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Three faculty selected for 2027 Shine Academy

The University of Texas System recognized three outstanding UTHealth Houston faculty for their teaching excellence and contributions to advancing health science education with induction into the 2027 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.

Jack Tsai, PhD, is a professor and regional director for the School of Public Health location in San Antonio.

Jack Tsai honored with 2026 Award for Excellence from American Public Health Association

Taylor Downs, MPH ’26, administers an A1C test to a laundromat patron at a recent SPIN Project clinic.

New MPH alum Taylor Downs leads community health outreach clinics in San Antonio

Jack Tsai, PhD, professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health sits at his desk.

Tsai’s mental health research journal earns high impact factor

Link recognized for leadership by Houston Business Journal
Testa collaborates with authorities in Bexar County to bring attention to gun thefts from vehicles through new dashboard
Advancing dementia research through the caregiver lens: Jiaming Liang
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Selected for Statewide Rural Hospital Leadership Initiative
Leading change
Follow-up care cuts hospital readmissions for medicare patients
Tsai awarded grant from Texas Bar Foundation to study impact of Bexar County's community court
Addressing the Future of Rural Healthcare: Inside the 2026 Fleming Center Case Competition

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Dissertation Proposal Defense by May Hashish, MD, MSc: Work-related risk factors for cardiometabolic and chronic kidney diseases

Dissertation Defense by Kai Jiang, MS: Bayesian Methods for Microbiome-Metabolome Data Integration

Thesis Presentation by Ian Huh, BS: Association Between Physical Activity and Sleep Among 8th- and 11th-Grade Students

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Chidera Emeto, MA: Perinatal Social Support Among Black Families in Texas

Student Flu Shots

Practicum Learning Contracts Information Session

Epidemiology Seminar

Dissertation Defense by Bonifacio Vega II, MPA, BSHS: Culturally Tailored Responses to Food Insecurity in Maverick County

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Oladipo Kunle Afolayan, MS: Hybrid Statistical and Multimodal Deep Learning for Suicide Risk

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Iman Egab, MPH: Expanding the Rules of nonsense-mediated decay (NMD)

Dissertation Defense by Lorena Macias-Navarro, MSc: Conversational Agents in Nutrition: Synthesis, Methods, and Evaluation

Dissertation Defense by Yuanliang yang, MS: Innovative Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs for Addressing Potential Patient

Dissertation Defense by Yuanliang yang, MS: Innovative Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs for Addressing Potential Patient

Carmel Dyer Lecture Series, "Dysautonomia Across the Lifespan” – Elsa M. Rodarte, MD

Thesis Presentation by Mounika Ashannagari, B.Tech: INTEGRATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE GENETICS WITH SINGLE-NUCLEUS TRANSCRIPTOMICS

Dissertation Defense by Holly Hughes Garza, DVM, MPH: Pediatric traumatic injury research with healthcare administrative data

Thesis Presentation by Hana Lee, BS: Targeted Viral Screening and Exploratory Metatranscriptomic Profiling of Amblyomma Ticks

Dissertation Defense by Zhiyi Yue, MA: The Data–Model–Evidence (DME) Framework for EHR-Based Disease Prediction

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Khadija Ziauddin: Perceived Barriers to Colonoscopy Screening among Spousal Dementia Caregivers

Dissertation Defense by Rachit Sabharwal, BS, MS: Multimodal Deep Learning for Outcome Prediction After Traumatic Brain Injury

Dissertation Defense by Zhuoyun Li, MPH: The Impact of Antidiabetic/Antihypertensive Medications on the ADRD risk

Dissertation Defense by Weixin Lu, MS: Ultra-Processed Food Intake, Sociodemographic Differences, and Early Cardiometabolic Risk

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Michelle Pennington, MPH: Firearm-Related Suicide Among Professional Firefighters

Dissertation Defense by Jinze Li: Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Viruses

Dissertation Defense by Adrick Harris, MPH:Voices from the Field: Job Satisfaction and Burnout Among Black Community-Based Nurses

Thesis Presentation by Nathanael Emerick, BS: Proteomics Response to Commercial Spaceflight Across Five Missions

Dissertation Defense by Weilu Zhao, MBBS, MS: Discovering HIV Symptom Patterns and Their Associations with Health Outcomes Using

Dissertation Defense by Kaitlin Brand, MPH, RD: Understanding severe maternal morbidity in Texas

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Nakaya Melvin, MPH: A Songbird Hatching from the Black Mama's Womb

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Chengyuan Yang: Statistical Methods for Multivariate Clinical Endpoints and Healthcare Records

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Sheikh Zaman, MBBS, MPH: Effect Modification of ASD on the association of COO, Heavy metal, gene

Dissertation Defense by Shiwei Lin, MS: Methods for Biomedical Data Exploration and Analysis

Dissertation Defense by Naishu Kui, MS: Improving the Reliability of Genetic Association Studies

2026 Texas Food Is Medicine Movement: From Plate to Policy Summit

Human Genetics Center Science Day

Addressing Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Practical Culinary Medicine Strategies for Patients with Prediabetes

Epidemiology Career Seminar Series with Samuel Tundealao, PhD

Epidemiology Career Catalyst Workshop with guest speaker Elena Feofanova, PhD

Supporting Type 2 Diabetes Management: Translating Nutrition Recommendations into Everyday Eating

Congenital Syphilis and the Neonate: What NICU and Newborn Teams Need to Know

Implementation Science Seminar - Advancing the Science of Sustainability in Implementation Science