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Center for Health Equity group standing in front of Houston Food Bank signage.

The Food Is Medicine Initiative in Texas: A Landscape Scan of Programs, Priorities, and Opportunities

The research team  at the Center for Health Equity (CHE), led by Naomi Tice, MPH, project manager at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health developed and implemented a comprehensive statewide landscape scan survey of FIM programs, priorities, and opportunities.

Karla Unger-Saldaña, MD, DSc Joins UTHealth Houston with Extensive Experience from Work in Mexico

Karla Unger-Saldaña, MD, DSc Joins UTHealth Houston with Extensive Experience from Work in Mexico

Karla Unger-Saldaña, MD, DSc is the newest faculty member joining both the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Institute for Implementation Science, bringing extensive experience from years working as a medical doctor and health systems researcher in Mexico.

Maha Almohamad

Alumna Recognized in the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health 

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.

CHPPR Researchers Aim to Improve Diabetes Self-Management Through Behavior Change and Comprehensive Food Curriculum

CHPPR Researchers Aim to Improve Diabetes Self-Management Through Behavior Change and Comprehensive Food Curriculum

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.

Researchers receive 2024 R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award for Innovation

Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD; Nalini Ranjit, PhD; and Alexandra van den berg, PhD, MPH, pictured left to right in front of greenery.

May 27, 2024

Congratulations to this year’s 2024 R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award for Innovation recipients: Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD professor and vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology; Nalini Ranjit, PhD, associate professor of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; and Alexandra van den Berg, PhD, MPH, professor of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences.






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.  



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