Houston Facts
Houston is named for this general, who won the Battle of San Jacinto and became the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
This is how many socials/workshops are required for Distinguished Membership for HICH
What is 3?
This project focuses on environmental justice.
What is WEAR?
When a household can’t consistently afford enough nutritious food, it experiences this.
What is food insecurity?
This faculty member is the premier member of the HICH Fan Club
Who is Dr. Lawler?
Which of Houston's three airports has the International Air Transport Association Code "HOU"?
William P. Hobby Airport
The full name of the organization/conference that HICH projects are attending in November
What is the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo?
This is the organization with which the Big Sister Circle partners with
What is Amaanah Refugee Services?
This agency runs Houston’s buses and light rail, a key link between residents and their appointments.
What is METRO?
This disease was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980, the first and so far only human disease to be wiped out by vaccination.
What is smallpox?
This Houston-based energy company’s collapse in 2001 became one of the most famous corporate scandals in U.S. history.
What is Enron?
This is the name of the speaker who came last week for HICH
Who is Dr. Ramachandran?
This is how many projects HICH has currently and their names
What is 8; RR, WEAR, SAIID, CC, BREATHE, OpFu, PEERS, BSC?
Houston is the largest U.S. city without this land-use tool, which most cities use to separate homes from industry.
What is zoning?
Counting its overseas territories, this European country has the most time zones of any nation.
What is France?
Founded in 1891, this Galveston institution is the oldest medical school in Texas.
What is UTMB (the University of Texas Medical Branch) John Sealy School of Medicine?
This was the date when our first GBM was held this year
What is September 9th?
This is the title and name of the guest speaker Responsive Resourcing will have on November 3rd
Who is Kara Hill, Senior Director of health integration for the Texas Health Institute?
Part of Harris County’s safety-net system, Ben Taub Hospital serves patients regardless of ability to pay. This is the system’s name.
What is Harris Health System?
This 1854 London cholera investigation, led by John Snow, is considered a founding moment of this field.
What is epidemiology (public health)?
When this storm hit Texas in February 2021, millions lost electricity for days.
What is Winter Storm Uri?
This room will be where the Resume Workshop will be held
What is 212J?
The full name of BREATHE is
What is the Better Respiratory Education and Assistance Targeting Houston's Elementary?
Life expectancy can vary by many years between Houston neighborhoods only a few miles apart. This kind of avoidable, unfair gap in health outcomes is called this.
What is a health disparity (or inequity)?
This Swiss psychiatrist founded analytical psychology and popularized the terms “introvert” and “extravert.”
Who is Carl Jung?