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New Study Finds Viewing Political TikTok Influencers Can Increase Negative Emotional Affect in Young Adults 

New Study Finds Viewing Political TikTok Influencers Can Increase Negative Emotional Affect in Young Adults 

According to a new study, researchers found that young adults who viewed political influencers on TikTok reported an increased negative emotional affect. 

McCurdy Receives ASPPH Practice Excellence Award

McCurdy Receives ASPPH Practice Excellence Award

Professor Sheryl McCurdy, PhD, MA, at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was honored with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Practice Excellence Award at this year’s ASPPH Annual Meeting.

MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

Match Day signifies a poignant moment for fourth-year medical students seeking their next venture in their education and training. Fifty-seven Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health across Texas will combine medicine and public health in their next phase of medical training. 

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.

Two PRIME grants awarded to SWCOEH & Human Genetics faculty

December 18, 2017

UTHealth School of Public Health recently awarded PRIME grants to Wei-Chung Su, Ph.D., and Goo Jun, Ph.D., faculty members in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences (EHGES). Su, an assistant professor in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH), received funding for his research titled "Development of a Mobile Aerosol Lung Deposition Apparatus (MALDA) for On-site Workplace Ultrafine Particle Lung Deposition Measurement."




18th annual Pilot Projects Research Symposium

June 6, 2017

The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at UTHealth School of Public Health hosted its 18th Annual Pilot Projects Research Symposium on June 3. The keynote speaker was Hester Lipscomb, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor emeritus in community and family medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Lipscomb, a world-renowned occupational epidemiologist, gave a presentation on evaluation methods in occupational safety. This was followed by presentations given by the seven pilot project awardees on their research findings.



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