On Tuesday, March 29, you are invited to hear Becky Sykes, President, Dallas Women’s Foundation, present “Gendering the Texas Budget: State Priorities as if Women and Children Mattered” from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the McDermott Lecture Hall (Room D1.602). Everyone is welcome to attend, and pre-registration is not necessary. A light lunch will be served.
This forum is co-sponsored by the Library, Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, University of Texas School of Public Health/Dallas Regional Campus, UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry, and other campus organizations. The host for the event will be Patrice Vaeth, Dr.P.H., professor of health promotion and behavioral science, UT School of Public Health.
Sykes and her colleagues at the Foundation, along with researchers from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, have prepared a gender responsive analysis of the current year Texas budget. This analysis examines the state’s $182.5 billion budget through a gender lens, focusing on the impact of fiscal policy on the health, safety, education, and economic security of women and girls in Texas.
With the legislature contemplating significant cutbacks in health and human services funding, this innovative look at the state budget provides fresh insights into tough policy questions. For example, Sykes’s carefully documented analysis reveals that “women and girls in Texas have, at every stage of life, among the worst health care access in the U.S. Overall, 23 percent of Texas females have no health insurance, putting the state at 50th in the nation in terms of access to health care.”
Sykes was named President and CEO of the Dallas Women’s Foundation in March 1999 after a lifetime of civic leadership, including years with the Dallas League of Women Voters, Junior League, and City of Dallas Planning Commission. It is now the largest of the 150 women’s foundations around the world. The Foundation grants more than $2 million annually to local programs that benefit women and girls. She is a trustee of Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where she was honored with a Distinguished Alum Award. She has also received the Athena Award from the Dallas Regional Chamber, as well as other recognitions. She is on the Advisory Council of the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the University of Indiana.
Patrice Vaeth, Dr.P.H., is assistant professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences at the UT School of Public Health/Dallas Regional Campus. She received her doctorate of public health from the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Vaeth also completed NIH-funded fellowships in alcohol epidemiology and cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Her research interests include gender and ethnic disparities in health and alcohol epidemiology.
For information, contact John Fullinwider by email at john.fullinwider@utsouthwestern.edu or by phone at 214-648-3801.

The Library’s Spring Showcase, March 29-31, delivers fresh perspectives via four exciting events.
Tuesday, March 29, 12 noon to 1 p.m., McDermott Lecture Hall D1.602
Becky Sykes, President of the Dallas Women’s Foundation, presents “Gendering the Texas Budget: State Priorities as if Women & Children Mattered.” In the face of impending massive revenue shortfalls for health, human services, and education, Sykes’s innovative gender-responsive analysis provides new insights into the state’s most recent $182.5 billion budget which, in her words, “is perhaps the most accurate statement of its real policies and values.” Host: Patrice Vaeth, Dr.P.H. UT School of Public Health. Light lunch served.
Wednesday, March 30, Noon to 1 p.m. South Campus Library, E.3.314.E
Discover the “Latest Digital Tools for Research & Presentation” (e.g., Google’s Fusion Tables, Refine) during this informal workshop presented by Martha Buckbee, M.L.S., and Matt Zimmerman, M.A.. These Library staff members will demonstrate Google’s cutting edge data mapping and presentation tools. Seating is limited; pre-register at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/libraryclasses. Refreshments served; bring your lunch.
Wednesday, March 30, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. South Campus Library
The Library unveils “Dallas Medical History, 1890 – 1975, A Digital Collection”, an online group of more than 500 photos from the UT Southwestern Library’s Archives and History of Medicine collections. These photos illustrate the medical history of Dallas from the opening of Parkland Hospital in 1894 to the expansion of the UT Southwestern campus in the 1970s. See these compelling images at the reception and starting at 5 p.m., enjoy “Reflections on the History of Medicine in Dallas” with John S. Fordtran, M.D., Director of Gastrointestinal Physiology, Baylor University Medical Center. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served.
Thursday, March 31, Noon to 1 p.m., McDermott Lecture Hall D1.602
Marvin Dulaney, Ph.D., professor of history, University of Texas at Arlington, speaks on Dismantling Segregation at St. Paul Hospital. Dr. Dulaney, a nationally recognized historian and expert in African American history in Dallas, re-visits this turning point in 1954, when St. Paul became the first local hospital to open its doors to Black physicians. Host: Historian James Hopkins, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University. Light lunch served.
The lectures and reception are open to all; pre-registration is not necessary.
For more information, contact John Fullinwider, 214-648-3801 or Bill Maina, 214-648-2629.

