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Diana Guevara, MPH, registered dietician and nutritionist supervisor with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Nourishing lunch and snacks for a healthy school year

Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston newsroom series where our leading physicians examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address healthy lunch and snack ideas as kids head back to school.

Lisa Mitchell-Bennett

Alumna Receives 2026 Fulbright Global Scholar Award

Alumna Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, DrPH, MPH, is a 2026 recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Global Scholar Award, which recognizes academic excellence and commitment to international collaboration.

Casey Crump, MD, PhD, MPH,  professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at McGovern Medical School smiling in black suit and blue shirt. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

Study finds pregnancy complications may increase risk for artery disease

Women who experience pregnancy complications face an increased risk of developing peripheral artery disease later in life, according to a new UTHealth Houston study.

Yun Hang, PhD

UTHealth Houston researcher joins NASA project on border water resilience

The project, selected through NASA’s Water Quality Applications program, will leverage satellite-based Earth observations and advanced hydrologic modeling to help drinking water utilities better anticipate and respond to changing water quality conditions in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. 

CHPPR Research Study Tests Text-Message-Based Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

CHPPR Research Study Tests Text-Message-Based Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

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.



“How Good Food Works from Seed to Plate,” Earns Distinction with Multiple Awards

Laura Moore and students in the UTHealth School of Public Health Nourish Garden

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.


Patient Empowerment and Engagement to Improve Chronic Illness, as Published in JAMA Network Open

Naik leads as senior author for work published in JAMA Network Open on,

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.




Alumni Feature: Fatima Frausto, MPH

Alumni Feature: Fatima Frausto, MPH, MPH

April 26, 2022

The SPH Career and Alumni Services is featuring alumni in the series called “From the Desks of SPH Alumni!” Alumni are invited to share 3 items, ideas, or elements that define their workspace and daily life as a public health professional.


Alumni Feature: Madison Wisdom, MPH

Alumni Feature: Madison Wisdom, MPH

April 25, 2022

The SPH Career and Alumni Services is featuring alumni in the series called “From the Desks of SPH Alumni!” Alumni are invited to share 3 items, ideas, or elements that define their workspace and daily life as a public health professional.


Alumni Feature: Jennifer Torres Jones, MPH

Alumni Feature: Jennifer Torres Jones, MPH

April 24, 2022

The SPH Career and Alumni Services is featuring alumni in the series called “From the Desks of SPH Alumni!” Alumni are invited to share 3 items, ideas, or elements that define their workspace and daily life as a public health professional.




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