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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.

From Doctoral Student to Disease Detective

Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti

September 4, 2025

For alumnus Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti, DrPH, his fervor to study public health dates back to his childhood, where he witnessed the harsh impact and economic toll preventable illnesses took on rural and underserved communities.




UTHealth Houston becomes go-to resource for health cost clarity

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August 22, 2025

Texans won a major victory for health cost transparency in June with the conclusion of the 89th Texas Legislature, which provided funding support to the Texas All-Payor Claims Database and established the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program (HICCAP) — both housed at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s Center for Health Care Data.









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