Puranjay Shori, a graduating MPH student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, discovered his passion for public health while volunteering at a Florida charitable organization, Hearts for the Homeless Gainesville, a non-profit that provides healthcare resources for underserved communities, namely the unhoused.
The SWCOEH commemorates Workers Memorial Day, an international day of observance for individuals killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell in the course of their work. It serves as a tragic reminder of the preventable nature of workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses and underscores the need for ongoing efforts to improve workplace health and safety.
The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equity (CHE) has extensive expertise in building interactive data visualization tools to enhance public health research and practice.
The Department of Epidemiology welcomes Ami Sedani, PhD, MPH to the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Dallas.
March 16, 2023
Establishing a local branch of the All for Them team in North Texas through Thompson and UNTHSC has allowed to bring more life-saving vaccines to children and adolescents in the community.
March 16, 2023
Projects spearheaded by the School of Public Health researchers focus on promoting healthy habits to prevent cancer, facilitating communication and implementation strategies to promote the HPV vaccine, and utilizing early detection strategies to detect and prevent breast and cervical cancer in underserved Latina communities.
March 10, 2023
Prenatal exposure to an anti-nausea drug commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s has been shown to increase risk of colorectal cancer in adult offspring, according to a study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
March 9, 2023
“Research studies like these are crucial to highlight and consider because the data obtained—using appropriate collection methods—is able to tell us a more complete story of the mental health status, the needs, and the health care access and barriers faced by the most vulnerable working populations in the U.S.”
March 3, 2023
We are pleased to announce Maria E. Fernández, PhD, as vice president of Population Health and Implementation Science, and Lisa D. Cain, PhD, as associate vice president of Faculty Affairs and Development at UTHealth Houston.
February 27, 2023
The relationships I have built since I came to the school have brought my epidemiology understanding and methodology thought process to a new level.
February 24, 2023
UTHealth Houston Student InterCouncil (SIC) and Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity will host a Student disABILITY Forum, an informational and networking event from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the Beth Robertson Auditorium in the Fayez S. and Susan K. Sarofim Research Building, 1825 Pressler St.
February 23, 2023
Two standout alumni from the school’s first decade, now husband and wife — Charlene Hunter James, MPH, and Andrew James, MS, DrPH — heavily contributed to growth and evolution of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
February 22, 2023
The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville received a $999,254 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to fund a cancer prevention program in four South Texas counties: Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, and Willacy.
February 21, 2023
Four faculty, representing three UTHealth Houston schools, are among the inductees into the 2023 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education.
The honor is bestowed annually to outstanding faculty from across UT System’s academic health institutions. They will be formally inducted with a ceremony on March 4.
