Texas Border Business
McAllen, Texas – Methodist Healthcare Ministries and Texas A&M School of Public Health are hosting a community conversation to present the findings from the two important studies they launched together in April 2022. The two-year studiesexamined arsenic and other toxic contaminants in residential drinking water sources within colonia communities along the Rio Grande border.Through these studies the next generation of citizen scientists were trained, and a love of learning science was cultivated among students in South Texas.
The studies addressed critical environmental and public health issues in colonia communities along the US-Mexico border. Presenting on Thursday will be Garett Sansom, DrPH, Taehyun Roh, Ph.D., and Lindsay Sansom, Ph.D. from Texas A&M School of Public Health.Additionally, Jaime Wesolowski, President & CEO of Methodist Healthcare Ministries, which funded the study, will provide remarks on importance of the the research and the next steps the findings prescribe.
For more details on these projects, please attend the community conversation on Thursday, January 30 at 10:30 a.m. CST at the Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen.
| Community Presentation about the results of a two-year water study in the Colonias along the US-Mexico border |
| Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen 6200 Tres Lagos Blvd, McAllen, TX 78504 |
| Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
| Doors open at 10:30 a.m. |
| The program will begin at 11:30. |
| Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. |
| Jaime Wesolowski, President & CEO |
| Texas A&M University School of Public Health |
| Garett Sansom, DrPH |
| Taehyun Roh, Ph.D. |
| Lindsay Sansom, Ph.D. |
| Arise |
| Ramona Casas |
About Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.: Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. is a private, faith-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating access to health care for the uninsured through direct services, community partnerships and strategic grant-making in 74 counties across South Texas. Guided by its mission of “Serving Humanity to Honor God,” Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ vision is to be the leader for improving wellness of the least served. The mission also includes Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ one-half ownership of the Methodist Healthcare System, the largest healthcare system in South Texas, which creates a unique avenue to ensure that it continues to be a benefit to the community by providing quality care to all and charitable care when needed. For more information, visit www.mhm.org.
About Texas A&M University Health Science Center:
Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) comprises five colleges (dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and publichealth) and several centers and institutes with a shared mission of advancing health care for all. We serve the state and beyond with campuses and locations in Bryan- College Station, Dallas, Temple, Houston, Round Rock, Kingsville, Corpus Christi and McAllen. Learn more at health.tamu.edu or follow @TAMUHealth on Twitter.
