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Yucheng Hou, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Change of ownership in home health agencies may lead to increased Medicare spending and reduced staffing levels, according to UTHealth Houston research

Medicare-certified home health agencies, which are key to allowing older adults to age in place, are increasingly going through ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce, and quality of care, according to a study by UTHealth Houston.

Bijal Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD, professor of epidemiology and the Rockwell Distinguished Chair in Society and Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Improving health outcomes of underserved patients living with cancer focus of $4.8M grant to UTHealth Houston

An intervention study to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and enhance primary care capacity, funded with a $4.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, will be implemented by UTHealth Houston researchers in partnership with eight Texas primary care community health centers that treat under- and uninsured patients.

Photo of Andrey Tsvetkov, PhD  Tatiana Barichello, PhD  Hui Hui Fan, PhD  Rodney Ritzel, PhD.

Grants for $3.5M from TARCC fund new Alzheimer’s disease research at UTHealth Houston

Studies by researchers at UTHealth Houston seeking to understand the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease in order to discover new pathways to treatment have earned multiple awards totaling $3.5 million from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC).

Photo of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health ribbon cutting event in Austin.

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health unveils a new home in Austin designed for collaboration, education, research

A modern education space that is inclusive, safe, flexible, and environmentally conscious will be unveiled today as the new home of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.












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