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Ami Sedani, PhD

Researchers Spur New Efforts to Ensure Equitable Access to Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Researchers examine a pivotal opportunity in detecting and preventing early-onset colorectal cancer.

A MAGIC district partner helping lead an in-school training session.

CHPPR Researchers Expand School-Based Physical Activity Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

MAGIC (Movement for Academic Growth In Classrooms) aims to help schools better integrate physical activity throughout the school day to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors that can often start early in life.

Ru-Jye Chuang, DrPH, MS, CHE faculty and assistant professor and professor Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD.

School-Based Nutrition Program promotes Health Opportunities in Acres Homes Community

The Center for Health Equity (CHE) in collaboration The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), has been awarded $74,970 to evaluate the impact of the Brighter Bites program.

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2025 Archer Fellows Spend the Summer in the Heart of U.S. Policy

The Graduate Archer Fellowship Program offers outstanding graduate students from across the University of Texas System a unique opportunity to live, learn, and work in Washington, DC.

Shreela and Vibhu Sharma expand community nutrition and health endowment to include climate health and sustainability

mr. and mrs. sharma

May 21, 2024

Designed to support pre-doctoral fellows and educational opportunities at UTHealth Houston, the Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability, one of many celebrated endowments at the university, has expanded to incorporate environmental matters. Established in 2017 by long-standing university supporters Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD, and Vibhu Sharma, the endowment recognizes the significance and implications of the environment of community health.


2024 Teaching Awards

Pictured left to right:  Heather T. Essigmann, PhD, MPH; Morgan Jibowu, MPH ; and Christine Markham, PhD

May 20, 2024

Congratulation's to the 2024 Teaching Award recipients Heather T. Essigmann, PhD, MPH; Morgan Jibowu, MPH ; and Christine Markham, PhD.




Haidar's Pursuit to Enhance Health Promotion

Haidar's  Pursuit to Enhance Health Promotion

May 13, 2024

"I believe that by intervening early to promote healthy lifestyles, we have the power to positively influence their lifelong health outcomes and significantly alter their life trajectories for the better," said Haidar.  


A Cross-generational Commitment to Community: Taylor Moreno

Taylor Moreno, MPH Healthcare Management Graduate

May 10, 2024

Students in the first cohort of the executive-style MPH in Healthcare Management program in El Paso will graduate in May 2024. Celebrate with us as we share their journeys and explore how they are making an impact on their community.


New research suggests the risk of Mendelian diseases in consanguinity populations

Photo of Assistant Professor Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, Phd, in front of greenery background.

May 9, 2024

A new study co-led by Assistant Professor Zeynep Coban-Akdemir, PhD, at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine uncovered a link between occurrences of complex genetic disorders and inherited disease traits in a Turkish population with increased levels of consanguinity.


Stallings' Passion for Driving Change

Photo of Tony Stallings

May 8, 2024

Master of Public Health (MPH) student Tony Stallings has spent his time at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health anticipating the start of his career to uplift community health. 


New JD/MPH set to launch in partnership with St. Mary’s University

Staff members pictured in front of classroom.

May 8, 2024

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health is launching a new dual degree program in collaboration with St. Mary’s University. St. Mary’s University was founded in 1852, located in San Antonio. The Doctor of Jurisprudence/Master of Public Health (JD/MPH) program is offered in varying modalities, including online and/or in-person.




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