The Library Staff Art Show – on display from March 1, 2011, through May 20, 2011, in the South Campus (Main) Library – highlights the artistic talents of the UT Southwestern Library’s staff and faculty and their family members.
Eighty-one unique works of art are on display, including paintings, photographs, quilts, handcrafted cards, fishing lures, knitting, jewelry, illustrations, poetry, and more. The exhibit is featured on the walls of the Library’s Main Floor and in three of its display cases and is organized by a natural elements theme.
The exhibit was organized by Jane Scott and Anne Hollingworth, with additional curation assistance provided by Catherine Schack and Joseph Tan. A supplemental handout – available at the beginning of the exhibit – includes contact information for the artists and interesting facts about many of the displayed works.

The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-Paper” – a National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibit about a 19th century writer’s challenge to the medical profession and the relationship between science and society – is now on display at the South Campus (main) Library until January 31, 2011.
Walk around, read all the panels, and share your thoughts about the exhibit in the exhibit journal. NLM has an online exhibition companion web site. There is also a book display and binder of printed copies of some of the referenced works from the exhibit.
In the 19th century, at a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, Charlotte Perkins Gilman rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story: “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” This famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting a woman’s professional and creative opportunities.

On November 22nd from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m., there will be a reception at the Library that will join UT Southwestern Medical Center together with two national mental health organizations, National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) and NARSAD, The Brain and Behavior Research Fund.
The Vital (A)(R)(T) exhibit, a curated exhibit by the National Network of Depression Centers at the South Campus Library from November 1, 2010 to December 5, 2010 promotes understanding and hope on mental illness and social stigma through artistic expression.
The special guest at the reception will be the marathon runner and mental health awareness advocate, Guy Fessenden. He is visiting on a stop promoting the NARSAD sponsored campaign called “A Fathers Journey”.

This year the Library’s Fall Showcase takes on issues both timely – the mental health needs of combat veterans – and timeless – the meaning of suffering in medicine and theology. The Fall Showcase also features four interactive, hands-on classes in resources for evidence-based practice, web publishing, research posters, and NIH grants and public access policy.
Registration is required for all classes.
HEALTH POLICY FORUM, NOVEMBER 16:
12 noon – 1 p.m., McDermott Plaza Lecture Hall (Room D1.700)
A Soldier’s Mind: Mental Health Needs of Combat Veterans (Speaker: Lia Thomas, M.D., F.A.C.P.)
Registration is not required to attend the forum; light lunch will be provided.
Dr. Thomas is Medical Director, Mental Health Trauma Services, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center. The event will be hosted by Alina Suris, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Clinical Director, Mental Health Trauma Services, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern.
CLASSES, NOVEMBER 16:
11 a.m. – 12 noon, South Campus Library Classroom (Room E2.310A)
Beyond Up-To-Date: Evidence-Based Resources and Guidelines (Instructor: Laura Wilder, M.L.S.)
If you have relied on UpToDate in the past, come learn about other highly-rated evidence-based practice guidelines and databases, such as DynaMed and the Physicians’ Information Education Resource of the American College of Physicians (ACP PIER).
1 – 4 p.m., South Campus Library Classroom (Room E2.310A)
Web Publishing 101 (Instructors: Joseph Tan, M.S., and Cameron Kainerstorfer, B.A.)
Learn how to create a web page of your own. This hands-on class will cover the basics of web publishing and design using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), with illustrations in Adobe Dreamweaver 8.
DIALOGUE, NOVEMBER 17:
12 noon – 1 p.m., South Campus Library Admin Conference Room (Room E3.314E)
Christian Bioethics and Suffering (Facilitator: Charles Curran, Ph.D)
Registration is not required, but seating is limited to 35. Bring your lunch – and your ideas! Beverages will be provided.
Dr. Curran will lead a discussion of Christian Bioethics and Suffering. Dr. Curran is Elizabeth Scurlock University Professor of Human Values at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. His latest book, Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History from Georgetown University Press, won the 2008 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religion.
CLASSES, NOVEMBER 17:
11 a.m. – 12 noon, South Campus Library Classroom (Room E2.310A)
PubMed Central and NIH Grants for Admins (Instructor: Tracey Minzenmayer, M.L.S., Ph.D.)
Learn how changes in eRA Commons affect the process of managing faculty publications and NIH Public Access Policy compliance. This class will discuss each online system involved and how they interact, as well as offering step-by-step guidance on what to do if a faculty publication is missing a PubMed Central ID (PMCID).
2 – 3 p.m., South Campus Library Classroom (Room E2.310A)
Creating an Effective Research Poster (Instructor: Claudia DeShay, M.L.S., Ph.D.)
Posters are an effective method of communicating with colleagues. Learn to create attractive, informative, and powerful posters using the right software tools and effective design principles.
For more information about any of the Fall Showcase events, contact John Fullinwider by email or by phone at 214.648.3801.

