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.
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, MS, DrPH student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, has been selected as a 2025 Texas Legislative Fellow.
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.
February 8, 2022
The [Peruvian] National Program for Scientific Research and Advanced Studies (ProCiencia), executing unit of the National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (Concytec), together with Lóreal and UNESCO, announced the winning scientists on January 24, 2022.
February 1, 2022
Rachel Allred is an MPH candidate in the department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Science (EHGES) at the Austin campus. She completed a practicum in Summer 2021 with The University of Arizona in which she analyzed data and communicated results of an ethnographic study of women with diabetes and/or hypertension in Senegal, West Africa.
January 31, 2022
“Black history month is not just in February, but should be celebrated 365 days, throughout the whole year,” says Kymberle Landrum Sterling, DrPH, We sat down with Sterling to discuss Black History Month, and learn about her experience as a Black woman in public health, research, and academics.
January 27, 2022
Richard D. Muma, PhD, MPH, PA-C, was named the 15th president of Wichita State University on May 6, 2021. Muma graduated from UTHealth School of Public with a Master of Public Health in Community Health in 1993 and adds this accolade to a distinguished 30-plus year career.
December 23, 2021
Angela N. Frazier, MPH is the founder and president of Sisters in Public Health and author of A Kids Book About™ Suicide. Angela received her Master of Public Health in 2018 in Community Health Practice.
December 21, 2021
The State of New York has recently launched a multi-year study to explore how climate change affects the state’s communities, ecosystem, and economy. Kevin Lanza, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, human genetics & environmental sciences at UTHealth School of Public Health (SPH), was selected as one of the few research experts not residing in New York, contributing to the initiative.
December 20, 2021
Stephany was introduced to public health as a young undergraduate at what was then the University of Texas, Brownsville (now UTRGV). “I was studying psychology and hadn’t ever heard of public health until someone shared the “4+1” program where you could start working on your master’s degree while still an undergrad
December 20, 2021
Maria E. Fernandez, PhD, the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine, and professor of health promotion and behavioral science at UTHealth School of Public Health is the recipient of the 2022 Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s (ASPPH) Research Excellence Award. This distinguished award recognizes faculty who have devoted their careers to investigating public health issues.
December 20, 2021
UTHealth School of Public Health is pleased to announce the recent partnership with The University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) College of Business, to offer a dual graduate degree in public health and business administration; an MBA/MPH. This academic collaborative comes at a time where the complexities of the healthcare industry and public health pursuits expand and transform.
December 9, 2021
Earlier this year, the UTHealth Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) launched Take Care, Texas, an online resource for up-to-date information on COVID-19 testing in Texas. Take Care, Texas is a part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADxUP) program, which aims to develop an adaptive intervention to increase COVID-19 testing in vulnerable communities.
