SWCOEH's Susie Day reports the major sources of calories in firefighter’s diets
March 15, 2017
News Archive
UTHealth Houston Receives $2.9 Million CDC Award to Expand Colorectal Cancer Screening Across Texas
UTHealth Houston has been awarded more than $2.9 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue and expand a five?year initiative focused on increasing colorectal cancer screening, follow?up, and treatment across Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Texas.
Spotlight: Yesmeena Shmaitelly, Learning Medicine Beyond the Clinic Through Food Is Medicine Research
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: Advancing Black Maternal Health Through Community Collaboration
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..
A Message from Dean Eric Boerwinkle, PhD: 2026 Outlook on Public Health
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.
ACPM Listening Session on CDC 6|18 Initiatives
February 24, 2017
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at UTHealth School of Public Health hosted one of three in-person listening sessions to explore the role of physicians in implementing the CDC's 6|18 Initiative.
6th annual Orthopedic Workshop was a hands-on learning success
February 24, 2017
Resident physicians and practicing physicians from Texas attended an intense two-day workshop to learn practical hands-on tools to effectively diagnose and manage the treatment of patients with work-related orthopedic injuries. This is the sixth year for the Orthopedics Workshop, which is generously supported by Texas Mutual Insurance Company in partnership with the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) and Texas A&M College of Medicine.