Alumna Angela Branch-Vital, PhD, has been named the Inaugural Dean of the Prairie View A&M University School of Public and Allied Health.
Professor Bing Yu, PhD, has been awarded a $4.1 million R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to lead a four-year study investigating heart failure in Hispanic and Latino populations.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, UT Physicians, and Brighter Bites have been awarded a $249,577 grant from The Cigna Group Foundation through its Health Equity Impact Fund. This funding supports a new produce prescription program designed to combat food insecurity and improve diabetes management among Hispanic adults in Houston.
A trailblazer in dental public health research, Sayali Tungare, PhD, is advancing our understanding of dental pain management and the prescribing patterns of opioids and antibiotics in dentistry. Her work bridges public health and clinical practice by applying human-centered design, mixed methods research, and large-scale EHR (electronic health record) data analysis to real-world challenges.
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.
May 29, 2025
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.
May 29, 2025
May 27, 2025
Recognizing her extensive and impactful work in creating sexual assault and suicide prevention programs, UTHealth Houston has awarded Belinda Hernandez, PhD, the 2025 R. Palmer Beasley Award for Innovation.
May 23, 2025
Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22.
May 22, 2025
Paola Alejandra Hernandez, an APHL-CDC Public Health Laboratory Fellow at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, earned third place in the Best Poster category at the 2025 Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Annual Conference, held May 5–8 in Portland, Oregon.
May 22, 2025
Blanca I. Restrepo, PhD, professor in Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, was among the global experts who attended the Third International Post-Tuberculosis Symposium in April at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
May 20, 2025
A new study led by recent doctoral graduate Ji Yun Tark, PhD, under the mentorship of Marcia Otto, PhD, FAHA, associate professor of epidemiology and faculty member at the Center for Health Equity, examined the role of protein consumption and diversity in hypertension risk.
May 15, 2025
On April 5, 2025, the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health buzzed with energy as graduate students from healthcare management programs across Texas gathered for the annual Fleming Center Case Competition. Hosted by The Board, a student-led organization within the Master of Public Health in Healthcare Management program, the event invited teams to solve a timely and complex healthcare leadership challenge.
