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Group photo of Sisters in Public Health members, photo courtesy of Angela Frazier, MPH

Alumna Turns Grief into Purpose

Alumna Angela Frazier, MPH ‘18, transformed personal loss into a national effort to support women and unite leaders across public health. 

Winter Socrates Seminar in Aspen, Colorado, courtesy of Ginger Raya

Raya selected as a 2026 Hunt–Aspen Institute Fellow

The fellowship empowers leaders from the Paso del Norte Region to strengthen their leadership skills and foster meaningful dialogues around their community’s most pressing challenges.  

Yixuan He

Researchers develop a new genetic framework to predict the risk of respiratory diseases

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers developed a new genetic framework model to improve the prediction of respiratory diseases among multi-ancestry populations, according to a new study.

Jenil Patel

UTHealth Houston researcher reviews evidence on how “forever chemicals” may shape congenital heart defect risk  

A UTHealth Houston researcher reviewed existing scientific evidence on how exposure to “forever chemicals,” including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), may influence the risk of congenital heart defects in fetal cardiac development.  

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.




Ochoa selected as "For Women in Science 2021", Peruvian National Award

Theresa Ochoa, MD, PhD

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.


Practicum Student Highlight: Rachel Allred

Rachel Allred

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.


Sterling on Black History Month and Representation in Public Health

Dr. Kymberle Landrum Sterling Q&A on Black Representation in the field of public health.

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.



Alumna Spotlight: Angela Frazier, MPH

Alumna Angela Frazier, MPH

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.


UTHealth researcher Lanza selected for New York State Climate Impacts Assessment

New York City Skyline; Lanza selected for NY State Climate Impact Assesment

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.



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