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Crystal Costa; Lauren Malthaner, PhD, MPH; and Carolina Salmeron, MPH, pictured left to right.

Empowering Future Public Health Leaders: How Student Evaluators Gain Unmatched Experience Addressing Community Needs in North Texas

In collaboration with Texas Health Resources, researchers at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas support graduate research assistants to engage with communities across North Texas to evaluate the effectiveness of Texas Health Community Impact grants awarded by the health system.

Deanna Hoelscher

Hoelscher Provides Nutritional Expertise on Newly Released Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Regional Dean and John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion, Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, provides expertise on the newly released the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

CHPPR Researchers Evaluating Cost Effectiveness of Proven Epilepsy Program in New Study

CHPPR Researchers Evaluating Cost Effectiveness of Proven Epilepsy Program in New Study

A new study by CHPPR researchers aims to evaluate the economic feasibility of the evidence-based Management Information & Decision Support Epilepsy Tool (MINDSET) in community and healthcare settings.

Caitlin Murphy

Researchers awarded $1.5M to Explore Pregnancy Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers have been awarded $1.5 million from the Department of Defense to explore pregnancy outcomes in adolescent and young adult (AYAs) cancer survivors.





Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Casserly, PhD, CIH

Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Casserly, PhD, CIH

January 24, 2025

Dennis Casserly, PhD, (MS ’76 and PhD ‘79), is the 2024 William D. Wagner Award recipient. Established in 2003 by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, the annual award is presented to a person in the field of national and international worker health and safety who is an outstanding example of commitment and dedication to creating and disseminating occupational exposure values.



UTHealth Houston research: Children born to young men with cancer have slight increases in preterm birth, low-birth-weight children, but not birth defects

Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

January 14, 2025

Male adolescents and young adults with cancer have a slightly elevated risk of having preterm birth and children with low birth weight, but no increased risk of birth defects in their offspring, according to research by UTHealth Houston. The population-based study was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.






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