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MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

Match Day signifies a poignant moment for fourth-year medical students seeking their next venture in their education and training. Fifty-seven Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health across Texas will combine medicine and public health in their next phase of medical training. 

New Culinary Medicine Program Aims to Improve Health of Patients At-risk for Diabetes and Obesity-related Cancers

New Culinary Medicine Program Aims to Improve Health of Patients At-risk for Diabetes and Obesity-related Cancers

This virtual, dietician-led program teaches basic cooking skills and techniques in order to improve diet and cooking behaviors and lower weight and blood sugar levels.

Augusto De Moraes

New Study Highlights Need to Develop Assessments on the Family Food Environment

A new study led by Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, PhD, assistant professor in Epidemiology, examined the reliability and validity of questionnaires assessing family food environments in adolescents and children.

New Study Focuses on Whole-of-School Physical Activity Opportunities and their Impact on Student Performance

New Study Focuses on Whole-of-School Physical Activity Opportunities and their Impact on Student Performance

A new study by CHPPR researchers looks at the connection between Whole-of-School physical activity opportunities and student academic performance and physical fitness.

MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

MD/MPH: Where Medicine Meets Its Match 

March 23, 2025

Match Day signifies a poignant moment for fourth-year medical students seeking their next venture in their education and training. Fifty-seven Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health across Texas will combine medicine and public health in their next phase of medical training. 









CHPPR Investigators Publish New Study on Childbirth after Cancer

UTHealth Houston CHPPR logo beside Dr. Caitlin C. Murphy

March 5, 2025

A new study published by CHPPR Investigator Caitlin C. Murphy, PhD, MPH in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that preterm birth is more prevalent among liveborn offspring of male adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a history of cancer.


Food and Cardiometabolic Health: A Collaborative Study

Food and Cardiometabolic Health: A Collaborative Study

February 28, 2025

A recently published study1 led by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Research scientist Maha Almohamad, PhD, MS, highlights the significant role that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)2 may play in mitigating the effects of very low food security on cardiometabolic conditions.



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