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Augusto De Moraes

New Study Highlights Need to Develop Assessments on the Family Food Environment

A new study led by Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, PhD, assistant professor in Epidemiology, examined the reliability and validity of questionnaires assessing family food environments in adolescents and children.

Emanuelle Dias

Alumna's Study Identifies Organizational Structure as Key to Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Alumna Emanuelle Dias, PhD, publishes a new study that focuses on the impact of organizational readiness on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in federally qualified health centers.

Stephany Bauer

Bauer Selected as a 2025 Texas Legislative Fellow

Stephany Bauer, MS, DrPH student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, has been selected as a 2025 Texas Legislative Fellow.

Food and Cardiometabolic Health: A Collaborative Study

Food and Cardiometabolic Health: A Collaborative Study

A recently published study1 led by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Research scientist Maha Almohamad, PhD, MS, highlights the significant role that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)2 may play in mitigating the effects of very low food security on cardiometabolic conditions.

Program receives $500,000 funding to assess a father’s role in the early childhood development of the brain

Program receives $500,000 funding to assess a father’s role in the early childhood development of the brain

April 6, 2022

Designed in partnership with a community advisory board to address gaps previously identified by the partners in father engagement, and to improve understanding of a father’s role in early brain development of their children. BSD intends to obtain an increased knowledge of brain health development in these critical early years by serving 125 males between the ages of 18-35 years of age, who are residents of Tyler, Texas currently expecting or have a child under 3 years of age.



UTHealth School of Public Health Austin Campus Dean Authors Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Position Paper

UTHealth School of Public Health Austin Campus Dean Authors Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Position Paper

April 4, 2022

Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, regional dean of the UTHealth School of Public Health Austin Campus, served as the lead author on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ position paper on the prevention of pediatric overweight and obesity, published in February 2022. This position paper supersedes the academy’s previous paper written in 2013, in which Hoelscher also served as lead author.


The Impact of War on Public Health

war-stricken building

April 1, 2022

The distance between Texas and Ukraine, at nearly 6,000 miles, seems vast. Despite the distance, communities here, and elsewhere across the globe, have experienced the reverberating effects of the Russian invasion of that country. The American Psychological Association reports that 80% of Americans find the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be a significant source of stress. Stress factors that coattail the economic impacts of the war showcase just the outermost layers of war's impact on public health.


Know thy Alumni: Danielle Harmon, MPH

Danielle Harmon, MPH

March 22, 2022

Danielle Harmon, MPH is the Executive Director for the US Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA). Danielle received her Master of Public Health in Community Health Practice in 2012. As a national association for lactation care providers, Danielle oversees the growth and development of USLCA’s programs and resources to ensure the organization is supporting the advancement of the lactation profession.


Brownsville Campus Student Awarded Gunnin Fellowship

Helal Salsa photo smiling with her arms crossed in front.

March 16, 2022

UTHealth School of Public Health Brownsville campus student, Ghadir Helal Salsa has been named the recipient of the 2022 Dr. Gerry C. Gunnin, Ph.D. Public Health Memorial Fellowship (Gunnin Fellowship). This highly competitive award assists students pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in public health at an accredited Texas school.


Naik appointed Chair for MPACH & Executive Director for the Consortium of Aging

Naik appointed Chair for MPACH & Executive Director for the Consortium of Aging

February 25, 2022

 Aanand Naik, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Management, Policy and Community Health, and associate dean for Learning Health Systems at UTHealth School of Public Health. Naik has also been selected as the Nancy P. and Vincent F. Guinee, MD Distinguished Chair and executive director of the UTHealth Houston Consortium on Aging.


Peskin inducted into the Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science

Melissa Peskin

February 24, 2022

Melissa Peskin, PhD, with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, has been accepted into The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science for her teaching excellence and commitment to the enhancement of health science education.





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