More than 200 students, faculty, and staff from across UTHealth Houston gathered at the new UTHealth Houston School of Public Health building to attend the Houston Health Department open house on Oct. 8, bringing university community members together with public health practitioners to explore programs, build connections, and discover opportunities for collaboration.
A new $3.9 million NIH-funded study will expand testing of MAGIC (Movement for Academic Growth In Classrooms), an innovative implementation strategy to help elementary schools integrate more movement into the school day.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health received an $8.5 million, five-year grant to strengthen education, research, and training for the next generation of professionals dedicated to protecting workers' health and safety.
Alumna Wendy Nembhard, PhD, has been named dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she has served as professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology.
July 22, 2022
“We’re there to get a pulse on the population’s health behaviors so that we can adjust our healthcare programs to responds the needs of the LGBTQ+ population,” says Irene Tami-Maury, DMD, DrPH, MSc assistant professor with the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences.
July 19, 2022
The upcoming workshop will focus on the relevance and impact of power within communities in the context of the intersection of obesity with structural racism, bias and stigma, and health communication.
July 18, 2022
The project’s goal is to advance equity, elevate the roles of Community Health Workers (CHWs), and create new workforce development opportunities for CHWs, through the efforts of the Health Equity Collective (HEC).
July 18, 2022
Emery, known on campus and by his peers as “Safety Bob,” attains such status by meeting certain criteria. CSHEMA members must have more than 25 years of experience in their field, and they must share their insights on leadership, management, safety policy, and career path with others.
July 12, 2022
The National Academy of Sciences is one of three National Academies, including the Academies of Engineering, and of Medicine, chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1863 to provide independent scientific advice to Congress and the Federal government. It is the nation’s premier source of scientific guidance for government, conducting expert consultations, consensus studies, roundtables and workshops to report on the state of the science, principally at the request of policymakers.
July 7, 2022
María E. Fernández, PhD, the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professorship in Public Health and Director of Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, was recently elected to the Global Implementation Society (GIS) Board of Directors, joining an esteemed cohort of internationally recognized leaders in implementation science.
June 23, 2022
Cici Bauer, PhD, from UTHealth School of Public Health, and Thomas Stopka, PhD, from Tufts University serve as the multiple principal investigators of this R01 grant. "R01 is a funding mechanism from NIH research grants and is very prestigious and competitive to get," says Bauer.
June 23, 2022
“Pride Month is a space to celebrate and tell those who may feel isolated that they have somewhere they belong,” explains J. Michael Wilkerson, PhD, MPH, associate professor in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth School of Public Health.
June 14, 2022
Published in April 2022, each of the four journals covers a specific focus on different areas of study in resilience research including Psychological Services, Healthy Psychology, Military Psychology, and Psychological Trauma. Serving as lead guest editor, Tsai oversaw the print and publication of all four special journal issues.
June 10, 2022
Congratulations to UTHealth School of Public Health El Paso Campus Dean, Kristina Mena, PhD for being awarded one of the first four grants under the Children’s Healthy Learning Environments in Low-Income and/or Minority Communities competition.
