Respect is one of our core RISE values at the UH Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. As students, staff, and faculty, we want to role model respect for our patients, our loved ones, our friends and colleagues, and each other. Respect involves valuing others as much as we value ourselves. It requires personal humility, and a focus on listening to and learning from others to better understand them. I believe that it also involves empathy, and compassion. Respecting others allows us to build trusting relationships, and to be more effective healers, teachers, learners, and leaders.
- Steve Spann
Join us Wednesday, May 31st at 4:30pm for an achievement celebration honoring Paule Anne Lewis, Associate VP, Business Operations for the College of Medicine. Please join me in thanking Paule Anne for her hard and tireless work over the past 5 years in establishing and overseeing the business operations for our new medical school.
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, MS1s Cecilia Pham and Ana Vu took over our social media channels to celebrate their cultural roots. We love learning more about our students and celebrating each of their unique backgrounds. Thank you Cecilia and Ana for participating!
Valerie DeLeon, Sierra Cowan and Breanna Chachere represented the College of Medicine presenting posters, speaking to fellow participants and more at the American Academy of Neurology 2023 Annual Meeting.
12 students attended the Society for Hospital Medicine event with Bhavna Lall, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., the speaker was an interventional cardiologist from Baylor speaking about treatment guidelines for CHF. They all enjoyed it!
Ashley Smith, Psy.D. joined as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Health and Social Sciences Department. Please welcome our newest faculty member.
Congratulations to Omolola Adepoju, M.P.H., Ph.D., Health Systems & Population Health Sciences, for winning the Outstanding Population Health Publication! This annual award from UH Population Health is to recognize the lead author of a peer-reviewed journal article or book chapter, judged as making a substantial contribution to the literature and/or practice of population health.
Dr. Zambrana is a distinguished university professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She was excited to join our HCC seminar and spoke with students about how practitioners and scholars in the 60s and 70s aspired to achieve health equity by focusing on families and communities, and how the mission of our school is a fulfillment of those aspirations.
The College of Medicine hosted the Behavioral Health Consultant Certificate Course (BHC-CC) special training event with Mental Health America of Greater Houston and Rice University in which participants were trained to work as behavior health consultants (BHCs) in a primary care setting. The live session training included partner role plays, contextual interviews, standardized patient small group practice, and more. Special shoutout to our chief behavioral health officer, David Curtis, Ph.D., director of clinical simulation, Dr. Steven Butler, Dr. Stacy Ogbeide and more for helping put on a wonderful event!
We continue to grow our dynamic team of consummate professionals. Let us welcome the newest members to join our college:
This year’s Take Your Child To Work Day will take place on Friday, June 16, 2023. Young Coogs can participate in one or more exciting and fun programs hosted by departments across campus.
All children must be accompanied by a UH employed parent for the entire day. Children must be between the ages of 6 and 17. Registrations will be limited to the first 180 children and program availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Scheduled programs will run between 9 am and 4 pm. The full schedule of events will be provided when your registration is confirmed. Event times may vary by TYCTWD host location.
Visit the TYCTWD website for registration requirements and a list of activities. Registrations is on a first-come first-serve basis.
Neighborhood Block Party with Boynton Chapel Methodist Church! Diana Grair, M.D., medical director of UH Health Family Care Center, along with our Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine Healthy Connections teams, provided free blood pressure and BMI checks to our community, reaching 300 attendees. Photo provided by Karl Hearne Photography.
Brian Reed, M.D., Amber Zulfiqar, M.D., Camille Leugers, M.D., and MS2 students Hannah Adams, Romi Joy Govender and Iliana Oberkircher provided pap smears and clinical breast examinations to hundreds of women in need at Día de la Mujer Latina's Health Fiesta. Thank you for being an inspiration to our community!
The Household-Centered Care team and UH Health Family Care Center collaborated to host a wellness bingo event with the residents at Nueva Vida Senior Living Apartments. In addition to Bingo, residents also received blood pressure screenings, nutritional & behavioral health education and/or the opportunity to sign up for various resources with healthy connections.
Cougar Cudos! Congralutions to the Longitudinal Primary Course (LPC) and Household Centered Care (HCC) team from the Department of Clinical Sciences for receiving a team Cougar Cudos! Thank you Lupita Curiel, Esmeralda Machado and Jonaya Ellis for your exceptional service and dedication to the College of Medicine.
The UH Health Family Care Center has appointed seven members to its new board of directors. The new board members, many of whom have experience serving on non-profit boards and leading community organizations, include Gloria Moreno (President), Lharissa Jacobs (Secretary), Santiago Caraballo (Treasurer), Rev. Linda Davis, Michael Klepin, Sydney Lacey and Dr. Steve Watts. Their combined expertise will ensure the Family Care Center succeeds on its mission to provide patient-centered care to UH and Houston’s underserved communities.
UH Health Family Care Center offers primary care and behavioral health services. Call 832-UHCARES to schedule an appointment.
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