The UT Southwestern Global Health Interest Group (GHIG) opened its second annual photography exhibit in the Library with a reception at 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 11. This photo exhibit is co-sponsored by the UT Southwestern Medical Center Library.
Featured in the exhibit are photos taken by UT Southwestern students and faculty during their trips abroad over the past year. The exhibit also includes a globe representing all the countries where students have worked, student reflection papers based on their experiences abroad, and more!
GHIG is also sponsoring the following special programs this week, which are open to everyone.
Global Health at the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas
Tuesday, April 12, from 12 noon – 1 p.m. in Room D1.700
Speaker: Eric Bing, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A, Director of Global Health
FREE LUNCH
Panel on Comparing Health Care Systems
Tuesday, April 12, at 4 p.m. in Room D1.104
Panelists: Drs. Nora Gimpel, Fabrice Jotterand, Hong Xiao, and John Gibson.
Moderator: Patti Pagels
PIZZA WILL BE SERVED
Vaccine Awareness
Wednesday, April 13, from 12 noon – 1 p.m. in Room D1.700
Speaker: Albert Karam, M.D., private practice pediatrician
FREE LUNCH
PIG Immunization Fair
Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (morning and afternoon shifts)
Otis Brown Elementary School, 2501 W 10th Street, Irving, TX 75060 (map)
Panel on Continuing Education in Global Health
Tuesday, April 19, at 4 p.m. in Room D1.104
Panelists: Dr. David McRay, graduates from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Johns Hopkins MPH program, students who took a 4th year elective abroad, and more! PIZZA WILL BE SERVED
Events co-sponsored by Office of Global Health, Office of Student Affairs, Pediatrics Interest Group (PIG).

Sandra Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director of the Texas Department of State Health Services Region 8, will speak during an informal dialogue session about cutting edge strategies to address public health needs both during and after disasters. The session will be held from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in the South Campus (main) Library’s Library Administration Conference Room (Room E3.314E).
The Library and two student organizations, the Preventive Medicine Interest Group and the American Medical Student Association, are hosts for Dr. Guerra’s visit.
At both the local and state level, Dr. Guerra has been instrumental in responding to the public heath needs of persons affected by disasters or public health threats. Most recently, her leadership in the recent H1N1 Pandemic Outbreak served as the public health intervention template for the rest of state. She served as the Local Health Authority for Guadalupe County, the first affected community in Texas in the Spring of 2009.
In 2008, Dr. Guerra was medical director and operations chief for “Task Force Ike”, a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary continuity-of-government team that responded to the immediate hurricane aftermath on Galveston Island. In 2008, she also served as the clinical director during the sheltering of over 600 children and adults during the Childrens’ Protective Services investigation of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints compound in San Angelo. In 2005, she was the medical director over the provision of health services to approximately 25,000 persons evacuated to San Antonio during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
A light lunch will be served. Seating is limited, so come a little early!
For more information, contact the Preventive Medicine Interest Group: utswpmig@gmail.com.