Alumna Maha Almohamad, PhD (‘24), MS, was recently recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health Class of 2025, a national honor that recognizes early-career professionals.
Researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research have launched a pilot of an enhanced version of the established and effective SCAN (Sustainable Culturally Adaptive Nutrition) Program integrated with Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support services.
Breast cancer advocates attest that there is much more that can be done to meaningfully support patients and survivors than what we typically see promoted in advertisements or on social media.
Alexander Testa, PhD, is an associate professor at the San Antonio location of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in the department of Management, Policy and Community Health since he joined the school in 2022. Testa's research focuses on violence interventions and prevention.
November 6, 2025
Alumna Maha Almohamad, PhD (‘24), MS, was recently recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health Class of 2025, a national honor that recognizes early-career professionals.
November 3, 2025
Researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research have launched a pilot of an enhanced version of the established and effective SCAN (Sustainable Culturally Adaptive Nutrition) Program integrated with Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support services.
October 30, 2025
Breast cancer advocates attest that there is much more that can be done to meaningfully support patients and survivors than what we typically see promoted in advertisements or on social media.
October 27, 2025
Alexander Testa, PhD, is an associate professor at the San Antonio location of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in the department of Management, Policy and Community Health since he joined the school in 2022. Testa's research focuses on violence interventions and prevention.
October 27, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers were awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute of Health, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop a culturally tailored exercise program for Hispanic adults with multiple sclerosis (MS).
October 24, 2025
Researchers at UTHealth Houston have developed an artificial intelligence framework that predicts COVID-19 infection risk using complex social network data spanning personal, household, and community layers.
October 23, 2025
Individuals with a genetic profile that puts them at risk of obesity may not necessarily be at risk of having high cholesterol, UTHealth Houston researchers discovered.
October 17, 2025
Body mass index (BMI) alone may not be enough to measure someone’s risk of cardiometabolic disease, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
October 16, 2025
As a child, Shayanne Martin dreamed of becoming a scientist who would change the world by curing diseases, but by the time she reached high school she was more interested in a career field where she could serve the immediate and practical health needs of communities. That’s when she discovered public health.
October 9, 2025
Assistant Professor Chelsea Liu, PhD, has been awarded a $20,000 pilot grant from the UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging.
