ICARE Moments
Over the last year, many individuals throughout the organization volunteered with the Houston Methodist community benefits ICARE in Action program:
Jackie Nguyen, Diabetes & Metabolic Disease Program
The Academic Office of Clinical Trials adopts a family for the holidays.
Regina Fernandez, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine
ICARE year in review
Jennifer Leyendecker, OSRI
The holiday season brings time with our families and friends, and also many opportunities to put our ICARE values into action. We’d like to share a few of these stories from around the Research Institute. The Office of Governance & Faculty Affairs organized a central administration team to
Maricela Ramirez, Diabetes & Metabolic Disease Program Laurie Minze, Diabetes & Metabolic Disease Program Stacy Robinson, Diabetes & Metabolic Disease Program
adopt a family for the holidays, raising money for gift cards and wish lists for the children.
Colleen Kelly, Communications & External Relations
The family struggles to pay their bills on a single income, with one parent staying home to
Carly Filgueira, Genomic Medicine
care for a daughter and a three-year old son with Downs Syndrome. The Cancer Center,
William May, Genomic Medicine
Office of Research Protections and the Academic Office of Clinical Trials also organized
Song Kim, Governance and Faculty Affairs
teams that adopted families in need for the holidays. The Office of External Relations had
Sawana Tillett, Governance and Faculty Affairs
individuals volunteering with the Houston Food Bank, the Hillcroft Dental Clinic, City ArtWorks,
Luanne Novak,Governance and Faculty Affairs
and the City of Houston Holiday Project. They helped the city make handmade holidays cards,
Shaun Stephenson, Grants and Contracts
deliver them to assisted care facilities, and visiting with the residents over the holiday season.
Krista Walton, Infectious Disease Program Diane Jaskulski, Laboratory Operations Tara Conrad, MITIE
ICARE highlight: Tricia Lydick
Jessica Rhudy, Department of Nanomedicine Kathryn Brinkman, Governance and Faculty Affairs
Tricia Lydick, Senior Executive Secretary, went above and beyond
Nelcy Ramirez, Governance and Faculty Affairs
to help a caller trying to track down medical records for a family
Nianxi Zhao, Infectious Disease Program
member. The caller reached the main Research Institute line after
Sunae Kim, Department of Translational Imaging
several unsuccessful transfers. Tricia stepped in to navigate the
Clarissa Fenroy, Research Receiving Dock
maze and find the right contact number for the grateful caller.
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Michelle Shemon, Communications & External Relations
I truly appreciate Ms. Lydick’s kindness and consideration. I have had to take a lot of trips to Michigan, a lot of phone calls to hospitals and a lot of visits to doctors. For most of the people I encounter it is business as usual and there aren’t any attempts to make this battle any easier. I so VERY much appreciate Ms. Lydick and I hope you do as well!
Xiaoping Zhu, Department of Systems Medicine & Bioengineering Hanh Hoang, Central Administration Mariana Pope, Governance and Faculty Affairs Eudora Vasquez, Governance and Faculty Affairs Tiffany Polk, Governance and Faculty Affairs
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– Damali Keith, FOX 26 reporter
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