Community Health Workers (CHWs) form a critical component of the public health workforce.
Rosalia Guerrero, MBA, CHWI, Director of Vulnerable Populations for the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI) and senior project manager at the Center for Health Equity (CHE), attended the “Community Health Workers Association Conference 2025: Care Coordination in Challenging Times” conference earlier this year.
Researchers examine a pivotal opportunity in detecting and preventing early-onset colorectal cancer.
MAGIC (Movement for Academic Growth In Classrooms) aims to help schools better integrate physical activity throughout the school day to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors that can often start early in life.
March 31, 2023
My relationships with faculty and mentors have been invaluable to my educational experience. My professors have provided a nurturing and intellectually stimulating environment where I know that I am respected and valued. This has empowered me to utilize my knowledge and skills to ensure that I excel in all my classes.
March 30, 2023
Recent studies has shown the positive mental health impacts that daily recess has on children.
March 30, 2023
UTHealth Houston partner Ellis County Coalition for Health Options provides comprehensive, affordable healthcare services to underserved communities in Ellis County, Texas. The faith-based, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is collaborating with The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) to promote cardiovascular health among patients by providing the Healthy Heart Ambassador program (HHA).
March 24, 2023
How women with heart disease respond to stress can increase their risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events, according to a new study co-authored by researchers with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Emory University in Atlanta.
March 24, 2023
March 16, 2023
The formalized agreement promises enriched educational opportunities for students, a pipeline to employment for graduates, increased professional development for public health workers, and the streamlining of public health research and delivery for Texans.
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.”
