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Adriana Cardenas and Edith Davila (left to right.)

Health Impact in Motion: How Two Community Health Workers Are Changing Lives

Community Health Workers (CHWs) form a critical component of the public health workforce.

Bridging the Gap: CHWs at the Center of Care Coordination and System Change

Bridging the Gap: CHWs at the Center of Care Coordination and System Change

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.

Ami Sedani, PhD

Researchers Spur New Efforts to Ensure Equitable Access to Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Researchers examine a pivotal opportunity in detecting and preventing early-onset colorectal cancer.

A MAGIC district partner helping lead an in-school training session.

CHPPR Researchers Expand School-Based Physical Activity Program to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

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.



Honoring Native American Heritage Month  

Taylor Crawford, a first year DrPH student in the Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences department. She is a Gates Millennium Scholar representing Native Forward, and is a member of the Chahta (Choctaw) Nation* of Oklahoma.

November 20, 2022

Taylor Crawford, a first year DrPH student in the Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences department. She is a Gates Millennium Scholar representing Native Forward, and is a member of the Chahta (Choctaw) Nation* of Oklahoma. 


CHPPR's Project STOP develops smartphone app to support smoking cessation treatment

CHPPR's Project STOP develops smartphone app to support smoking cessation treatment

November 17, 2022

The CHPPR e-Learning program Project STOP is a smoking cessation program for health care providers. As one of the aims of this project, the team designed a smoking cessation smartphone application, DECISION-t (D-t), will help providers make quicker, better decisions about smoking cessation treatment approaches for their patients.


UTHealth Houston researchers fight smoking with mHealth interventions

A hand holding a mobile phone with crushed cigarettes in the background

November 16, 2022

Smoking rates among adults in the United States have fallen precipitously since the first Great American Smokeout was organized in San Francisco in 1977, falling from over 33% then, to less than 12.5% today. Yet cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the country. UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers are developing new and intriguing techniques, utilizing mobile health technology, to help smokers quit.

 

 



Five UTHealth Houston Faculty Members Honored With Endowments in Recognition of Their Continued Work

Drs. Balasubramanian, Highfield, Darkoh, Tortolero Emery, and Markham pictured.

November 11, 2022

Endowments are a poignant reminder to faculty members of the importance of their roles and responsibilities in academics and research. Donors fund these endowments, traditionally where they get their namesake, and they are used to support faculty's particular research interest. This honor elevates leaders in the health science community, creating a high-caliber setting in which to thrive.






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