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Ami E. Sedani, PhD, MPH Brings Experience in Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control to CHPPR

Ami E. Sedani, PhD, MPH is one of the newest investigators at the UTHealth Houston Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research.

Jingjing Gao, PhD, smiling at camera wearing glasses and a maroon collard shirt.

Food Delivery Could Expand WIC Access for Families Facing the Greatest Barriers

A new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health suggests that adding grocery delivery options to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) could help reach families who face the largest barriers to accessing healthy food.

Eight adults posing for a photo holding certificates in front of an American Heart Association backdrop.

UTHealth Houston food pantries win Heart of Nutrition Award

Student food pantries at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health were awarded the Heart of Nutrition Award for work with the American Heart Association’s College Pantry Collective.

New Study by CHPPR Researchers Assesses Nutrition and Chronic Disease Needs and Assets in Paso del Norte Region

Researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, led by Juan Aguilera, MD, PhD, MPH, are performing a four-month, multi-component needs assessment on nutrition and chronic disease in El Paso, Doña Ana County/Las Cruces, Hudspeth County, and Ciudad Juárez.

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.

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.

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Thesis Presentation by Maihemuti Maihediya, MS:Identifying Laboratroy Tests Associated With Physical Disability of AYA Using ML

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Kaitlin Brand, MPH, RD: Understanding Severe Maternal Morbidity in Texas

Thesis defense by Allyson Flippo: RSV Wastewater Genomic Trends and Clinical Implications

Thesis presentation by Miao Qin, BA: Optimal Treatment Policy for Patient with Colorectal Liver Metastases: A POMDP Model

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Region 6/5S Info Session

Thesis Presentation by Yihan Hong, MS: A Recurrent Neural Network Hidden Markov Model For Dynamic Sleep-Stage Prediction

Center for Health Care Data Seminar Series

Dissertation proposal defense by Brooke Sherry, MPH: Parental Support for Diet and Physical Activity Among Texas Adolescents

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Qidi Xu, MS: Human Cognition Inspired Multi-Agent Large Language Model Frameworks

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Stacie Hill Anderson, MPH: Evaluation of emergency department patient navigation intervention

Dallas County Health and Human Services Info Session

Dissertation Defense by Jennifer Thompson, MPH: Mental Health and Willingness to Utilize Peer Support Among University Police

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Xiaoyang Li, MS: Dynamic Prediction for High-Dimensional Longitudinal Biomarkers

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Joshua Strauss, MPH: Telomere Biology and Genomic Instability in Pediatric CNS Malignancies

Dissertation Defense by Theresa Fenner, MPH: Exploration of Serious Game-Based Sexual Health Education in Youth with Autism

Pro-e-cigarette social media engagement and e-cigarette use among Mexican American college students

Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Endowed Lecture & Building Commemoration

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Shiwei Lin: Methods for Biomedical Data Exploration, Visualization, and Analysis

Carmel Dyer, MD Lecture Series - Improving Advance Care Planning for Patients with Serious Illness

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Hossaena Ayele, MSc

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Eboni Pettus, MBA: Education, Neighborhood Deprivation, and Preventable Cancer Mortality in Texas

University-Community Partnerships for Advancing Active Living in Texas: Co-Learning about Needs, Assets & Opportunities with Under-Resourced Communities

From Curriculum to Enculturation: Building Healthcare Policy Education for Health Professionals

Linking Human Mobility, Transmission Intensity, and Clinical Severity in Seasonal Influenza

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Manqi Li: Scalable Methodologies for Drug Repurposing