Students Improving Global Health in Texas
UTHSC at Houston Chapter
Students Improving Global Health in Texas (SIGHT) aims to further awareness of global health issues among medical students and advocate long-term, sustainable relationships with medically underserved populations both locally and internationally, by encouraging students to engage in global health efforts through clinical medicine, public health, and research.
Semester-at-a-Glance
- January 6
Dr. Stanley G. Schultz, MD
"Issues in Global Health: Intro and Overview" - January 13
Dr. Kirk Smith, MD PhD
"Texas-Mexico Border Healthcare Issues" - February 10
Dr. Herbert DuPont, MD
"Diarrheal Disease in the Developing World" - February 17
Dr. Stanley G. Schultz, MD
"Oral Rehydration Therapy and Recent Approaches to the Treatment of Secretory Diarrhea" - February 24
Dr. Mark Kline, MD
"Pediatric HIV/AIDS" - March 6-13
Spring Break Trips
Roatan, Santa Ana, & Panama
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Dr. Christopher Greeley, MD
"Malnutrition and Other Childhood Threats" - March 24
Dr. Susan Pacheco, MD
"Climate Change and Global Health" - March 29
Dr. Charles D. Ericsson, MD
"Malaria and Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases" - March 31
Dr. Irina Cech, PhD
"Global Problems of Potable Water"
S.I.G.H.T. Calendar
News
If you can’t make it on the spring break trips, or you are going but know you’ll miss the action as soon as you’re back, there's a great opportunity available to bring better health to the global population right here in Houston!
FRONTERA HEALTH FAIR
Sunday, March 21st
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cathedral de Fe Church
915 Texas Ave.
La Marque, TX 77568
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Working with UTMB to provide:
-Lab services: blood pressure, glucose screening, HbA1c, cholesterol
-Education/Counseling: vaccinations, smoking cessation
-Health care access: referrals to free clinics, S-CHIP sign-up
Rides available (leaving around 7:15 a.m.)
Contact Jenny Hau (jennifer.t.hau@uth.tmc.edu) or Denise Fraga (denise.n.fraga@uth.tmc.edu) to sign up or if you have any questions.
Resources
"Issues in Global Health"
A Spring Blue Book lecture series sponsored by the Global Health Initiative and the John P. McGovern Center for Health, Humanity and the Human Spirit.
