Alumnus to receive 2018 R. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award
December 31, 2018
HOUSTON – Alumnus Philip J. Lupo, Ph.D., M.P.H., will receive the 2018 F. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award at the Teratology Society Annual Meeting on June 24.
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UTHealth Houston study links firefighter smoke exposure to biological changes that increase cancer risk
A new study published in Environmental Research by researchers at UTHealth Houston offers valuable insights into how firefighting can affect the body on a molecular level, potentially leading to long-term health risks such as cancer.
UTHealth Houston Study Finds Diabetes Program Improves Depression Symptoms in Mexican Americans
A team of researchers from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has found that Salud y Vida, a community-clinical diabetes program in the Rio Grande Valley, was linked to significant reductions in depression symptoms among low-income Mexican Americans living with type 2 diabetes.
Health Impact in Motion: How Two Community Health Workers Are Changing Lives
Community Health Workers (CHWs) form a critical component of the public health workforce.
Bridging the Gap: CHWs at the Center of Care Coordination and System Change
Rosalia Guerrero, MBA, CHWI, Director of Vulnerable Populations for the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI) and senior project manager at the Center for Health Equity (CHE), attended the “Community Health Workers Association Conference 2025: Care Coordination in Challenging Times” conference earlier this year.
SWCOEH investigates Harvey impact on the health of Houstonians in ongoing study
November 1, 2018
Shortly after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in 2017 and the resulting floods destroyed more than 100,000 homes, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), UTHealth School of Public Health and Oregon State University, began investigating the short and long-term effects from flooding exposures. The project is titled, “Environmental Health Outcomes Research among Hurricane Harvey Survivors,” and is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through the year 2020.
How Being Active and Limiting Inactivity Differ
October 25, 2018
We all know how important it is to be physically active, but did you know that it is just as important – or maybe more so – to limit physical inactivity?
Wait, isn’t that the same thing? Not quite.
SWCOEH Alumnus Philip J. Lupo receives 2018 R. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award
June 25, 2018
SWCOEH Alumnus Philip J. Lupo, PhD., MPH received the 2018 F. Clarke Fraser New Investigator Award at the Teratology Society Annual Meeting on June 24.
New family cooking program coming to El Paso this summer
June 4, 2018
Components of this article originally appeared here in the EL PASO INC. (click HERE for the article) By Leah Whigham Imagine your family coming together in the kitchen to enjoy preparing a meal together – one that is healthy, delicious and not too expensive… For many, this may seem like a distant dream. Maybe you
SWCOEH's Dr. Delclos shares tips for how people with asthma can live their best life
May 29, 2018
Having asthma doesn't mean living a less fulfilling life. Dr. Delclos, MD, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health’s Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) shared tips with One Breath Partnership Houston for how people with asthma can live their best life, even with Houston's air pollution.
Occupational health physicians respond to climate-change challenges (Texas Climate News)
May 1, 2018
In response to these new work demands related to climate change, Dr. William Brett Perkison, assistant professor in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, and his colleagues on the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Task Force on Climate Change have issued a guidance paper on the responsibilities of experts to identify and mitigate the harmful impacts wrought by a human-disrupted climate.
Radium Girls: A Conversation with Author Kate Moore
March 26, 2018
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston and the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler hosted Kate Moore, the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Radium Girls on March 23.
SWCOEH celebrates 40 years of education and research as a NIOSH ERC
March 8, 2018
Pozole Verde Recipe
February 27, 2018
Pozole Verde Ingredients: 7 cups chicken stock or low-sodium broth 2 cups water 3 cups shredded, cooked chicken 1 pound tomatillos, husked and halved 1 small onion, quartered 2 poblano chiles—cored, seeded and quartered 2 jalapeños, seeded and quartered 4 large garlic cloves, smashed 1/2 cup chopped cilantro 1 tablespoon oregano leaves Salt and freshly ground