Harsha Gottimukkala, MD, MPH, a recent graduate of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Epidemiology MPH program, has built a path shaped by personal inspiration, meaningful mentorship, and a growing commitment to advancing population health.
The world's largest soccer tournament has arrived in Texas, bringing thousands of international fans together to celebrate the FIFA World Cup.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students head to the heart of public health policy each summer under the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program.
UTHealth Houston announced today a partnership with the city of Houston to establish a new academic health department that will strengthen the region’s public health workforce, expand hands-on training opportunities, and deepen collaboration between academic experts and city health leaders.
May 4, 2021
Maria Elena Rodriguez is a Senior Administrative Coordinator at the Brownsville Regional Campus. This month, Rodriguez sits down and talks to us about her life’s journey and how it lead to UTHealth School of Public Health at Brownsville.
May 4, 2021
Two representatives of The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) were featured presenters at the 2021 American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC Virtual 2021) this week.
April 30, 2021
Silvia Garcia, a community health worker and Brownsville resident, shares her own family’s experience with COVID-19 and her thoughts about the hope provided by the vaccine.
April 30, 2021
Rosandra Daywalker, MD was awarded a full scholarship to attend the 2021 American Occupational Health Conference. The AOHC, which will be held virtually May 2-5, is the premier professional meeting for physicians and other health professionals who have an interest in the fields of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM).
April 19, 2021
Elena Luna, MPH, CPH, is tackling chronic disease head on. Struggling to find funding for her work with the Latinx population, Elena applied to the state-wide Gunnin Fellowship and won.
April 12, 2021
Paola Vidal joined UTHealth School of Public Health at Brownsville in fall 2020 and is pursuing an MPH in Epidemiology. Vidal sat down to share her experience at the Brownsville campus during the pandemic and how it didn’t diminish her passion for public health.
April 2, 2021
Lori Boies, a student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in the online Epidemiology Master of Public Health program, conducted her practicum in fall 2020 remotely with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Texas Syndromic Surveillance System under Mr. Linc Allen.
March 25, 2021
Dr. Miryoung Lee says the people at the Brownsville campus are its greatest asset. “It was a big change moving from Ohio to Texas. I grew up near the mountains in South Korea, and always enjoyed being in the outdoors in Ohio as well, hiking and trail running in the forest, even in winter."
February 15, 2021
When Dianey Perez was growing up, she saw first had the contrasts between life in the Rio Grande Valley and life “up north” where she and her parents spent every spring and summer as migrant farmworkers.
February 8, 2021
Meet the Librarians is a two-part introduction to the staff at the School of Public Health Library and Graduate Communication Center. Part two features Zhiling “Willa” Wu, ESL training specialist II, Kelsey Koym, liaison librarian for the Texas Medical Center Library and the UTHealth School of Public Health Library, and Patricia Ann McEvoy-Jamil, academic writing specialist.
