More than 200 students, faculty, and staff from across UTHealth Houston gathered at the new UTHealth Houston School of Public Health building to attend the Houston Health Department open house on Oct. 8, bringing university community members together with public health practitioners to explore programs, build connections, and discover opportunities for collaboration.
A new $3.9 million NIH-funded study will expand testing of MAGIC (Movement for Academic Growth In Classrooms), an innovative implementation strategy to help elementary schools integrate more movement into the school day.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health received an $8.5 million, five-year grant to strengthen education, research, and training for the next generation of professionals dedicated to protecting workers' health and safety.
Alumna Wendy Nembhard, PhD, has been named dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she has served as professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology.
May 29, 2025
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.
May 15, 2025
On April 5, 2025, the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health buzzed with energy as graduate students from healthcare management programs across Texas gathered for the annual Fleming Center Case Competition. Hosted by The Board, a student-led organization within the Master of Public Health in Healthcare Management program, the event invited teams to solve a timely and complex healthcare leadership challenge.
May 14, 2025
Kari North, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics, joined UTHealth Houston as the university’s vice president of border health and a professor with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
May 9, 2025
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.
May 7, 2025
Master of Public Health student Spencer Chichester, a NIOSH trainee with the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, is completing his degree with a focus in Industrial Hygiene.
May 5, 2025
Over the last two years leading up to her graduation, Master of Science student Kennedy Zinn transformed her initial curiosity about biostatistics and data science into a thorough understanding.
May 2, 2025
Lawrence Robinson, MPH student in Community Health Practice, has sought to influence health systems and policies to improve the health of our communities. For Robinson, public health is a calling to use classroom-based lessons and evidence-based implementations to make a difference in population health.
May 1, 2025
The annual Teaching Awards, based =on nominations from students and voting open to all UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students, have been announced for the 2024-2025 academic year.
April 30, 2025
Lama reminds her peers of one certainty the science and study of public health: "Public health is foundational to any thriving society, and I believe that even in the face of uncertainty, our work remains more important than ever."
April 24, 2025
Now more than ever, public health researchers are facing immense challenges developing solutions to diseases, social determinants of health, and the environment's impact on our populations.
