Past Presentations

Continuing Education credits and contact hours are no longer available for these presentations.

2024

Date	Title
January	NIDDK’s Strategic Efforts to Advance Health in Diabetes and Improve Pathways to Health for All
February	A Consequentialist Approach to Public Health Education in Texas (No Recording)
March	No Grand Rounds Presentation
April	The Future is Now: Advances in HIV Prevention and Treatment in 2024
May	Navigating Multidimensional Strain and Identifying Mitigation Strategies in Rapidly Growing 'Hot Cities'
June	Creating the Health System We’ve Always Needed: Health Data Utilities Enable Community Health Improvement and Provide Critical National Infrastructure (No Recording)
July	Innovation in Diagnostic and Programmatic Approaches for Perinatal Syphilis
August	The Changing Ownership Landscape of Hospitals
September	Rural Telementoring Training Center
October	Zoonotic Tuberculosis
November	Diabetes and Your Eyes: Understanding the Connection

2023

Date	Title
January	Spending Time in Nature: A Key Component to a Healthy Childhood
February	Caring for People Living with Rare Disease
March	Making Magic: Lessons on Creativity and Innovation From Disney-Pixar
April	The Effectiveness of Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Patient Outcomes in Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Multidisciplinary Approach
May	Sickle Cell Disease: A Story of Discovery and Progress
June	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and the Importance of Infection Prevention
July	The Parts and Whole of Public Health Nursing Practice
August	Artificial Intelligence and Public Health
September	Supporting Nutrition and Health During the First 1,000 Days
October	Health and Safety Issues in Remote Workers
November	FQHC Incubator Program

2022

Date	Title
January	The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Immunizations for Children in Medicaid
February	Pioneering new and timely concepts in the Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care of Dementia
April	Beyond Resiliency: Practical Tools to Restore Your Capacity
April	Rural Healthcare: Telemedicine and Managing Disparities and Challenges
May	Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning
July	Trauma Informed Innovation and Leadership
August	A Review of Emerging and Reemerging Mosquito Transmitted Diseases
October	How Does the Health System Learn? Case Studies from Immunization Program Optimization
November	More than a Map: How Geographers Can Help Answer Questions and Solve Problems in Public Health

2021

Date	Title
June	Screening and Early Detection: Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum
June	Understanding the Human Antibody Response to SARS CoV-2 in Diverse Populations: The Texas Coronavirus Antibody REsponse Survey (CARES)
July	Perinatal Mood Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment and Referral
August	Trauma and Maternal Health: Conceptualizing Impact and Providing Evidence-Based Care for PTSD during Peripartum
September	Improv Skills for Public Health and Beyond
October	Management of Perinatal Syphilis
December	Is Intention Enough? Understanding Medication Adherence, When Lifestyle is the Medicine

2020

2019

Date	Title
April	Health Communication: Designing Effective Messages to Promote Behavior Change
April	Partnering for Research, Policy and Equity: Collaboration between State Public Health and Academia
May	Leveraging Technology to Reduce Health Inequities in Pediatric Chronic Disease
May	Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) in Texas: Old World Disease, New World Resources
May	Operation Naloxone: A Harm Reduction First Model for Addressing the Opioid Crisis
May	Superbugs and How to Prevent Their Spread
September	Public Health and Medical Response in Texas
September	The Supportive Palliative Care Paradigm: An Evolving Approach to Serious Illness Care
September	Internet Safety for Children and Families
October	Four Ways to Help You Feel Good About Your Opioid Prescription
October	How Maternal Early Warning Systems Can Decrease Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Texas
October	It’s Hard to Make A’s with a Toothache: Oral Health Status of Texas Elementary Students

