More than 200 students, faculty, and staff from across UTHealth Houston gathered at the new UTHealth Houston School of Public Health building to attend the Houston Health Department open house on Oct. 8, bringing university community members together with public health practitioners to explore programs, build connections, and discover opportunities for collaboration.
The UTHealth Houston addiction recovery science researchers behind Project HOMES have recently received $25 million to continue to grow recovery housing in Texas. This funding will enable the creation of the HOMES with HEART Initiative, which combines the existing foundational expertise of Project HOMES with the momentum and resources of HEART (Housing Expansion for Access to Recovery for Texans) — all with the goal of continuing to enhance recovery housing throughout Texas.
A new $3.9 million NIH-funded study will expand testing of MAGIC (Movement for Academic Growth In Classrooms), an innovative implementation strategy to help elementary schools integrate more movement into the school day.
A team of UTHealth Houston researchers has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify genetic markers that may contribute to weight gain after stopping GLP-1 medications.
September 30, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health hosted a kickoff event to celebrate the launch of a $5 million, multi-year initiative focused on reducing cancer risks and health impacts of environmental exposures for firefighters.
September 29, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the UTHealth Houston Institute of Implementation Science have been awarded a nearly $2 million federal grant to expand the Texas Implementation Science Research Consultation Hub to End HIV, or the TX IS Hub.
September 29, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the UTHealth Houston Institute of Implementation Science have been awarded a nearly $2 million federal grant to expand the Texas Implementation Science Research Consultation Hub to End HIV (TX IS Hub).
September 26, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity recently completed its second Summer Intensive Fellowship Experience, a six-week program designed to provide students with mentorship, hands-on learning, and opportunities to engage with local and national public health experts.
September 25, 2025
For Muhammad Shahid, a student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, a practicum wasn’t just a degree requirement, it was a chance to apply healthcare management concepts in a real-world setting, support a nonprofit’s mission, and grow as a professional.
September 24, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Professor Alanna Morrison, PhD, and UNC School of Medicine pathologist Alisa Wolberg, PhD have been awarded a grant renewal totaling $2,816,828 over four years for the project "Using Genomics and Functional Biology to Understand Fibrinogen and Factor XIII and Their Effects on Thrombotic Diseases."
September 22, 2025
The Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM) program, funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), recently concluded a 3-year initiative to increase breast and cervical cancer screening and prevention among medically underserved Latinas in South and Gulf Coast Texas communities.
September 19, 2025
Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded a $400,000 grant to support an initiative focused on understanding current use of mobile applications for response and care for children and adolescents experiencing traumatic brain injury (TBI).
September 12, 2025
A class of medications developed and commonly used to treat diabetes and weight management, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), rose in prescribing trends significantly from 2018 to 2023.
September 11, 2025
Three UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students have been selected as the 2025 Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability fellows.
