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UTHealth Houston Receives $2.9 Million CDC Award to Expand Colorectal Cancer Screening Across Texas

UTHealth Houston Receives $2.9 Million CDC Award to Expand Colorectal Cancer Screening Across Texas

UTHealth Houston has been awarded more than $2.9 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue and expand a five?year initiative focused on increasing colorectal cancer screening, follow?up, and treatment across Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Texas.

Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.  

Elizabeth Frost

Alumna selected as an ASPPH/CDC Tribal Health Department Fellow

Alumna Elizabeth Frost, PhD, MPH, MSW, was recently selected as an Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)/Centers for Disease Control Tribal Health Department Fellow.

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Building on Pandemic Lessons

A new publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine calls on healthcare leaders to preserve one of the most important lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic: the power of organizational culture in sustaining continuous learning and improvement across health systems.

A Brief History and Observance of Juneteenth

honoring juneteenth - a defining moment in american history. Black Family

June 8, 2022

With deep roots in the Texas landscape, Juneteenth serves as a day of celebration of the African-American Culture and the observance of the emancipation of slaves.


CHPPR updates state-wide sexual health education program model

girl learning in classroom

June 6, 2022

Researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) at UTHealth School of Public Health have updated and enhanced their innovative theory- and Web-based decision support system, iCHAMPSS (Choosing and Maintaining Effective Programs for Sex Education in Schools).


Tsai receives the R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award for Innovation

Tsai receives the R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award for Innovation

May 24, 2022

The R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award is an endowment at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) .Nominated by Aanand Naik, MD, chair for the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, Tsai's research and academic career has focused on the development and creation of innovative models used for collaborative care, targeting the health and social needs of vulnerable populations including homeless and veterans.



Shen on AAPI Month and Representation in Public Health

Assistant Professor, Gordon Shen, PhD, SM, Discusses his experience and importance of AAPI Heritage Month

May 15, 2022

"Asian Americans are celebrated as indispensable threads in the American social fabric. Their invaluable, manifold contributions deserve to be highlighted," says Gordon Shen, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth School of Public Health. 

As we celebrate and commemorate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we interviewed Shen on how his ethnicity has impacted his research and career, and how Americans can continue to honor and understand disparities and differences within cultures. 



“How Good Food Works from Seed to Plate,” Earns Distinction with Multiple Awards

Laura Moore and students in the UTHealth School of Public Health Nourish Garden

May 9, 2022

The award-winning cookbook is a hardcover 282-page book that tells the remarkable story of the UTHealth School of Public Health’s Nourish Program. The book is a journey that starts with a 5,000-square foot garden and offers dozens of beautifully illustrated recipes grouped by fruit, flowers, seeds, tubers, spices, stems, and shoots.


Patient Empowerment and Engagement to Improve Chronic Illness, as Published in JAMA Network Open

Naik leads as senior author for work published in JAMA Network Open on,

May 4, 2022

Published in May of 2022 in the JAMA Network Open, the article “Comparison of Collaborative Goal Setting With Enhanced Education for Managing Diabetes-Associated Distress and Hemoglobin A1c Levels” was published, with contributions by Aanand Naik, MD, professor, and chair for the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health as the senior investigator and corresponding author.





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