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.
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.
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.
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.
December 31, 2018
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health is celebrating its 40th year as one of the first established and continuously funded NIOSH Education and Research Centers in the country.
December 31, 2018
HOUSTON – Alumnus Philip J. Lupo, Ph.D., M.P.H., will receive the 2018 F. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award at the Teratology Society Annual Meeting on June 24.
November 1, 2018
Shortly after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in 2017 and the resulting floods destroyed more than 100,000 homes, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), UTHealth School of Public Health and Oregon State University, began investigating the short and long-term effects from flooding exposures. The project is titled, “Environmental Health Outcomes Research among Hurricane Harvey Survivors,” and is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through the year 2020.
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.
