Shannon Guillot-Wright
Associate Professor
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
713/500-9000
Reuel Stallones Building
1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030
About
Dr. Guillot-Wright uses participatory & photo-ethnographic research methods to investigate how the political-economy contributes to health disparities in medically underserved communities. Her community-led research has resulted in numerous federal- & state-funded grants to study & address precarious employment among waterfront workers. One such program, the Docside Clinic, has had over 2000 patient encounters, expanded to four locations throughout the Gulf Coast & Caribbean, been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, & won two UT Innovation Awards. In 2026, Dr. Guillot’s documentary film - Hotel of 10,000 Stars - was named a finalist at three film festivals, including the Catalina Film Fest, & her research has been featured in the American Journal of Public Health, New York Times, National Public Radio, Houston Public Radio, & TIME Magazine. She has published in high-impact journals related to precarious employment and the use of evidence in policymaking and made significant contributions on 31 funded contracts and grants, serving as principal investigator on 18 research grants from federal, state, & foundation partners. She also partners on numerous research-to-practice-to-policy implementation projects, working with policymakers, art galleries, film producers, & photographers to bring research to public audiences. Previously, Dr. Guillot-Wright was a Governing Councilor for the American Public Health Association, selected artist for the National Academy of Medicine’s Health Equity Gallery, & member of NIOSH’s Governing Board of Scientific Counselors. She has her MA in Human Rights from Columbia University, PhD in Medical Humanities from UT Medical Branch, completed her postdoctoral training in health policy at Penn State, & served as a Visiting Health Policy Scholar at the Robert Graham Center. She is currently an Associate Professor at UTHealth, Deputy Director at SWCOEH, & President-Elect for SAVIR - the Society for the Advancement of Violence & Injury Research.
Center Affiliation
Research Interests
- Border Health
- Community Health
- Environmental Science
- Injury and Violence
- Mental Health
- Occupational Health
- Social Determinants of Health