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MD/MPH Students Celebrate Match Day 2026

The third Friday of March marks Match Day, a milestone occasion revealing where medical students will start the next phase of their medical training, matching to new or familiar institutions, finding new opportunities, and learning new skills to help and heal patients.

Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Global physical activity remains low despite two decades of guideline updates, UTHealth Houston researchers find

The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include physical activity, UTHealth Houston researchers found. 

Headshots of Hilary Fairbrother, Peggy Hsieh, and J. Michael Wilkerson.

Three UTHealth Houston faculty join Shine Academy

The University of Texas System recently recognized three outstanding UTHealth Houston faculty for their teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science education by inducting them into the 2026 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.

Group photo of Sisters in Public Health members, photo courtesy of Angela Frazier, MPH

Alumna Turns Grief into Purpose

Alumna Angela Frazier, MPH ‘18, transformed personal loss into a national effort to support women and unite leaders across public health. 

MD/MPH Students Celebrate Match Day 2026

Group photo of students holding Match Day signs

March 20, 2026

The third Friday of March marks Match Day, a milestone occasion revealing where medical students will start the next phase of their medical training, matching to new or familiar institutions, finding new opportunities, and learning new skills to help and heal patients.



Three UTHealth Houston faculty join Shine Academy

Headshots of Hilary Fairbrother, Peggy Hsieh, and J. Michael Wilkerson.

March 6, 2026

The University of Texas System recently recognized three outstanding UTHealth Houston faculty for their teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science education by inducting them into the 2026 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.


Alumna Turns Grief into Purpose

Group photo of Sisters in Public Health members, photo courtesy of Angela Frazier, MPH

March 2, 2026

Alumna Angela Frazier, MPH ‘18, transformed personal loss into a national effort to support women and unite leaders across public health. 


Raya selected as a 2026 Hunt–Aspen Institute Fellow

Winter Socrates Seminar in Aspen, Colorado, courtesy of Ginger Raya

February 27, 2026

The fellowship empowers leaders from the Paso del Norte Region to strengthen their leadership skills and foster meaningful dialogues around their community’s most pressing challenges.  








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