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.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers developed a new genetic framework model to improve the prediction of respiratory diseases among multi-ancestry populations, according to a new study.
The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program at the UTHealth Houston Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research is providing training to clinic staff at primary care clinics in Texas to equip them with practical, clinic-ready communication tools that have been proven to improve health outcomes related to hypertension.
UTHealth Houston again ranks among the nation’s leading institutions for National Institutes of Health research funding, according to the latest annual analysis by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
June 13, 2025
Research has shown that engaging in enjoyable or meaningful activities can help prevent depression after stroke. Now an interprofessional team of researchers at UTHealth Houston has received a new federal grant to test an intervention using video chats to encourage mood-enhancing behaviors among older, low-income stroke survivors.
June 12, 2025
The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Office of Instructional Design hosted the Teaching Innovation Awards presentation, where Epidemiology faculty shared how they improved student engagement, accessibility, and outcomes in their asynchronous courses through interactive and inclusive teaching strategies.
June 10, 2025
A new study by CHPPR researchers assesses the physical activity patterns and behaviors of visitors to parks in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas.
June 9, 2025
From his earliest moments, Nicholas McCann has been surrounded by hospitals, doctors, and healthcare. He was born during his mom’s third year of medical school and was just two years old when his family moved to San Antonio so that his mom, a now-retired Air Force colonel, could begin her first year of pediatrics residency. And with that introduction to the world perhaps McCann was always destined to follow his mom’s footsteps into medicine and healthcare.
June 6, 2025
June 6, 2025
Alumni from the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health gathered for a special reception at the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Connect 2025 in Kansas City, MO.
June 3, 2025
Cici Bauer, PhD was awarded nearly $3 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to establish the Texas Spatial-Temporal Data Science, Informatics, and Modeling Core (TEX-SIM).
June 2, 2025
A new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Child Health and Development Studies at the Public Health Institute (PHI) has found that children whose fathers worked in craft, operative, service or labor occupations experienced higher incidence rates of developing colorectal cancer later in life.
May 31, 2025
Three UTHealth Houston researchers were awarded more than $5 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), furthering the state’s mission to prevent and treat cancer through innovative science and core infrastructure.
May 30, 2025
Catherine L. Troisi, PhD, professor in the Divisions of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, has been elected Chair-Elect of the International Network of Epidemiology in Policy (INEP), an organization dedicated to advancing evidence-based public health policy worldwide.
