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Closed Loop Referral demonstration project: building the technology to improve health outcomes

Food is Medicine (FIM) is a transformative concept that emphasizes the provision of healthy food as a means to prevent, manage, or treat specific clinical conditions and is integrated within the healthcare system.¹ The Center for Health Equity (CHE) has a portfolio of efforts spanning coalition building, research, and policy to accelerate FIM in Texas.
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Food is Medicine: Transforming Healthcare Through Nutritious Food in Texas

Food is Medicine (FIM) is a transformative concept that emphasizes the provision of healthy food as a means to prevent, manage, or treat specific clinical conditions and is integrated within the healthcare system.¹ The Center for Health Equity (CHE) has a portfolio of efforts spanning coalition building, research, and policy to accelerate FIM in Texas.
Read more Food is Medicine: Transforming Healthcare Through Nutritious Food in Texas
Alcohol use identified by UTHealth Houston researchers as most common predictor of escalated cannabis vaping among youths in Texas

Alcohol use was the most common predictor of escalating cannabis vaping among youth and young adults, independent of demographic factors, according to research by UTHealth Houston published this month in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Read more Alcohol use identified by UTHealth Houston researchers as most common predictor of escalated cannabis vaping among youths in Texas
Meet Aubree Shay, PhD, a faculty member in San Antonio and co-founder of the AYA STAR lab

Aubree Shay, PhD, is an associate professor at the San Antonio location of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. She’s been a faculty member in the department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences since she joined the school in 2016.
Read more Meet Aubree Shay, PhD, a faculty member in San Antonio and co-founder of the AYA STAR lab
Tsai study measures the emerging idea of antifragility in low-income veterans

A recent study led by Jack Tsai, PhD, professor and regional dean in San Antonio, published in The Journal of Positive Psychology explores the concept of antifragility among low-income U.S. veterans. Tsai defines antifragility as an idea that goes far beyond resilience.
Read more Tsai study measures the emerging idea of antifragility in low-income veterans
Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study by UTHealth Houston researchers

Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.
Read more Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study by UTHealth Houston researchers
Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study

Adolescents who met the recommended guidelines of nine-11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
Read more Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study
$2.93 million Grant Aims to Increase Adoption and Implementation of Sexual Health EBPs in Texas Schools through Web-based Implementation Strategy

Investigators at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health have been awarded $2.93 million by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to evaluate iCHAMPSS 2.0, a first-of-its-kind web-based implementation strategy designed to help schools adopt, implement, and maintain evidence-based programs (EBPs) to improve adolescent sexual health.
Read more $2.93 million Grant Aims to Increase Adoption and Implementation of Sexual Health EBPs in Texas Schools through Web-based Implementation Strategy
Lanza Selected as Author on Sixth National Climate Assessment

Assistant Professor Kevin Lanza, PhD, has been selected as an author for the Southern Great Plains chapter of the Sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA6). The NCA6 publication, a government-funded report, will analyze the impacts of climate change to be presented to Congress and the president.
Read more Lanza Selected as Author on Sixth National Climate Assessment
Change of ownership in home health agencies may lead to increased Medicare spending and reduced staffing levels, according to UTHealth Houston research

Medicare-certified home health agencies, which are key to allowing older adults to age in place, are increasingly going through ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce, and quality of care, according to a study by UTHealth Houston.
Read more Change of ownership in home health agencies may lead to increased Medicare spending and reduced staffing levels, according to UTHealth Houston research

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Immunology Modeling and Data Analysis

Closed Loop Referral demonstration project: building the technology to improve health outcomes

Food is Medicine: Transforming Healthcare Through Nutritious Food in Texas

Alcohol use identified by UTHealth Houston researchers as most common predictor of escalated cannabis vaping among youths in Texas

Meet Aubree Shay, PhD, a faculty member in San Antonio and co-founder of the AYA STAR lab

Tsai study measures the emerging idea of antifragility in low-income veterans

Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study by UTHealth Houston researchers

Adequate sleep significantly reduces the risk of hypertension in adolescents, according to new study

$2.93 million Grant Aims to Increase Adoption and Implementation of Sexual Health EBPs in Texas Schools through Web-based Implementation Strategy

Lanza Selected as Author on Sixth National Climate Assessment

Change of ownership in home health agencies may lead to increased Medicare spending and reduced staffing levels, according to UTHealth Houston research

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