Visioning Forward Our Public Health Professional Selves: Personal & Community Reflection (PH1433 Fall 2023) by Andrew Springer

What activities/actions can enhance our professional development as a health promotion/behavioral science researcher and practitioner during our graduate school journey? (Think of activities you can pursue inside and outside of class)

andrewespringer — 2023-11-30 22:24:20 UTC

What is 1 or more activity/goal you can explore for this coming year to grow your HP/BS researcher or practitioner self?

andrewespringer — 2023-11-30 22:26:32 UTC

Research Lab

2023-12-04 18:10:42 UTC

I need to associate myself with a lab and or become a TA to build my CV. Crystal Ann

Get involved in local initiatives and learn.

2023-12-04 18:11:24 UTC

For example, you can join the Houston Global Health Collaborative and be active within that community.

Actions to Enhance Professional Development

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Getting involved in the community and in nonprofits through volunteering (i.e. produce bagging at Brighter Bites) -VH

Research Lab

2023-12-04 18:12:02 UTC

Build relationship with a research lab to prepare for dissertation

Action for professional development

2023-12-04 18:12:04 UTC

Take the online TA training, to prepare myself more for potential TA/GRA role. Anissa Castillo

2023-12-04 18:12:18 UTC

Publication and research opportunities,

Narrow my focus and path

2023-12-04 18:12:22 UTC

I need to further narrow in on what I want my focus to be and what career path is most interesting to me so that I can work towards both more effectively.

Research

2023-12-04 18:12:28 UTC

Facilitate Connections to Professors who have similar research interest. Crystal Ann

Attending and Presenting at a Public Health conference

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To enhance my public speaking skills, putting myself in those spaces will be very effective - Gabrielle Haley

Action for professional development

2023-12-04 18:12:40 UTC

Having a mandatory interview process with professionals in the field that you're interested in, an informational interview of sorts

2023-12-04 18:12:42 UTC

I am hoping to present a couple of times at conferences in the next few years to strengthen my oral speaking skills and publish a few more papers (if time permits).

Nonprofit Volunteer

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Volunteering at local nonprofits to explore which topic areas of public health to pursue professionally

Getting involved in research targeted towards health promoting behaviors

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Use Handshake for TA/GRA opportunities, you never know who will see your resume and where their class or project could take you :)

Volunteer at a relevant organization

2023-12-04 18:13:24 UTC

Getting into the community in a volunteer capacity to explore professional opportunities. Volunteering for an event, an organization, doing volunteer research etc

2023-12-04 18:13:32 UTC

Connect with faculty for research opportunities

Activity/Goal for the Upcoming Year

2023-12-04 18:13:52 UTC

I can set the goal for myself to reach out and to better get to know my professors.

Goal for the coming year.

2023-12-04 18:14:03 UTC

I want to join a research lab, and continue doing a mixture of clinical and research work for the health issues I am interested in. This will help narrow down what I would specifically like to do.

Publish

2023-12-04 18:14:12 UTC

Begin to publish. Crystal Ann

Activies to Enhance our professional development

2023-12-04 18:14:21 UTC

Consolidating your notes from classes can be very helpful. Very often you will need to refer to something you learned in class for work within the public health field. Having that information on standby can help you in the longrun - MA

Building my network

2023-12-04 18:14:36 UTC

Reaching out to faculty

Research project(s)

2023-12-04 18:14:44 UTC

Explore the research projects of interest at UTHealth & explore research opportunities at my place of work, thinking toward practicum. Anissa Castillo

Look out for opportunities at the school that will help me build the skills in data analysis and CBPR whether that be through research, fellowships, etc.

2023-12-04 18:14:52 UTC

Volunteering with an organization that aligns with my interest

2023-12-04 18:15:03 UTC

Gaining hands-on experience and speaking with those in the area I want to focus on can help me narrow down what I want to pursue - Gabrielle Haley

Utilize Professors (More)

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Focus on connecting with professors to hear about their research areas/professional paths to gain inspiration and insight

Professional Development

2023-12-04 18:15:24 UTC

Get involved in an ongoing project and learn skills required especially in grant writing- O.K.G

Skills

2023-12-04 18:15:25 UTC

Build on my writng skills, take classes offered by library. Crystal Ann

Getting involved in research

2023-12-04 18:15:37 UTC

This course has introduced me to the variety of research opportunities in Public Health so I would like to begin reaching out to faculty to learn about potential opportunities.

Goal

2023-12-04 18:16:19 UTC

I need to narrow my research topic to be able to focus on a direct pathway

Networking

2023-12-04 18:16:59 UTC

Reach faculty and other students to know about GRA positions to get in hands experience