Seven UTHealth Houston researchers received awards totaling nearly $10 million in funding from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a state legislative initiative designed to advance cancer research and prevention in Texas. The recipients oversee initiatives spanning multiple strategic and beneficial areas within cancer research and prevention.
An average of seven guns were stolen out of cars in San Antonio each day in 2024, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
President Melina Kibbe, MD, continued her university-wide listening tour with a stop at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Dec. 5.
Assistant Professor Yun Hang, PhD, MS, contributed to the newly released 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, serving as a co-author and leading analyses within the indicator focused on population exposure to wildfires.
January 22, 2024
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) are strengthening the connection between public health education and practice with the second installment of the Regional Lunch & Learn series in the Paso del Norte region.
January 22, 2024
Alumna Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, MPH, was appointed Dean of the School of Public Health and Information Sciences (SPHIS) at the University of Louisville.
Cardarelli, a 2004 UTHealth Houston School of Public Health graduate, succeeds School of Public Health alumnus and former Dean of SPHIS Craig Blakely, PhD, MPH.
January 22, 2024
Community engagement, trust, and collaboration play a key role in the Center for Health Equity's vision of a world populated by healthy people across flourishing communities developed through research.
January 17, 2024
Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, Professor of Epidemiology at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin and Research Professor of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, died on January 7, 2024. He was regarded as a luminary in public health, epidemiology, and physical activity research.
January 16, 2024
The For Our Children Program/Por Nuestros Hijos Program is a multilevel, bilingual (English/Spanish) evidence-based program demonstrated to increase HPV vaccination in pediatric populations.
January 11, 2024
Walker is studying two approaches for classrooms, including physically active learning that integrates movement into academic lessons and brain boosts which are movement activities performed in between lessons.
January 9, 2024
Brighter Bites, in partnership with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has received $483,612 in federal funding as part of USDA GusNIP grants. This grant will help examine, assess, and address nutritional needs through the Brighter Bites’ home-delivery Produce Prescription Program. The program utilizes DoorDash to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to students and their families at four school-based health clinics in Galena Park ISD, Texas.
January 8, 2024
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health have partnered to unite aspirations to train the next generation of public health leaders. As the new host of the program, the School of Public Health joins the fellowship's mission to prepare students to empower vulnerable people to live healthier lives and create healthier communities.
January 4, 2024
Analillia Aldama is a first-year MPH student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio, currently tackling the ambitious challenge of a dual degree program.
January 3, 2024
The Health Equity Collective is a core infrastructure initiative of the UTHealth Houston Center for Health Equity. Using a collective impact approach, the HEC gathers stakeholders from 200+ organizations across sectors (e.g., government, payers, CBOs, healthcare, corporate) with the mission of establishing an impactful, collective, sustainable, data-driven system to promote health equity by addressing social determinants of health needs among Greater Houston residents.
