edu. Please include your cell phone number (in case of any last-minute changes) and attach your Human Subjects training certificate. If you have not completed training in treatment of Human Subjects, please do so here and send a copy of your certificate! (Be sure to save a copy of your certificate for yourself, as you will also need it for graduation!)
Thank you for volunteering! For more information on West Nile research at the UT School of Public Health, click here.
H1N1 Response Team Ready List
In anticipation of the continued spread of the novel H1N1 influenza virus and the need for continued SEIS response and investigation volunteers, we are creating a stand-by list of Response Team volunteers that we can supply to the City of Houston Bureau of Epidemiology and Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services.
Especially with flu and hurricane season upon us, we would like to have our ready volunteers be willing to respond for any disease outbreak or response activities this semester! As always, we are especially in need of any volunteers who also speak Spanish. Please email us right away with your name, phone number, preferred email for immediate needs, and an emergency contact. We will put you on our reserve list and call you when we need your help!
Spotlight on Environmental Health Officers of the US Public Health Service
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
When: 12pm – 1pm
Where: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Auditorium
A Roundtable Discussion with US Public Health Service Environmental Health Officers - Experience from the Field (This seminar is part of the Environmental Health and Occupational Safety Research Seminar Series.)
When: 5pm – 7pm
Where: The University of Texas School of Public Health, Deck
SEIS Members are invited to enjoy appetizers and beverages for an opportunity to meet and get to know the visitting US Public Health Service Officers!
Become a Psychological First Aid Responder
The City of Houston and Harris County are collaborating to establish a pool of volunteers that can provide psychological first aid (PFA) to disaster victims at mass care sites in the Houston and Harris County jurisdictions. City and County offices have requested SEIS members to join the pool of volunteers! Volunteers will receive FREE training and will be called on to provide triage and non-clinical PFA to victims of disaster.
A 4-hour training and online certification will be requested. Volunteers will be called on by local government officials when the need arises. Please let us know if you are interested so we can get the appropriate documents to you and provide you with additional information!
Recent Activities
Public Health Preparedness Training - Confidentiality & Protection of Human Research Subjects
October 2, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Susie Day, UTSPH Faculty
This is your chance to learn more about respecting and protecting the rights of study participants and maintaining confidentiality in conducting research and investigations! This training will complement the required CITI course that you must complete for graduation and for your thesis & dissertation work and prepare you to ace the online certification! SEIS members who are Response Team volunteers are greatly encouraged to complete this training!
World Rabies Day Event & Fall Welcome Social
September 28, 2009
Student Presentations: SEIS members report on their work with rabies eradication in Bohol, Philippines
Keynote Speaker: Paul Grunewald, D.V.M., Texas Department of State Health Services
SEIS Fall Welcome & Networking Social: Join us in the Pump Handle for appetizers and beverages and an opportunity to meet and network with SEIS faculty and our partners from the local health departments.
Book Drive: Drop your Book Donations in labeled boxes in the Library, 3rd Floor Lobby, 9th Floor Lobby, or deliver to RAS-W308. If you need a donation pick-up, please email us to arrange! Collections will continue through September 28th and will be handed off to representatives of the Boholano Association of Texas.
As part of the SEIS participation in the school-based rabies eradication project in the Philippines, SEIS has been asked to donate books and school supplies to Bohol. These books and supplies will be used to establish a School Library at each of select schools as an award for excellence in design of their community rabies awareness project. Books are welcomed for all grades Kindergarten through High School. Cash donations will also be accepted to cover shipping expenses and to purchase library supplies locally. View the World Rabies Day Flyer!
SEIS General Member Meeting
September 17, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Bob Emery Students interested in the Public Health Service are invited to attend! The meeting will include an introduction to the United States Public Health Service (PHS) by Dr Bob Emery (UTSPH faculty and a PHS officer). You will find out about the role of the PHS in the nation’s health and opportunities available to you as a future officer.
This is your chance to learn about the PHS and to get a glimpse at the ties between the SEIS and the PHS! Invite your classmates—membership in SEIS is not required to attend the meetings.
Lunch provided to the first 25 attendees!
Influenza A H1N1 Outbreak Investigation
May - June, 2009
In the continuing novel H1N1 influenza response and investigation, the current stage of work is on the recent outbreak at a local elementary school, we are continuing to supply volunteers to the City of Houston Bureau of Epidemiology and Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services. We would like to have 5 students each evening (4:30 to 8:30) beginning May 26 to help with completing telephone interviews with each family of the children enrolled at the school as well as with each staff member of the school at the City and conducting case and contacts tracing at the County. As always, we are especially in need of any volunteers who also speak Spanish.
SEIS General Member Meeting
April 14, 2009
Dean's Reception for the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
West Nile Houston Cohort Patient Meeting
Saturday, February 28th 2009
SEIS volunteers are needed to assist in logistics, administering patient and control questionnaires, and biologic sample collections from a unique cohort of West Nile patients in Houston. The patient meeting provides a forum for members of the cohort to meet for an informative lecture on West Nile disease, including new findings, participate in an open discussion amongst cohort members and researchers, and provide biological specimens for continued research on West Nile Virus and disease.
A noon orientation will be required on Friday, February 27th. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Rebecca Bryson at seis@uth.tmc.edu. Please include your cell phone number and attach your Human Subjects training certificate. If you have not completed training in treatment of Human Subjects, please do so here and send us your certificate! (Be sure to save a copy of your certificate, as you need it for graduation!)
Stand Up and Be Counted
Thursday, January 29th 2009 in AUSTIN, TX
Some SEIS volunteers are needed for assisting in a cot survey of the homeless population in Austin. This will be done by counting the number of homeless identified in shelters, and is great field experience to complement your epidemiology field work! View the flyer for this event by clicking here. A mandatory training session will be held immediately prior to the event. Activities will be on assignment by the coordinators in Austin and will be made onsite.
Reports of SEIS Activities from Past Years
2008-2009 Activities
Click here for a list of SEIS activities during the 2008-2009 academic year.
2007-2008 Activities
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2006-2007 Activities
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2005-2006 Activities
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2004-2005 Activities
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2003-2004 Activities
Click here for a list of SEIS activities during the 2003-2004 academic year.
