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2025 Archer Fellows Spend the Summer in the Heart of U.S. Policy

The Graduate Archer Fellowship Program offers outstanding graduate students from across the University of Texas System a unique opportunity to live, learn, and work in Washington, DC.

Aodong Mei and Yun Hang at the School of Public Health garden. Photo by Uma Mary Govindswamy.

UTHealth Houston Student Partners with Mentor to Win NASA Future Investigators Award

Aodong Mei, a PhD student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, has partnered with her mentor, Yun Hang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, to win the NASA Future Investigators in Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) award.

Stephen Linder, PhD, professor and director of the Institute for Health Policy at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Access to mental health services and to prenatal care are top health challenges for Fort Bend County despite overall good health ratings

Despite Fort Bend County’s reputation as one of Texas’ most prosperous regions, a comprehensive new health assessment reveals significant gaps in access to mental health services and to prenatal care, affecting thousands of residents across this rapidly growing, diverse community.

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Ochoa Receives Prestigious Belgian Honor for Global Health Contributions

Epidemiology Associate Professor Theresa Ochoa, MD, a distinguished pediatrician and global health researcher, has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de Léopold by His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium.








Liang honored for research highlighting mental health of family caregivers

Jiaming Liang, PhD, assistant professor in management, policy and community health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio.

July 21, 2025

Jiaming Liang, an assistant professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio, has been awarded the Regional Award (North America) for Excellence in Publication in Behavioral Medicine by the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. His work, published in 2023, was recognized for its outstanding contribution to the field and will be formally honored at the upcoming 2025 International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in Vienna, Austria.





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