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.
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.
Studies by researchers at UTHealth Houston seeking to understand the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease in order to discover new pathways to treatment have earned multiple awards totaling $3.5 million from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC).
Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD, is one of the newest faculty members to join the San Antonio location of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, bringing a wealth of experience in public health, anthropology, and community-based participatory research.
The Own Every Piece campaign was created by researchers at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and CHPPR to improve women’s access to birth control in Houston.
A modern education space that is inclusive, safe, flexible, and environmentally conscious will be unveiled today as the new home of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.
Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine. The information was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s Center for Health Care Data, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, and UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry have announced a new collaboration to demonstrate the value of the Texas All Payor Claims Database, a state-legislated resource.
A five-year, $5 million grant will allow researchers from UTHealth Houston and The University of Texas at Austin to test how community-level interventions can improve health and reduce disparities in low-income communities in Central Texas.
Assistant Professor Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH, at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas, collaborated with a team of researchers to analyze drowning incidents of children aged 0-17 at a Texas Level 1 pediatric trauma center.