Society of Public Health Students

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Society of Public Health Students

• 1st General Meeting
• September 12, 2006
• WEL 2.312

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WELCOME!!

• Who are we?
• Officer Introductions
• Advisor Introductions
• Member Expectations
• Where can you find us?
• http//studentorgs.utexas.edu/publichealth/

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Introduction to SPHS

• What do we do?
• Public Health Professional Speaker Series
• Public Health Undergraduate Network
• Contact Matt or Rosalyn
• Philanthropy Opportunities
• Public Health Internship Program (BIO 361P)
• Socials
• Much more

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Tee-Shirts

• New Tee-Shirt Design! Thanks, Issac!

• 10.00/shirt

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Dues

• Dues 15
• Dues Tee-shirt 20
• SAVINGS OF 5!!!!!!

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Introduction to Public Healthhttp//www.asph.org/
document.cfm?page301

• Five Core Areas of Public Health
• Health Services Administration
• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Behavioral Science/Health Education
• Environmental Health Sciences

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So what do I major in?

• Whatever you want!
• Multidisciplinary Field
• Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Business, Social
  Work, Nursing, Geosciences, Communications,
  Education, Public Policy, Law, Engineering
• Public Health efforts work best using a
  multi-disciplinary approach!

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Contact Information

• Matt Goldshore - President
• mashore_at_mail.utexas.edu
• Michelle Solomon - Vice President
• mlsolomon07_at_mail.utexas.edu
• CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE
• http//studentorgs.utexas.edu/publichealth

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Announcements

• Anybody? Anybody? Anything?
• How was your summer?
• How was your 11-12 class?
• What can SPHS do for you?
• How cool is SPHS?
• How cool are all of you for being interested in
  Public Health!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Public Health Raffle

• What Public Health Problem did the following
  nursery rhyme originate from?
• Ring around the rosyA pocketful of
  posies"Ashes, Ashes"We all fall down!
• E-mail Matt at mashore_at_mail.utexas.edu to win!

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Conversations about Public HealthRon Harrist
Ph.D.

• University of Texas School of Public Health
• Director, Austin Regional Campus
• Associate Professor of Biostatistics
• Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
• Statistics
• M.S., Texas Technological University
• Mathematics, Physics
• B.S., Texas Technological University
• Mathematics, Physics