Laura W. Bush Institute at Permian Basin: Community Outreach
The LWBIWH Permian Basin Campus is proud to bring the Odessa/Midland region a variety of collaborative efforts to educate and empower females of all ages. With local community resources and years of experience in community outreach, acting as a health care educator to the community, we host a variety of special events that promote women's health and the well being of women all around the Texas Panhandle.
Learn more about our outreach events by contacting our local office for more information.
"Doc in a Lunch Box" – quarterly speaker series
More than 85 women attended the inaugural Doc in a Lunch Box speaker's series on Thursday, April 14. At this first lunch, Dr. Leslie Chupp talked about the role of hormones – and how important they are – during all stages of our lives. Hormones: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was a topic for women in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Women of all ages enjoyed the informal discussion with Dr. Chupp. Unlike most speakers who request that the audience turn off their cell phones, Dr. Chupp encouraged everyone to take our their cell phones to participate in an interactive texting question and answer survey. Below are helpful sites for all women regarding hormones.
North American Menopause Society
National Institutes of Health, Women's Health Initiative
An ongoing health study.
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
A database and scientific information regarding alternative, non-FDA approved therapies.
Upcoming Events
2011 Pink the Basin
Pink the Basin Motorcycle Rally
Saturday, Oct. 1. Registration begins at 8 a.m.; first group departs at 9 a.m. The event will feature two routes, with both starting and ending at Legacy Harley Davidson.
Entry fee: $20 ($5 for each additional rider). All fees will be donated to the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health at the Permian Basin free mammogram program.
For more information, contact Kelly White at (432) 556-4566, Beth Peters at (432) 301-3733, or Teresa Galloway at (432) 638-4475.
11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Midland Horsehoe Arena, 2514 Arena Trail. The event will feature Kelly Corrigan, inspirational speaker, breast cancer survivor and author of the New York Times Best Seller The Middle Place, an inspiring story of being a young mother struggling with breast cancer while caring for her cancer-stricken father.
For more information, please contact lwbiwh.pb@ttuhsc.edu.
Click here to become a lunch sponsor. Review the sponsor sheet for sponsorship levels.
Click here to download the 2011 Pink the Basin invitation.
Premier Laura W. Bush Medical Lectureship in Women's Health
5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20 at the TTUHSC Odessa Auditorium. Dr. Concepcion Diaz-Arrastia, director of gynecologic oncology at the Baylor College of Medicine, will present "The Natural History of HPV Infection from Adolescence to Senescence." Dr. Diaz-Arrastia is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic oncology. Her clinical speciality is gynecologic oncology. She is also interested in fertility preservation for young women with gynecologic tumors and translational research in cervical neoplasia (precancerous chanes in cervical cells). For more information and to reserve your space, please contact lwbiwh.pb@ttuhsc.edu.
"Doc in a Lunch Box" Quarterly Speaker Series
Noon, Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Medical Center Hospital Fitness Center, Hwy. 191 and Faudree Road. Dr. Jamal Islam of TTUHSC will present on diet and nutrition and the effects on women's health. For more information and to reserve your space, please contact lwbiwh.pb@ttuhsc.edu.
