New Vaccines: How and Why ACIP Makes Vaccine Recommendations

The TMC Library and the UTHealth McGovern Center for the Humanities and Ethics present the lecture: New Vaccines: How and Why ACIP Makes Vaccine Recommendations by Dr. Larry Pickering, senior advisor to the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases and Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Dr. Pickering will discuss the ACIP process, using the experience with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. at The University of Texas School of Public Health Auditorium located at 1200 Hermann Pressler, Houston, TX 77030. 

Dr. Pickering’s research interests include immunizations, infectious diarrhea, child-care related illnesses, and protective factors in human milk. He is the editor of the Red Book® of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and coeditor of the third edition of the book Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Pickering is the recipient of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Distinguished Physician Award, given annually to a pediatrician whose clinical work, research and teachings have been recognized both nationally and internationally throughout a career.

Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis 

Audience members will be eligible to enter a drawing for a Kindle e-book reader by 

completing a short interactive quiz on National Library of Medicine databases such as PubMed. 

For more information visit: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012/

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Additional sponsorship is being provided by UTHealth and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources available at the TMC Library.

Emerging Zoonotic Viral Infections: Do They Find Us or Do We Find Them?

The TMC Library and the UTHealth McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics will host the lecture: Emerging Zoonotic Viral Infections: Do They Find Us or Do We Find Them? On Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm at the auditorium of the University of Texas Medical School, MSBM 3.001, located at 6431 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030.

The lecture will be presented by C. J.Peters, MD, Director for Biodefense at the UTMB Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and the John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Tropical and Emerging Virology.

Dr. Peters will discuss the origins of microbial threats. Are they truly “new” or do they arise from mutation or Translocation? Can we predict them? What strategies can we use to control them?

Dr. C. J. Peters is an expert in pathogenesis and epidemiology of viral hemorrhagic fevers and other emerging viral infections. He is currently working on Rift Valley fever vaccines, as well as the pathogenesis and innate resistance to SARS. Prior to joining UTMB, Dr. Peters was chief of the Special Pathogens Branch of the CDC, and directed research at the federal Biosafety Level 4 laboratories. Dr. Peters has traveled widely in South America and Africa investigating viral outbreaks. He played a key role in tracking down the hantavirus that caused mysterious deaths in New Mexico in the early 1990s.

For a complete schedule of the Medical Ethics Lecture Series, visit the Medical Ethics Series website: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012/

Lunch will be provided on a first-come first-served basis.

Attendees will be eligible to win a drawing for a Kindle E-Book reader by completing a short interactive quiz on National Library of Medicine databases such as PubMed.

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Additional sponsorship is being provided by UTHealth and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources available at the TMC Library.

Immunization in the U.S. – the Best or Worst in its Class?

Join us for the third lecture of the Medical Ethics Series on January 24, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the University of Texas Medical School Auditorium room 3.001. 

Dr. Anne Schuchat will present the lecture Immunization in the US – the Best or Worst in its Class? Dr. Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, will discuss immunization patterns across the lifespan, vaccine-preventable disease trends, and analysis of where and why we are failing. She will explore the reasons why pertussis is acting up, the factors that got HPV vaccine off track, and what UNICEF’s health equity drive has to do with Houston’s toddlers.

A light lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

Attendees will be eligible to enter a drawing to win a Kindle E-Book reader by completing a short interactive quiz on National Library of Medicine databases such as PubMed.

Visit: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012 for a complete list of these lectures.

Visit the following web site to find helpful links and information on the featured Medical Ethics Lectures: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/index.php?gid=3401

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Additional Sponsorship is being provided by UTHealth McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources offered by the TMC Library.

How will Houston Deal with a Pandemic?

The TMC Library and The UT Health McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, present the second lecture of the Medical Ethics series on Vaccines, Epidemics, and Ethics.

How will Houston Deal with a Pandemic?

David E. Persse, MD is the Physician Director of Emergency Medical Services at the City of Houston and the Public Health Authority for the Department of Health & Human Services – City of Houston. Dr. Persse will speak about how the City of Houston has prepared to deal with a pandemic and what would happen if there were a virulent disease outbreak.

Date:              Thursday, October 18, 2012. 12:00

Location:       University of Texas School of Public Health Auditorium - 

                        1200 Herman Pressler, Houston, TX 77030

                    

Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

For a complete schedule of the Medical Ethics Lecture Series, visit the Medical Ethics Series website: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012/

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Additional sponsorship is being provided by UT Health McGovern Center for Humanities andEthics, and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources available at the TMC Library.

 

Dr. Peter Hotez to Speak at the TMC Library on September 18, 2012 at Noon

The TMC Library will host a year-long series of free lectures in the fall 2012 and spring 2013. The theme of the Medical Ethics series is Vaccines, Epidemics, and Ethics. Local and nationally recognized experts in the field will discuss the roles of vaccines in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and epidemics.

The first lecture Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases will be presented by Dr. Peter Hotez, at the TMC Library on Tuesday September 18, 2012 from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Located at 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Houston, TX 77030

Dr. Hotez will discuss access to innovations in biotechnology among the poorest people in developing countries and in Texas.  After the lecture, Dr. Hotez will be signing copies of his most recent book: Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development. Books will be available for purchase.

Peter J. Hotez, MD., PhD is President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and founding Dean of the Baylor College of Medicine, National School for Tropical Medicine and Chief of a new Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine. Dr. Hotez is an internationally-recognized clinician and investigator in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. He is the co-founder of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases which provides access to essential medicines for more than 100 million people in developing nations.

Lunch will be provided on a first-come first-served basis.

Attendees will be eligible to enter a drawing at each event to win a Kindle E-Book reader by completing a short interactive quiz on National Library of Medicine databases such as PubMed.

For a complete schedule of the Medical Ethics Lecture Series, visit the Medical Ethics Series website: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012/
This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Additional sponsorship is being provided by UTHealth McGovern Center for Humanities andEthics, and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources available at the TMC Library.