UTSPH Career Fair
SPH Lobby
Oct. 22
Nov. 2
River Oaks Country Club
Jan. 27
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Dear Colleagues,
I am indeed honored to serve as president of the School of Public Health Alumni Association. As you know, SPH is the first of its kind in the state, with six campuses across Texas.
I am pleased to welcome you as one of the more than 6,500 alumni of the SPH, a consortium of distinguished clinicians and educators. As president of the Alumni Association, I plan to continue strengthening the bond between the university and the alumni; increase giving and participation, and assist in developing a culture that teaches younger alumni to give back. In addition, I look forward to working with our future alumni, and encourage them to be leaders in their respective disciplines during their matriculation at the SPH and after graduation. Moreover, we will continue to engage, educate, and reconnect alumni to the SPH. As an association, we are working diligently to enhance and advance the reputation of our institution for you and our future graduates.
Please know that I am strongly committed to the mission and vision of the University and look forward to your involvement, participation and continued support through recruitment, mentoring, campus involvement and giving.
Sincerely,
Polly Sparks Turner, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., R.Ph.
President, Alumni Association
UTSPH Advisory Council
UTHealth Development Board
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Interested in Serving on the Alumni
Association Board?
The Alumni Association is in need of dedicated and passionate UTSPH alumni who are interested in serving on the executive board. In addition to supporting the school's mission,our board members work to
meet the professional needs of our alumni by encouraging fellowship, stimulating interests, and fostering relationships among alumni,UTSPH, and the greater public health community.
The following positions are available:
- President-Elect
- The president-elect will succeed to the office of the President and shall assume the duties of the President in his/her absence. He/she shall also assist the President in any way the President deems necessary in administering the activities of the Alumni Association.
- Treasurer
- The treasurer shall prepare the budget for the Alumni Association based on the planned activities for the coming year. He/she shall also present a financial report at each meeting and oversee the expenditure and disbursement of Alumni Association funds.
- Secretary
- The secretary shall prepare and distribute the minutes from all Alumni Association or Board meetings and is responsible for maintaining the records.
- At-large Directors (3)
- The three at-large-directors shall serve the Alumni Association in general matters and perform other related duties as requested by the president in administering activities of the Alumni Association.
For more information and/or if interested in serving on the Alumni Association Board, please contact Kori Gould for more information.
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Congratulations to the School of Public Health class of 2015!
Throughout the month of May, UTHealth celebrated the outstanding achievements of more than 1,000 graduates during the 2015 commencement ceremonies. Graduates of all UT
Health schools and the
ir guests shared commencement photos and experiences on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by using the hashtag #UTHealth15. Check out the
UTHealth School of Public Health Flickr album
for a slideshow of special moments from the ceremony.
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Christine Markham, Ph.D. receives McGovern Award for Outstanding Teacher
Every year graduating students from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) select professors from each school to receive the John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching at commencement. The award recognizes excellence in teaching based on knowledge of the subject, interest and enthusiasm for teaching, understanding of students, responsiveness to student questions and encouragement of independent thinking, and accessibility to students. The award is made possible by an endowment from the McGovern Foundation.
During the Spring 2015 commencement on May 9, Christine Markham, Ph.D. was announced as the 2015 recipient of the McGovern Award for Outstanding Teacher at the School of Public Health. Markham is an associate professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and the associate director of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at the School of Public Health.
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Ph.D. candidate Timothy D. Read receives
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award at NOIRS
Student Timothy D. Read, was presented with an award for an outstanding graduate student paper at the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) recently. Read is an occupational injury prevention trainee of the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH), located at The University of Texas School of Public Health, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Read presented a brief version of his paper, titled "The Role of the Safety Professional in Workplace Injury Prevention Research - Will You Be an Advocate?" during the closing plenary session of the symposium and a printed version will appear later in the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) journal, Professional Safety.
Read the full story here.
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Attipoe-Dorcoo receives 2015 Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship 
Congratulations to Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, M.P.H., M.S., on receiving the AcademyHealth 2015 Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship. The award is given annually to four students nationwide to participate in the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
Attipoe-Dorcoo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Management, Policy and Community Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She earned a Master of Public Health degree from the School of Public Health and a Master of Science in biomedical and bioengineering from the University of Massachusetts. She published two articles while studying at the University of Virginia where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering. In the summer of 2013, Attipoe-Dorcoo spent time in Ghana evaluating the Mobile Technology (MOTECH) program. This program involved the use of cellphones to communicate with pregnant women in rural areas of Ghana. She previously worked with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute using yeast vectors to screen for transcriptional proteins in oligodendrocytes.
See all of this year's winners here.
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UTSPH's new Pioneers magazine is now available online!
