Calendar

See the online calendar and submit items at http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/calendar_new/index.asp.

New Investigator Development Program, Grants 101, 8 a.m.- noon, Sept. 8-9, Medical School Building, Room B.100, overview of policies and procedures for submitting and managing research grants. Grants 102, eight-month workshop during which participants develop a grant application that is peer reviewed and ready to submit for external funding at the close of the workshop. The program is led by a Faculty Steering Team and conducted by the Office of Research. Register online by Sept. 2. For more information see http://research.uth.tmc.edu/nidp/ or contact Rena.N.DSouza@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-4218, or Sara.C.Farese@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-3076.

Radiation Safety Officer Course, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sept. 12-16, Operations Center Building, sponsored by the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Provides information needed to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control ionizing radiation hazards. Course outline and lectures meet established Nuclear Regulatory Commission and State of Texas Bureau of Radiation Control training requirements for Radiation Safety Officers. Continuing Education Units awarded. Contact Vickie.L.Mason@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-9463.

Learning to Practice and Teach: an Intensive Workshop, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Sept. 16 and 18, Robert C. Hickey Auditorium. Small groups will enable faculty members, fellows and residents to practice skills of evidence-based health care, working closely with colleagues and experienced faculty. Evidence-based health care means that clinical decisions are based on the best available evidence from clinical research, combined with clinical expertise and patient preferences. Virginia Moyer, M.D., Pediatrics, will be a co- director for the course. To register see: http://www.mdanderson.org/conferences.

Contact: Ida.Hernandez@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-6708. calendar School of Nursing Research Seminar, noon, Sept. 23, School of Nursing and Student Community Center, Room 508, “The Texas Youth Obesity Epidemic: How Big is the Problem and What Can We Do About it?” presented by Steven H. Kelder, Ph.D., professor and associate dean for research at the UT School of Public Health at Houston, sponsored by the UT School of Nursing at Houston’s Center for Nursing Research. Free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch. Contact Tammy.Clemmons@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-2041.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine for Primary Care Practitioners, 8 a.m.-noon, Sept. 24-25, The Woodlands, presented by the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, UT School of Public Health. Contact Vickie.L.Mason@uth.tmc.edu or (713) 500-9451.