
Debbie Montenegro
Debbie currently serves as the Deputy Director for the Network of the National Library of Medicine South Central Region (NNLM SCR), housed at UNT Health Science Center and funded by the NIH National Library of Medicine. The mission of NNLM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health through increased access to health information, training, and grants. She provides training on health resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and coordinates health information outreach throughout the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. She is a professional development trainer on grant writing and is a grant proposal reviewer. Her duties also include course development, classroom and virtual instruction, exhibit coordination, committee involvement, and speaking engagements at conferences. Debbie serves as the liaison in the areas of program planning, consumer health, health literacy, space and astronaut health, for target audiences including K-12 education, science educators, librarians, community organizations, and other health groups.
Debbie Montenegro holds a Master of Science in Information Science with a Health Informatics Specialization from UNT and a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from SMU. While at SMU, Debbie completed an internship where she worked in the lab with a research team of chemists and biologists. Debbie also completed a teacher certification program and taught both Chemistry and Environmental Science at the senior high school level. While obtaining her master’s degree, she worked at a local public library. After obtaining her graduate degree, she worked as the Learning Resource Center Manager at a nursing school, where she assisted nursing students and faculty. Debbie then worked as a Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Analyst for Baylor Scott & White Health, where she worked on NIH, NHLBI, and industry funded studies. She has been published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging, also in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (an American Heart Association journal), and as a co-author on an abstract presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 53rd Annual Meeting.
Sessions in which Debbie Montenegro attends
- Thursday Keynote: NASA Keynote Astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Keynote Speaker
- 8:15 AM CST - 9:15 AM CST | 1 hour
- Dr. Kjell N. Lindgren was selected by NASA in 2009. He spent most of his childhood abroad and returned to the U.S. to complete his education and ea...
- Keynote

- Diversifying STEM Workforce with NASA Artemis Mission Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 1
- 9:45 AM CST - 10:30 AM CST | 45 minutes
- In this session, participants will look at NASA STEM Resources related to Artemis Missions through the diversity lens. We will inform and educate a...
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- Studying NASA Space Sessions Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 1
- 10:30 AM CST - 11:15 AM CST | 45 minutes
- This session will highlight NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Students will view Parker in Augmented Reality, analyze its data, and create an infographic....
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- Panel: Perseverance Innovators
- 11:30 AM CST - 12:30 PM CST | 1 hour
- The newest Mars rover is landing in just a few weeks! Find out the latest, innovative technology th...
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- Space Entrepreneurship for High School Students Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 7
- 1:30 PM CST - 2:15 PM CST | 45 minutes
- Can we teach our high school students to be the next Elon Musk? Space entrepreneurs exploit the opp...
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- Celebrating Station Science with NASA Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 8
- 2:30 PM CST - 4:00 PM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Welcome to the yearlong celebration of the International Space Station! Throughout the 2020-2021 academic year, monthly themes connect 20 years of ...
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- Friday Keynote: Dr. John Mather Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Keynote Speaker
- 8:00 AM CST - 9:00 AM CST | 1 hour
- How did we get here from the Big Bang? Astronomers, geologists, and biologists all look back in time to work out the picture. I will show the histo...
- Keynote

- Perseverance: Sticking the Landing with NASA Resources Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 8
- 9:15 AM CST - 10:45 AM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In this session, participants will learn about the ongoing Mars 2020 mission and explore ways to modify ...
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- Rocket Chemistry Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 1
- 2:00 PM CST - 3:30 PM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rockets are a hot topic amongst NASA’s recent commercial launch with Space X and the upcoming Artemis missions. Participants will experience how to...
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- SEEC 2021 Banquet Opening and Award Ceremony
- 6:00 PM CST - 10:00 PM CST | 4 hours
- A highlight of SEEC is the Friday evening banquet, and this year will be no exception. The evening will kick off with a heartfelt welcome and thank...
- Reception
- When 911 is 9 Months Away: Solving Medical Challenges for a Mission to Mars Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 6
- 8:45 AM CST - 10:15 AM CST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Have you ever thought about what would go into establishing a medical system on another planet? When 911 is 9 months away, how do you solve medical...
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- Leadership in Stressful and Crisis Times: 3 Mindsets to Embrace and to Maximize You and Your Team’s Performance Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Virtual Classroom 4
- 10:30 AM CST - 11:15 AM CST | 45 minutes
- During these challenging times, we ALL need to better navigate the paths and situations that lie be...
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- Panel: ISS National Laboratory Panel
- 12:15 PM CST - 1:15 PM CST | 1 hour
- Join us for a special panel on the research being conducted on the International Space Station. The event will be led by Dr. Liz Warren, Ph.D., Sen...
- Panel
- Saturday Keynote: Science Fiction, Science Future, and Science Now Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Keynote Speaker
- 3:15 PM CST - 4:15 PM CST | 1 hour
- Persevering with innovation is a consistent theme in science fiction and in real life. Join us as author Andy Weir, astronaut Cady Colman, and I...
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