Center for Healthy Living Events

Building Better Brains: The Role of Sleep in Child Development

Sleep is essential for the developing brain. This webinar will explore how sleep supports memory, learning, emotional functioning, and neurodevelopment across childhood and adolescence. Drawing from developmental science and public health research, participants will learn how insufficient or disrupted sleep can shape developmental trajectories and identify practical strategies to support healthy sleep during critical periods of growth.

Speaker

Christine W St. Laurent, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Moderator

Christopher Pfledderer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin

We are pleased to offer 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits for this webinar! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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Optimizing Cesarean Recovery to Support Breastfeeding and Lactogenesis

This webinar will explore evidence-based anesthesia and recovery strategies that support maternal alertness, early skin-to-skin contact, breastfeeding initiation, and lactogenesis following cesarean birth. Participants will discuss multidisciplinary approaches involving obstetric, anesthesia, nursing, and lactation teams to enhance recovery and improve the breastfeeding experience for mothers and infants. 

Speaker

Sonal Zambare, MD, FASA
Assistant Professor - Obstetric Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine
At-Large Voting Member, Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) Executive Committee

Moderator

Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Public Health Program, Texas Children’s Hospital
Past-President/Chapter Chair, Texas Pediatric Society of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Past Chair, Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB)

Continuing Education

• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
• Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing continuing professional development ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• This webinar is approved for 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).
• The CPE activity application for this presentation is pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU.

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Student Spotlight: Extreme Heat, Outdoor Activity, and Texas Children's Health

Worsening extreme heat impacts the health of Texas children, who are both uniquely vulnerable and currently falling short of physical activity benchmarks. Strategic adaptations are needed to protect child health and safety in heat while continuing to promote improved physical activity outcomes.

Speaker

Suzanna Metcalf
MPH Student
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Moderator

Kevin Lanza, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin

We are pleased to offer 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits for this webinar! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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