Lia Thomas, M.D., F.A.C.P., Medical Director, Mental Health Trauma Services, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, will speak on the topic “A Soldier’s Mind: Mental Health Needs of Combat Veterans,” on Tuesday, November 16, at 12 Noon in the McDermott Plaza Lecture Hall (Room D1.700). Registration is not required to attend the forum; light lunch will be provided.
A graduate of Smith College and the Tulane University Health Science Center’s School of Medicine, Dr. Thomas completed her residency in psychiatry at UT Southwestern, where she won the 2004 Award for Outstanding Resident Contribution to Medical Student Education. Since 2007 she has served as a staff physician, acting medical director, and current medical director at the VANTHCS. Dr. Thomas’s research interests include diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), veterans and suicide, and the impact of PTSD on the families of veterans.
The event will be hosted by Alina Suris, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., Clinical Director, Mental Health Trauma Services, VANTHCS, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston, Dr. Suris joined the VANTHCS in 1991 as a clinical psychologist and is currently the clinical director of the Mental Health Trauma Services Program and the director of the Women’s Stress Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma Program.
For more information, contact John Fullinwider either by email or by phone at 214-648-3801.
Co-sponsors: UT Southwestern Medical Center Library / UT School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus / UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry / UT Southwestern School of Health Professions / UT Southwestern, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Ethics & Health Policy / American Medical Women’s Association, Dallas / Dallas County HHS District 3 Public Health Advisory Committee American Medical Student Association, Dallas / UT Southwestern Medical Humanities Interest Group / UT Southwestern Global Health Interest Group / Dallas Ft. Worth Area Health Education Center / UT Southwestern, Office of Community Recruitment Initiatives / UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Clinical Sciences, recipient of the North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative (CTSA NIH Grant UL1-RR024982)

An exhibit featuring the works of two local photographers opens in the Library on Monday, October 25 through December 30. Bill Carter will display twelve photos of colorful European street scenes. Eric Schoondergang will show eight stunning close-ups of single flower blossoms on a black or white background.
The exhibit has been arranged under the auspices of Business Council for the Arts (BCA), which also sponsors the annual “On My Own Time” art show. UT Southwestern is a member of NTBCA.

The National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) exhibition, Vital (A)(R)(T), will be on display November 1, 2010 through December 5, 2010 and co-sponsored by the UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Psychiatry.
Vital (A)(R)(T) is a curated exhibit designed to promote public discussion about depression, bipolar illness and other mood disorders. The exhibit aims to reach a wide spectrum of viewers, from mental health professionals to individuals with mood disorders and their families, to the general public. Many of the artists featured have lived with depression or experienced mental illness through family members or others.
Themes in the exhibit reflect the diversity of these experiences and present a spectrum of attitudes – from suffering to hope. NNDC hopes this exhibit will amplify the diverse voices which are often unheard due to the stigma and debilitating effects of mental illness.