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.
President Melina Kibbe, MD, continued her university-wide listening tour with a stop at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Dec. 5.
Assistant Professor Yun Hang, PhD, MS, contributed to the newly released 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, serving as a co-author and leading analyses within the indicator focused on population exposure to wildfires.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health proudly announces a new accelerated master's degree program with Huston-Tillotson University.
May 29, 2018
Having asthma doesn't mean living a less fulfilling life. Dr. Delclos, MD, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health’s Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) shared tips with One Breath Partnership Houston for how people with asthma can live their best life, even with Houston's air pollution.
January 23, 2018
Lisa Pompeii, Ph.D., FAAOHN, an associate professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public health in Houston, has been named editor-in-chief of the Workplace Health & Safety (WH&S) journal. The journal is the official publication of the American Association for Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN). Pompeii began serving in this position in January 2018.
January 15, 2018
Amber Mitchell, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., C.P.H., has been elected chair of the Occupational Health and Safety Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Mitchell is an alumna of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, and began serving as chair-elect in December 2017. The official term begins at the end of the APHA Annual Meeting in November 2018 and lasts for one year.
December 31, 2017
HOUSTON – Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health are gathering data on working conditions and health in six Central American countries, in an effort to guide policies that could improve the region’s health.
December 31, 2017
Still cleaning up after Harvey? You’re not alone.
Check out the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health’s Hurricane Harvey website for tips on how to recover safely from the storm.
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."
October 17, 2017
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) continues to play a vital role in Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts, thanks to volunteers from UTHealth School of Public Health.
October 11, 2017
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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.
