Since May 2025, second-year student at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Yesmeena Shmaitelly, has played a pivotal role in advancing the Harris Health Food is Medicine (FIM) study, a multi-phased project providing fresh produce and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant mothers in the Greater Houston region.
The Swaddle Study, led by Serwaa S. Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, assistant professor in Management, Policy, and Community Health and Center for Health Equity (CHE) faculty, is a federally supported, groundbreaking community-based research project designed to address long-standing racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes among Black families in the U.S..
As we look forward to the year ahead, I invite and encourage you to renew your commitment and passion for the field of public health, and to not lose sight of the importance of our work.
New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.
April 8, 2025
CHPPR hosted the Inaugural UTHealth Houston Colorectal Cancer Symposium on March 24, 2025. Attendees learned about the current state and future of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention from various perspectives: a provider, a researcher, and a colorectal cancer survivor.
April 2, 2025
Marlyn Allicock, PhD, MPH, associate professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas, works closely with the Celebrating Life Foundation (CLF), a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, encourage, and empower individuals affected by cancer, namely those in the African American community.
April 1, 2025
Professor Sheryl McCurdy, PhD, MA, at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was honored with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Practice Excellence Award at this year’s ASPPH Annual Meeting.
March 28, 2025
CHPPR researchers are partnering with members of Houston's Haitian community to lead a community assessment study to assess current health needs, community assets, and opportunities for community health improvement.
March 26, 2025
The UTHealth Houston Innovation in Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPRIT) recently announced the selection of five 2025 fellows.
March 23, 2025
Match Day signifies a poignant moment for fourth-year medical students seeking their next venture in their education and training. Fifty-seven Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health across Texas will combine medicine and public health in their next phase of medical training.
March 19, 2025
This virtual, dietician-led program teaches basic cooking skills and techniques in order to improve diet and cooking behaviors and lower weight and blood sugar levels.
March 12, 2025
A new study led by Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, PhD, assistant professor in Epidemiology, examined the reliability and validity of questionnaires assessing family food environments in adolescents and children.
March 12, 2025
A new study by CHPPR researchers looks at the connection between Whole-of-School physical activity opportunities and student academic performance and physical fitness.
March 7, 2025
Michael Lemke, PhD, became one of the newest faculty members at the San Antonio location of the school this past year and his research contributes to the work of the Southwest Center for Environmental and Occupational Health. His research areas focus on occupational health hazards for truck drivers who tend to have exceptionally poor health and safety outcomes.
