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.
October 31, 2024
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers were recently awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a multi-dimensional surveillance system for congenital heart defects (CHD).
October 21, 2024
Melissa Peskin, PhD, and Belinda Hernandez, PhD, MPH, featured in Carla Diaz-Lewis Domestic Violence Lecture Series.
October 21, 2024
Senior Fellow in Health Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health alumna, Elena M. Marks, JD, MPH serves as a leading voice at the intersection of policy and health care, where she has spent her career working to help Americans navigate the complex health care system, a passion she pursues through research and advocacy.
October 2, 2024
Rebecca Gyawu, MSc, third-year PhD student, was awarded the Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability. "This opportunity will allow me to apply theoretical knowledge from my coursework in a practical setting, collaborate with experienced mentors, and contribute to meaningful projects."
September 27, 2024
Researchers and community advisory board members from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s Adolescent and Young Adult Scholarship, Training, and Research Lab (AYA STAR Lab) led a general session at CancerCon, a conference dedicated to helping young cancer survivors navigate their experiences and foster community.
September 20, 2024
Adolescent participation in out-of-school and weekend activities was positively associated with meeting 24-hour movement guidelines, according to a new study led by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers.
September 20, 2024
Assistant Professor Youngran Kim, PhD, was awarded a two-year $499,570 grant to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and program impacts associated with the mental health program, “Youth Empowerment Services (YES)”, designed for children and adolescents with complex needs and multi-system involvement.
August 28, 2024
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health is introducing a new Master of Social Work/ Master of Public Health (MSSW/MPH) dual degree program in collaboration with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
August 22, 2024
Alumna Wendy Nembhard, PhD, MPH, FACE, voted as the new incoming president-elect of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER.) As president-elect, Nembhard serves on the Executive Committee for SER, which hosts the nation's oldest epidemiology society.
August 22, 2024
A 2020 press release from the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “every move counts towards better health”, suggesting that 5 million deaths per year could be averted if physical activity increased throughout the globe. Offering a new perspective and published in June’s open access journal of The Lancet Global Health is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Center for Health Equity (CHE) researcher, Andrea Ramirez Varela, PhD, MD, MPH, who poses a counter to the statement, that context is key.
