Springer inducted into Shine Academy
March 7, 2024
This award is presented to faculty to recognize their excellence in teaching excellence and commitment to enhancing health science education.
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NIH awards $4M grant to study GLP-1 weight regain
A team of UTHealth Houston researchers has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify genetic markers that may contribute to weight gain after stopping GLP-1 medications.
Childhood obesity: How can it be avoided?
Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston news series where our leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address child obesity to support Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
UTHealth Houston database fills gap in long COVID surveillance
UTHealth Houston researchers have found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over a two-year period, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and health systems better target follow-up and care, monitor long-term impacts, and allocate healthcare resources where they’re needed most.
HIV and AIDS: Detection, prevention, and treatment
Welcome to Ask the Expert, a UTHealth Houston news series in which leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day.
At the Intersection of Nursing and Healthcare Management: Nohemi Galindo
March 4, 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.
UTHealth Houston employees recognized for their dedication at STAR Awards
March 4, 2024
The UTHealth Houston STAR Awards reception and luncheon were held Feb. 28-29 at the Cooley University Life Center, celebrating employees and recognizing milestone years of service, from five years to more than five decades.
Black History Month: MPH student Gabrielle Haley hopes to be an advocate for the Black community in adolescent and sexual health
February 27, 2024
For Gabrielle Haley, an MPH student in San Antonio, Mae Jemison, NASA's first Black female astronaut, made her literally want to reach for the stars. Haley said she studied the NASA astronaut and made a particularly memorable presentation about her in elementary school, and from then on, she said, Jemison was sealed in her heart as her hero.
White House Challenge to End Hunger approves UTHealth Houston innovative commitments to Food Is Medicine
February 27, 2024
Three commitments to improve food security, diet quality, and health outcomes for vulnerable communities, made by UTHealth Houston in partnership with local and national organizations, have been approved as part of the White House Challenge to end Hunger and Build Healthy Communities.
A Journey into Public Health
February 27, 2024
"My passion for public health was ignited as a dental student in India," she explains. "I observed firsthand the devastating impact of socio-economic disparities on oral and systemic health."
UTHealth Houston’s All for Them project for vaccination outreach receives nearly $2.5M CPRIT grant
February 23, 2024
All for Them, a vaccination program run by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, will continue its work to protect Texas youth against HPV-related cancers with almost $2.5 million in funding from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
Researchers Aim to Fill Gaps in Research on Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults
February 22, 2024
AYA STAR Lab is a team of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health investigators working to improve the lives of adolescents and young adults with cancer.
Reflecting on Why Representation Matters
February 20, 2024
"This month serves as a poignant reminder of how the resilience of those who came before us has paved the way for the progress we see today," said Valentine.
UTHealth Houston ranks among best in U.S. in research funding
February 19, 2024
UTHealth Houston is a national leader in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, according to annual rankings released by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.