Since May 2025, second-year student at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Yesmeena Shmaitelly, has played a pivotal role in advancing the Harris Health Food is Medicine (FIM) study, a multi-phased project providing fresh produce and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant mothers in the Greater Houston region.
The Swaddle Study, led by Serwaa S. Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, assistant professor in Management, Policy, and Community Health and Center for Health Equity (CHE) faculty, is a federally supported, groundbreaking community-based research project designed to address long-standing racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes among Black families in the U.S..
As we look forward to the year ahead, I invite and encourage you to renew your commitment and passion for the field of public health, and to not lose sight of the importance of our work.
New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.
September 26, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity recently completed its second Summer Intensive Fellowship Experience, a six-week program designed to provide students with mentorship, hands-on learning, and opportunities to engage with local and national public health experts.
September 25, 2025
For Muhammad Shahid, a student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, a practicum wasn’t just a degree requirement, it was a chance to apply healthcare management concepts in a real-world setting, support a nonprofit’s mission, and grow as a professional.
September 22, 2025
The Salud en Mis Manos (SEMM) program, funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), recently concluded a 3-year initiative to increase breast and cervical cancer screening and prevention among medically underserved Latinas in South and Gulf Coast Texas communities.
September 19, 2025
Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded a $400,000 grant to support an initiative focused on understanding current use of mobile applications for response and care for children and adolescents experiencing traumatic brain injury (TBI).
September 12, 2025
A class of medications developed and commonly used to treat diabetes and weight management, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), rose in prescribing trends significantly from 2018 to 2023.
September 11, 2025
Three UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students have been selected as the 2025 Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability fellows.
September 8, 2025
While body mass index (BMI) is an effective tool for identifying obesity in children, these measurements alone do not always distinguish kids with unhealthy levels of body fat, especially in low-resource communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
September 5, 2025
Faculty and students from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health joined colleagues from 68 countries at the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 2025 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
September 4, 2025
For alumnus Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti, DrPH, his fervor to study public health dates back to his childhood, where he witnessed the harsh impact and economic toll preventable illnesses took on rural and underserved communities.
September 3, 2025
Shannon Forkus, PhD, is the newest faculty member to join the San Antonio location of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, bringing her unique blend of military service, clinical training, and behavioral health research to her role as an assistant professor.
