Luisa Franzini

Professor Emerita

Management, Policy & Community Health

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Research Interests

Health economics and econometrics; economic and social determinants of health; racial/ethnic health disparities and minority health; income inequality; cost effectiveness and cost-utility analysis; cost of medical education

Luisa Franzini

Research Interests

Epidemiology Seminar

Dissertation proposal defense by Alexander Devora, MPH: Using Machine Learning to Predict Food Insecurity from Survey Data in Bexa

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Jingwen Deng: Spatial Heterogeneous Compositional Regression via Geo-Weighted Penalization

The Status of Child Health in Texas: Results from the Texas SPAN 2021-2023 Survey

ACTion Lab Film Series: Cesar’s Last Fast

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Yajie Liu, MPH: Bayesian tensor regressions for Alzheimer's disease prediction and brain changes.

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Yang Liu, MS: Advancing Biomarker Discovery through Graph-based Learning

Dissertation Defense by Priscila D. Garza, MS: Parents and Youth Vaping Prevention

Dissertation Defense by Taylor Castillo, MHA: Evaluating the Trends in Adolescent Anxiety & Depression Visits in Primary Care

Dissertation Defense by Xinran Huang, MPH: Clinical Trial Design and Biomarker Evaluation with Multivariate Survival Data

Dissertation Defense by Xinran Huang, MPH: Clinical Trial Design and Biomarker Evaluation with Multivariate Survival Data

Regional Lunch & Learn -DSHS Region 8 & UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Thesis Presentation by Kennedy Zinn, BS: Exploratory Analysis of GAD-7 Responses in Texas Coronavirus Antibody Response Survey

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Giselle Day, MPH: Understanding Sociodemoographic Inequities in the HIV Care Continuum Among Wome

Dissertation defense by Melissa Cruz,MPH: Effectiveness of a Meal Delivery Program on Social Connectedness in Veteran Older Adults

Dissertation Defense by Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, MA, MPH: Exploring Social Determinant of Health Factors in the Borderlands

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Weilu Zhao: Discovering HIV Symptom Patterns Using Electronic Health Records Through Topic Model

Dissertation Defense by Kelly Oyer-Peterson, JD, MPH: Health and Health Behaviors by Occupation Among Employed Houston Residents

Dissertation Defense by Mike Henson-Garcia: A Parent-Centered Inquiry Into the Promotion of Secure Firearm Storage in the Home

Thesis Presentation by Wanru Guo, MSc: Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches in Modeling Treatment Discontinuation in MOUD

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (

Dissertation Defense by Can Li, MS: Statistical and Machine Learning Methods on Healthcare Equity Modeling

Dissertation Defense by Andrew Say, MBA: Mental Health and Well-Being of Minority Entrepreneurs

National Public Health Week Kickoff with Ella Coffee

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Lulu Song, MS: Enhancing Early Cancer Detection Through Biomarkers and Machine Learning Models

Thesis Presentation by Gracie Hufft, BS: Investigating the Genetic Drivers of Obesity: A Biostatistical Analysis of Rai1,

National Public Health Week: Conversation with Dean Boerwinkle

In-Person Lunch & Learn Around the World: Stems & Shoots

Grad Fair- Commencement Regalia

National Public Health Week: Pitch Perfect: Practice Day Edition

Dissertation Defense by Hei Kit Chan, MS: Impact of HIV on COVID-19 Disease Dynamics via CTMC Models and Cox PH Models

Dissertation Defense by Emma Bergqvist, MPH: Pediatric long COVID- Associations of SDOH at the Household Level

Dissertation Defense by Tiffany Suragh, MPH: Impact of Cancer on Reproductive Outcomes of Black Adolescent and Young Adult Women

National Public Health Week: Blood Drive with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Dissertation Defense by Jennifer Aiyer, MS, MPH, RDN: Food Prescription Programming: an Evaluation of Health Outcomes, Patient Per

UTHealth Houston Population Health Symposium

Thesis Presentation by Mia Aguirre, BA: Performance of The 1st Generation Plate Test to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug

Dissertation Defense by Sori Lundin: Deep Learning in Dynamic Prediction of Multivariate Longitudinal and Survival Data

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Zixi Wang: Bayesian Semiparametric Spatial and Spatio-temporal Methods for Disease Mapping

Dissertation Defense by Aisha Khan, MHA: A Spatial Assessment of TRI Site Exposure and Uterine Cancer Disparities in Texas

Dissertation Defense by Aisha Khan, MHA: A Spatial Assessment of TRI Site Exposure and Uterine Cancer Disparities in Texas

DSHS Region 6/5S Spring 2025 Workshop

Carmel Dyer, MD, Lecture Series hosted by UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging

Institute on Aging Lecture Series

Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Yura Lee, MS: Multi-Omics Insights into Molecular Pathways from Lung to Heart Health

33rd Annual Steele Lecture with Robert Steffen, MD