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Nearly $4 Million Awarded for Adolescent Cancer Research
Assistant Professor Paula Cuccaro, PhD; Professor Ross Shegog, PhD; and Associate Professor Lara Savas, PhD, were awarded $3,996,163 from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to develop adolescent cancer prevention research. These awards were part of a $100 million grant to continue Texas's initiatives to build cancer research and represent the country's most significant state initiative to combat cancer.
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A degree from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health provides you with the critical foundation for launching a career on the front lines of public health. At our Austin location, we focus on the small opportunities for change in the way people live their lives on a day-to-day basis, knowing that one small step to make someone healthier today has the potential to affect the health of whole families, neighborhoods and cities in the future. With classes led by international experts, and proximity to the heart of Texas’ state government, this is where you learn to balance global perspective with local impact.
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UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Austin location is celebrating 15 years of building public health in Central Texas through excellence in professional development and training, transdisciplinary research, and translation of scientific knowledge into action to create healthy habits.
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TexasCARES REPORT
About 75% of Texans have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, according to one of the world's largest COVID-19 antibody surveys
“Texas CARES data revealed to us that fully vaccinated participants showed significantly higher antibody levels than those with a natural infection only,” said Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, dean of the School of Public Health.
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SCHOOL RANKING
UTHealth School of Public Health ranked top among academic programs shaping public health workforce
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health is one of the top universities in the nation responsible for training the bulk of today’s public health academic leaders, according to a recently released independent analysis.
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NIH GRANT
$5 million awarded to reduce COVID-19 disparities
To help reduce COVID-19-related health disparities in vulnerable populations in Texas, a team of researchers led by UTHealth will identify disease hotspots and testing deserts in three racially diverse areas, and then develop and evaluate intervention strategies to increase COVID-19 testing.
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STUDYING DURING A PANDEMIC
Spotlight on Sierra Castedo de Martell, MPH
Sierra Castedo de Martell, a Behavioral Sciences PhD student at the Austin campus shares how COVID-19 is shaping her studies and changing her perspective on public health work.
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SEE OUR IMPACT
Mapping the spread of COVID-19 in Texas
A working team of faculty, staff and students recently launched a visualization dashboard which provides real-time data analytics to monitor COVID-19 spread in the state of Texas.
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SEE OUR IMPACT
Fighting back against the vaping epidemic among youth
As e-cigarette use by young people reaches epidemic proportions, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first-ever assessment on the long-term results of a nationwide nicotine vaping prevention program for youth called CATCH My Breath.