The new annual magazine of The University of Texas School of Public Health, Pioneers, is now available for your perusal
online
! The magazine features faculty, staff, students and benefactors of the School of Public Health in the areas of education, research and practice.
This issue has also been sent to schools and programs of public health across the country, UTSPH alumni and philanthropic supporters.
You can read the magazine on the School of Public Health
website here.
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Darkoh awarded $1.9 million grant to study C. diff infections
Charles Darkoh, Ph.D.,a researcher at The University of Texas School of Public Health, was recently awarded a five-year, $1.9 million R01 grant by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a non-antibiotic treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections.
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UTHealth researcher to study genetic and social aspects of HIV clusters
Kayo Fujimoto, Ph.D.,
assistant professor in the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention
Research at The University of Texas School of Public Health, has been awarded a grant to study the genetic and social network aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. The School of Public Health is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Read the story here.
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Fall 2015 incoming class
UTSPH is pleased to welcome 350 students for the Fall 2015 incoming class! For a complete breakdown of the number of students that will begin in the fall, please see the table below.
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Regional Campus
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# of Newly Admitted Students
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Domestic
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International
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Female/Male Ratio
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Austin
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59
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55
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4
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42 Females
17 Males
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Brownsville
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7
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7
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0
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4 Females
3 Males
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Dallas
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26
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19
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7
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23 Females
3 Males
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El Paso
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2
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2
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0
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1 Female
1 Male
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Houston
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228
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132
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96
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163 Females
65 Males
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San Antonio
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28
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25
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3
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17 Females
11 Males
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Alumna T. Bella Dinh-Zarr n
amed
NTSB vice chairma
n
President Barack Obama recently appointed alumna T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Ph.D., M.P.H., to the position of vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Dinh-Zarr earned both her Ph.D. ('01) and M.P.H. ('97) at The University of Texas School of Public Health, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Read the story here.
PHOTO: School of Public Health alumna, T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Ph.D., M.P.H. is sworn-in to her position as vice chairman of the NTSB. Also pictured is her husband, Robert Zarr, M.D., M.P.H., another alumnus of the School of Public Health. Photo courtesy of the NTSB.
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Safety in the field: Alumnus Scott Patlovich investigates how biosafety professionals
assess the risks of field research
April Issue
of Applied Biosafety, the peer-reviewed professional journal of the American Biological Safety Association.
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Alumna Sarah Michel joins team to build Ebola Treatment facility
Sarah Michel, M.P.H., project manager at Baylor College of Medicine, traveled to Sierra Leone with colleagues to build a new and innovative Ebola treatment facility. Michel works in the Global Innovation Center at Baylor's Global Initiatives Department.
Read the story here.
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Alumna Nashilla Alibhai
serves as Purple Day Ambassador
for the Anita Kaufmann Foundation
Nashilla Alibhai, M.P.H., has partnered with the Anita Kaufmann Foundation as a Purple Day Ambassador to raise awareness
on epilepsy. Diagnosed with epilepsy at 18, Alibhai refused to let epilepsy define her.
For more information on Purple Day Every Day and the Anita Kaufmann Foundation, visit the website here.
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- Chandini Portteus, M.P.H. named President and CEO for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, beginning April 6, 2015
- Sharon Daves, M.P.H., R.D., recently became the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Global Disease Detection Regional Center's Deputy Director in India.
- Sabine Maritschnik, M.P.H., lives and works in Austria for the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
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Join us September 9 for:
Pharmaceuticals without Borders 
Save the date for the twelfth annual panel hosted by the Fleming Center on "Pharmaceuticals without Borders: a look at the cost and  benefits of the more expensive drugs." The panel takes place on Sept. 9 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Reuel A. Stallones Building auditorium at 1200 Pressler St., Houston, TX 77030. Alongside the Fleming Center, the panel is hosted by the University of Houston Law Center Health Law and Policy Institute.
Featured speakers include Hagop Kantarjian, M.D. and Joel Lajeunesse, M.S., R.Ph. from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jenny Bryant, M.B.A., from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and Dan McCoy, M.D., from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. RSVP by Sept. 4 to [email protected]. A total of 3.0 CLE hours (no ethics) will be awarded.
In addition, the event is co-hosted by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute and the Trolinger Endowment.
Click here for downloadable flyer.
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Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems
ACHE Administrative Fellow
Please join Miriam Siefken and Emily Fowle from Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems as they present the ACHE Administrative Fellow.
Fellowship Summary:
This is a year-long post graduate administrative fellowship opportunity for students who have completed or will complete their master's degree in a Public Health/Health Administration related field between August 2015 and June 2016. Students completing an MBA or other Finance degree with a focus in healthcare are also encouraged to apply. A successful candidate should have an interest in working in a rural healthcare setting. The candidate will also be encouraged to apply his/her individual background and experience in the work environment in order to contribute to the system while gaining an in-depth understanding of an integrated healthcare delivery system.
