The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School 2007 - 2008 Master Teacher Award Violence Curriculum Selected by the dean with peer review, included salary support 2008 – 2009 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award 2009 Nominated: Humanism in Medicine Award 2012 Nominated: President’s Scholar Award for Teaching 2012 – 2013 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award 2014 Nominated: President’s Award for Leadership 2013 – 2014 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award 2014 – 2015 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award Other 2015 Top Doc – Pediatrics; Houstonia Magazine EDITORIAL POSITIONS 2006 – Present Reviewer: Journal of Adolescent Health 2006 - Present Reviewer: Ambulatory Pediatrics 2008 - Present Reviewer: Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 2011 – Present Reviewer: Academic Pediatrics 2013 – Present Reviewer: Women and Health 2014 – Present Reviewer: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal SERVICE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER COMMITTEES: 2006 – 2012 Member – Community Advisory Group University of Texas Prevention Research Center Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research UT School of Public Health, Houston, TX 2008 – 2010 Member – Project DOCC Advisory Committee A Pediatric Training Program on the Delivery of Chronic Care The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
2007; January 30, 2008. “Domestic Violence and the Role of the Healthcare Provider” – lecture given to 4th year medical students as part of their Transition to Clinical Medicine course. University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Medical School. March 2, 2010; March 8, 2011, March 1, 2012. School of Public Health Lectures November 26, 2003 “I’m o.k. You’re Collateral Damage – Moral Disengagement, Violence and Public Health” lecture for Dr. Lowell Sever’s class “International Health Seminar”, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center. January 20, 2004 “Theories of Violence – Moral Disengagement” lecture for Dr. Ann Coker’s class: “Violence in America: A Public Health Perspective”, Rice University and School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center. February 23, 2004 “The Moral Disengagement Project” lecture, Department of Psychology, Montgomery College, TX. March 30, 2004 “Healthcare Response to Family Violence” lecture for Dr. Ann Coker’s class: “Violence in America: A Public Health Perspective”, Rice University and School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center. March 29, 2007 “Building Paths to Prevention: Tools for Ending Youth Violence” lecture for Dr. Sherry Lipsky’s class: “Special Topics in Epidemiology – Injury and Violence: A Public Health Approach”, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center. Miscellaneous May 3, 2005 “First Aid, CPR, Bike and Water Safety” – Supervised Family Practice Resident Teleconference to 4th and 5th graders, Harlingen, TX, televised from the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Department of Family Practice. July 19, 2005 “Distance Learning Using Telehealth Technology” – Lecture to incoming Joint Primary Care Fellows, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Department of Family Practice. March 7, 2006 “Childhood Stress” – Supervised Family Practice Resident Teleconference to 4th and 5th graders, Harlingen, TX, televised
from the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Department of Family Practice. September 15, 2006 Small group facilitator for “Learning to Practice and Teach Evidence-based Health Care: An Intensive Workshop”. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. June 1, 2007 Invited keynote speaker, Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medicine honor society, University of Houston end of year party. October 24, 2007 Evidence Based Medicine Lecture for Pediatric Interns February 13, 2008 Introduction to Domestic Violence, Blue Book Course on Violence March 22, 2010 Clinical Skills Lab. October 4, 2010 “Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection among HIV Exposed Infants” – AIDS Research Forum 2010, Center for AIDS Research, Baylor-UTHouston. May 8, 2013 “PCOS” – talk for Community and General Pediatrics faculty. May 28, 2014 “Adolescent Sexual Health and Contraception” – talk for the residents, fellows and faculty in the Psychiatry Department, University of Texas Medical School, Houston. MENTORSHIP 2005 - 2007 Mentored 2nd year medical student for the The Paul Ambrose Health Promotion Student Leadership Symposium. Project involved educating medical students on issues of domestic violence. 2005 Mentored a 3rd year pediatric resident for her Senior Project and presentation on screening patients for violence. 2008 – 2010 Master Advisor for 1st Year Medical Students. 2009 – 2013 Clinical mentor for pediatric residents. 2009 Mentor for 4th year medical student. Research Project: Screening for Diabetes at a Juvenile Detention Center. 2009 – 2010 Mentor to UT SPH, MPH student, Division of Epidemiology. Research Project: Honey Pacifier Use Among an Indigent Pediatric Population. Research contributed to a poster that was presented at a national conference and became a manuscript published in PEDIATRICS.