2019 M3 Breakout Session – James M. Tour, PhD
In this breakout session from the 2019 M3 Conference, James Tour shares several keys to having a successful professional career. This includes the need to build a human network of friends to maintain integrity in speaking and actions and to maintain a healthy family balance. And for the Christian, it is imperative to meditate daily in the scriptures.
James M. Tour, PhD, is the Professor of Chemistry (T.T. & W.F. Chao), Computer Science, and Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. To learn more about Dr. Tour and his work, click here.
The next M3 Conference is set for February 21-22, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Click here to register and save $5 with code: M3MISSIONS20
2019 M3 Breakout Session – Joy Vonk, MS, PA-C
In this 2019 M3 Conference Breakout Session by Joy Vonk, MS, PA-C, she discusses the need for urban missions, an overlooked mission field caring for the poor and neglected among us. Joy shares stories of how God provides opportunities to minister to those in your own community. As John Piper says, “domestic ministries are a means and a goal of frontier missions.” Learn how to provide integrated faith-based healthcare right here, right now.
The next M3 Conference is set for February 21-22, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Register and save $5 with code: M3MISSIONS20
2019 M3 Breakout Session – Matthew Dacso, MD, MSc, FACP
We are excited to release this 2019 M3 Conference Breakout Session by Dr. Matthew Dacso, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director at the Center for Global Health Education at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), entitled “Bonded Through Service – Exploring Synergies between Academic and Faith-Based Organizations in Global Health.”
In this session, Dr. Dacso will discuss how every year, over 1.5 million Americans participate in short-term international faith-based mission trips. Similarly, nearly one in every three medical students participates in a global health elective during their medical training. Meanwhile, the past few decades have seen profound epidemiologic transitions in the global burden of disease complicated by persistent global disparities in the distribution of wealth and human resources for health. The need to address these complex health system issues, coupled with increased interest among volunteers and the ease of international travel, have driven both academic institutions and faith-based organizations to create and expand global health programs. Yet despite significant overlap in their mission areas, these entities frequently work in professional silos. This talk explores the shared values, as well as the challenges and opportunities for developing joint programming between academic and faith-based organizations.
Click here to learn more about UTMB Health’s Center for Global and Community Health.
Also, be sure to mark your calendar for the next M3 Conference, which is set for February 21-22, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Register by July 31st and save 25% with code: M32020SPECIAL
2019 M3 Conference Videos Released!
We are excited to announce that the M3 Conference video and audio files have been released! An email was sent to all conference attendees with a link to the files. We will also be releasing one each Monday, starting with this inspiring session led by Dr. Anne Alaniz entitled “What’s in Your Hands? A Journey Out of the Village.” Anne Alaniz, DO, is the Co-Founder of Pothawira (Safe Haven) in Malawi and a Gynecologic Oncologist at Houston Methodist.
In this plenary session from the 2019 conference, Dr. Alaniz shares how a 17 year old girl from a small village in Malawi, Africa with no name, no money and no roots becomes a gynecologic oncologist in the United States of America. And beyond that accomplishment, she becomes co-founder of an organization in her home village that now cares for orphans, widows and the sick. Follow the journey of God’s grace and provision for His call of obedience to a village girl who thought her hands were empty, but God knew she had everything He needed to accomplish what seemed impossible.
The next M3 Conference is set for February 21-22, 2020, in Houston, Texas. Register by July 31st and save 25% with code: M32020SPECIAL