2018

Date	Title
April	First, Do No Harm: Talking with Children and Families about Making Healthy Changes
April	Things You May Not Know About Rabies but Should!
April	Utilizing Community Health Workers to Combat Hypertension in Northeast Texas
April	Evidence-based Approaches to Treating Opioid Use Disorders
May	Tuberculosis - The Challenges to Outsmarting this Disease
May	Why the Death Certificate Really is a Vital Statistic
July	TB in Texas: Application of Molecular Epidemiology in Guiding Cluster Investigations (Research Rounds)
August	Use of an Enhanced Method to More Accurately Identify Maternal Deaths in Texas (Research Rounds)
October	Wealth is Health: Improving Access to Antipoverty Programs in Pediatric Clinics
October	Ten Things to Know About Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
October	Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic?
October	Opioids: Perspectives on Medication Assisted Recovery Support
October	Why the Death Certificate Really is a Vital Statistic - Part II
November	Hope, Opportunity and Equity Measures: A Texas Perspective
November	Confessions of a Topophiliac

2017

Date	Title
April	Maternal and Child Health Surveillance in Texas: Recent Trends
April	The Prescription Opioid Abuse Epidemic: How It Happened and Solutions
April	Human Trafficking and the Healthcare Community 101
April	Food Access and Insecurity
May	Type 2 Diabetes Research
June	Research Rounds
July	Zika Testing and Clinical Management in Maternal and Infant Populations
July	Research Rounds
October	Population Health: Successes and Challenges
October	Foodborne Illness Investigations in Texas: Keeping Food “Safe for Our Plates”
October	Preventing Opioid Misuse: A Public Health Approach
October	Public Health and the Texas-Mexico Border
November	Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance: Understanding and Applying the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines
November	Understanding Childhood Traumatic Stress in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey

2016

Date	Title
April	Chagas Disease in Texas
April	Case Studies Examining the Impact of Community Health Workers/Promotores
April	Emerging Vaccine Issues
April	Zero Suicide: Not Another Life to Lose in Texas
April	Zika Virus Disease
May	E-Cigarette Epidemic among Youth and Young Adults: Surveillance, Risk Factors, and Consequences
July	Intimate Partner Violence
July	Youth Violence in Texas
October	Down Syndrome Today: New Information and New Obligations for Clinicians
October	Obesity and Distress: The "Second Brain" Connection
October	Recent Findings from Epidemiologic Research on Birth Defects in Texas and Beyond
November	Caring for Our Most Vulnerable: Levels of Neonatal Care
November	Zika: Looking Ahead

2015

Date	Title
April	The Texas Ebola Experience
April	Ethical Issues in New Medical Technologies and Emerging Infectious Diseases
April	Monitoring of Psychotropic Medications: Initiatives in Texas Foster Care, State Supported Living Centers, and Nursing Facilities
April	Health Information Technology for Hypertension and Diabetes
May	The Importance of Breast Milk Use in the NICU
September	Data Matching to Realign Resources: Strategic Planning to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
September	Cancer Survivorship Management
September	Assessing Emerging Treatments for Depression
September	Case Studies in Communications: An Insider’s Guide for Tackling Topics, From Routine to Difficult
September	Eastern Perspectives on Death and Dying and Concept of “Self” Eastern Perspectives on Death and Dying and Concept of “Self”

2014

Date	Title
April	Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) and the Importance of Infection Prevention
April	Telepsychiatry: Breaking Barriers
April	Friends, Followers, and Retweets: The Impact of Social Media on Patients and Providers
April	Pain Management: Evidence Based Strategies
April	Allergies and Asthma: Epidemiology, Causes and Treatments
May	Child Abuse and Neglect: The Science, Myths, and Reality
May	Healthy Texas Babies: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review
October	Texting Bans and Roadway Safety
October	Child Sexual Abuse: Are We Looking the Wrong Way?
October	Mystery Shopping in Healthcare Yields "Aha Moments”
October	Using Modern Genetic Tools to Understand Clinical Unknowns
November	The Community Guide: An Evidence-Based Public Health Resource
November	Preventing the First Cesarean Delivery: Practical Application of the Evidence

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