LASSO-TX (Lactation and Safe Sleep Opportunities in Texas) is a hospital-based quality improvement initiative of the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB), in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Services.
May 24, 2022
The R. Palmer Beasley, MD Faculty Award is an endowment at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) .Nominated by Aanand Naik, MD, chair for the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, Tsai's research and academic career has focused on the development and creation of innovative models used for collaborative care, targeting the health and social needs of vulnerable populations including homeless and veterans.
May 19, 2022
May 16, 2022
Two of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research’s COVID-19 projects are working with United Way of Greater Texas 2-1-1 telephone hotline to deliver a telephone-based survey of Texans about COVID-19 testing and vaccination behaviors. This collaboration will provide insights that can guide the development of future COVID-19 interventions.
May 15, 2022
"Asian Americans are celebrated as indispensable threads in the American social fabric. Their invaluable, manifold contributions deserve to be highlighted," says Gordon Shen, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth School of Public Health.
As we celebrate and commemorate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we interviewed Shen on how his ethnicity has impacted his research and career, and how Americans can continue to honor and understand disparities and differences within cultures.
May 10, 2022
CHPPR’s SmokefreeSGM research study is a text-messaging-based intervention designed to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people quit smoking cigarettes. The study aims to develop and test a sexual and gender minority (SGM) tailored text-based program and examine recruitment, retention, and smoking abstinence rates at 1, 3, and 6 months of follow-up.
May 9, 2022
The award-winning cookbook is a hardcover 282-page book that tells the remarkable story of the UTHealth School of Public Health’s Nourish Program. The book is a journey that starts with a 5,000-square foot garden and offers dozens of beautifully illustrated recipes grouped by fruit, flowers, seeds, tubers, spices, stems, and shoots.
May 9, 2022
Alongside other task force members, Anikputa will coordinate the design and implementation of the state’s plan for the prevention, early screening, diagnosis, and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD).
May 4, 2022
Published in May of 2022 in the JAMA Network Open, the article “Comparison of Collaborative Goal Setting With Enhanced Education for Managing Diabetes-Associated Distress and Hemoglobin A1c Levels” was published, with contributions by Aanand Naik, MD, professor, and chair for the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health as the senior investigator and corresponding author.
April 28, 2022
The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research is collaborating with a Houston-based nonprofit, the Montrose Center, to implement and evaluate an integrated treatment program, the Enhanced Integrated Treatment Program with Sexual Health in Recovery (EITP-SHIR).
April 28, 2022
This national award is given to students who advance the USPHS’ mission of delivering health promotion and disease prevention programs to all Americans.