Date: September 9
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Location: To join the presentation please click here.
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8th Annual Texas Health Champion Award Ceremony
As part of the Annual Texas Obesity Awareness Week, the Texas Health
Champion Award is presented to public health leaders who have demonstrated exemplary achievement in reducing the burden and/or raising awareness of the obesity epidemic in Texas.
The event begins with a networking reception and academic poster session with heavy (and healthy) hors d'oeuvres from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. The keynote address and award ceremony will take place from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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Fall 2015 Alumni Panel and Networking Social
Please join us for the Fall 2015 Alumni Panel and Networking Social on Wednesday, October 14 in the Reuel A. Stallones Auditorium. Held in partnership with the SPH
Student Association, the event will feature a panel discussion with alumni about their career and educational experiences. A networking reception will immediately follow the panel.
Registration 4:30-5 p.m.
Panel Discussion 5-6 p.m.
Networking Social 6-7 p.m.
Are you interested in being a panelist?
For more information and/or if interested in being a panelist and sharing your professional experiences with current UTSPH students and other alumni, please contact Kori Gould.
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UTSPH Alumni Reception at APHA - November 2, 2015
APHA 143
rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
October 31-November 4, Chicago, IL
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and the McCormick Place Convention Center
UT School of Public Health (Booth #535)
Please join us in celebrating 46 years of excellence in public health education at the annual
UTSPH Alumni
Reunion Reception
in Chicago.
The 2015 Reception will be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center, Room S404bc (Level 4, South building), 2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616 on Monday, November 2, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
Please RSVP by Monday,
October 19 to the
SPH Alumni inbox.
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The School of Public Health inaugural NOURISH Luncheon - January 27, 2016
The School of Public Health presents the inaugural
NOURISH luncheon on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston.
Featuring:
Johnny Carrabba, Co-Founder of Carrabba's Italian Grill
Roberta Anding, Sports Dietitian for the Houston Astros and Rice University
Joseph Novak, Holistic Garden Architect
Benefiting:
A first-of-its-kind nutrition hub in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. This transformational initiative will integrate a culinary center, holistic garden, and simulation skills lab on the School of Public Health's main campus in Houston.
To learn more about NOURISH and to purchase tickets online, please visit
uthevents.cvent.com/nourish.
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Alumni Mentoring Program
Mentors needed!
The University of Texas School of Public Health is proud to announce its Alumni Mentorship Program. The program gives current UTSPH students the opportunity to connect with alumni professionals in the field of public health.
As a mentor, alumni will have the opportunity to:
- Help UTSPH students develop their career path
- Give back and stay connected to UTSPH
- Help develop new talent in the field of public health
- Share his/her expertise and experience
If interested in becoming a mentor, please register
here.
For more information, download an information packet on the Alumni Mentorship Program here.
For questions about the UTSPH Alumni Mentorship Program, please contact Pantheia Evans or call the Student Affairs office at 713-500-9032.
We need your feedback: Please take a few minutes to complete the Alumni Mentorship Program survey
here. Your feedback is crucial in designing beneficial programs for UTSPH students and alumni.
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What career resources are available to UTSPH alumni?
Career Services provides a collection of public health resources that will assist all alumni in their career endeavors. Our goal in Career Services is to assist alum in successfully connecting and building long-term relationships with employers. We invite you to explore the website or stop by Career Services in RAS E-201 and make use of the wide variety of resources and services that are offered.
What is Job Ops?
Job-Ops is an online system available to the UTSPH community that allows alumni to search for jobs, upload multiple resumes, cover letters, reference letters and send online resume referrals to employers. Employers are able to post and manage job listings, view and make resume referrals of qualified candidates.
For more information, please visit the
career services website
here.
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Offering a practicum?
A practicum is a unique learning opportunity that allows students to apply classroom learning in a community-based setting. It is a required component of the M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. degree programs.
If you or your company would like to offer an opportunity for students to complete a practicum or field experience, please click here.
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Keep in touch! 
Have you kept in touch with an alumnus or alumna and know of some news that we could share? If so, please contact Kori Gould, Strategic Communications and External Affairs Specialist for the School of Public Health or call 713-500-9039.
We may share the news in the next alumni newsletter, on the website and possibly
more!
Please take a moment to update your Alumni information
here.
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In Memoriam
- Moritz Craven, M.P.H.'72
- Ronald Anthony Haley, M.D., M.P.H.'71
- Allie Shapiro, B.S.N., M.S.N., Dr.P.H. (anticipated from San Antonio campus)
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