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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.

Emanuelle Dias

Alumna's Study Identifies Organizational Structure as Key to Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Alumna Emanuelle Dias, PhD, publishes a new study that focuses on the impact of organizational readiness on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in federally qualified health centers.

Stephany Bauer

Bauer Selected as a 2025 Texas Legislative Fellow

Stephany Bauer, MS, DrPH student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, has been selected as a 2025 Texas Legislative Fellow.

Shreela and Vibhu Sharma expand community nutrition and health endowment to include climate health and sustainability

mr. and mrs. sharma

May 21, 2024

Designed to support pre-doctoral fellows and educational opportunities at UTHealth Houston, the Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability, one of many celebrated endowments at the university, has expanded to incorporate environmental matters. Established in 2017 by long-standing university supporters Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD, and Vibhu Sharma, the endowment recognizes the significance and implications of the environment of community health.


2024 Teaching Awards

Pictured left to right:  Heather T. Essigmann, PhD, MPH; Morgan Jibowu, MPH ; and Christine Markham, PhD

May 20, 2024

Congratulation's to the 2024 Teaching Award recipients Heather T. Essigmann, PhD, MPH; Morgan Jibowu, MPH ; and Christine Markham, PhD.



Haidar's Pursuit to Enhance Health Promotion

Haidar's  Pursuit to Enhance Health Promotion

May 13, 2024

"I believe that by intervening early to promote healthy lifestyles, we have the power to positively influence their lifelong health outcomes and significantly alter their life trajectories for the better," said Haidar.  


New research suggests the risk of Mendelian diseases in consanguinity populations

Photo of Assistant Professor Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, Phd, in front of greenery background.

May 9, 2024

A new study co-led by Assistant Professor Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, PhD, at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine uncovered a link between occurrences of complex genetic disorders and inherited disease traits in a Turkish population with increased levels of consanguinity.


Stallings' Passion for Driving Change

Photo of Tony Stallings

May 8, 2024

Master of Public Health (MPH) student Tony Stallings has spent his time at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health anticipating the start of his career to uplift community health. 


New JD/MPH set to launch in partnership with St. Mary’s University

Staff members pictured in front of classroom.

May 8, 2024

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health is launching a new dual degree program in collaboration with St. Mary’s University. St. Mary’s University was founded in 1852, located in San Antonio. The Doctor of Jurisprudence/Master of Public Health (JD/MPH) program is offered in varying modalities, including online and/or in-person.






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