Andrea Link, MD, an assistant professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, has been named one of the 2026 Most Admired CEOs by the Houston Business Journal, earning recognition for her leadership, vision, and commitment to community impact.
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 20, 2023
Kristen Campbell is a School of Public Health student in San Antonio who's looking to follow in her mother's footsteps in the medical field.
February 20, 2023
The honor is bestowed annually to outstanding faculty from across UT System’s academic health institutions.
February 16, 2023
The Community Scientist Program allows researchers to obtain feedback on the cultural appropriateness and relevance of their projects from trained community members representing diverse populations.
February 14, 2023
They would both enter new experiences in public health, continuing to advocate for the underserved. Together they championed the benefits of public health and instilled their devotion into the child they welcomed into the fold. This year, they will celebrate 42 years of marriage.
February 7, 2023
School of Public Health Alumnus, Cheryl Camin Murray, JD, to Serve as Dallas Bar Association President
February 7, 2023
The researchers analyzed four birth cohorts spanning three generations of the Framingham Heart Study, starting from birth before 1932 and birth after 1960. Their work concluded that there was a larger effect of a higher genetic predisposition to obesity, as modeled by a genetic risk score, on BMI in people born more recently compared to almost a century ago.
February 3, 2023
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has received a Bob Woodruff Foundation grant for a Recovery-Oriented Money Management (ROMM) program. Jack Tsai, PhD, a professor and regional dean in San Antonio, will be the principal investigator of the eight-week community-based program for homeless and at-risk veterans.
February 2, 2023
Spotlight on Mayra Estrella, PhD, assistant professor in the department of epidemiology, human genetics, and environmental sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, TX
February 1, 2023
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has received $50,000 in scholarship funds from Amerigroup Texas, one of the state’s largest coordinators of health care benefits, for San Antonio-based students who are committed to working in rural health.