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.