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UTHealth Houston cancer researchers awarded nearly $10M from CPRIT

UTHealth Houston cancer researchers awarded nearly $10M from CPRIT

Seven UTHealth Houston researchers received awards totaling nearly $10 million in funding from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a state legislative initiative designed to advance cancer research and prevention in Texas. The recipients oversee initiatives spanning multiple strategic and beneficial areas within cancer research and prevention.

Alexander Testa, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. Photo by UTHealth Houston

San Antonio saw average of 7 guns per day stolen out of cars in 2024, UTHealth Houston research finds

An average of seven guns were stolen out of cars in San Antonio each day in 2024, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. 

UTHealth Houston leadership poses for a photo at the SPH listening tour.

President’s listening tour focuses on the future of public health

President Melina Kibbe, MD, continued her university-wide listening tour with a stop at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Dec. 5.

Yun Hang, PhD, in front of Holistic Garden.

Hang contributes to the 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

Assistant Professor Yun Hang, PhD, MS, contributed to the newly released 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, serving as a co-author and leading analyses within the indicator focused on population exposure to wildfires.



New grant at UTHealth Houston aimed at preventing depression among stroke survivors

“Our goal is that this intervention will improve overall quality of life for stroke survivors,” said Jennifer E.S. Beauchamp, PhD, RN, principal investigator of the study. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

June 13, 2025

Research has shown that engaging in enjoyable or meaningful activities can help prevent depression after stroke. Now an interprofessional team of researchers at UTHealth Houston has received a new federal grant to test an intervention using video chats to encourage mood-enhancing behaviors among older, low-income stroke survivors.


Redesigning Learning: Faculty Innovations in Online Epidemiology

Three UTHealth Houston Epidemiology faculty members in a split-panel image with greenery background

June 12, 2025

The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Office of Instructional Design hosted the Teaching Innovation Awards presentation, where Epidemiology faculty shared how they improved student engagement, accessibility, and outcomes in their asynchronous courses through interactive and inclusive teaching strategies.



Alumni Profile: New San Antonio graduate Nicholas McCann, MPH, headed to medical school

Nicholas McCann, MPH, at a graduation celebration in San Antonio with Jack Tsai, PhD, professor and regional dean at the San Antonio location.

June 9, 2025

From his earliest moments, Nicholas McCann has been surrounded by hospitals, doctors, and healthcare. He was born during his mom’s third year of medical school and was just two years old when his family moved to San Antonio so that his mom, a now-retired Air Force colonel, could begin her first year of pediatrics residency. And with that introduction to the world perhaps McCann was always destined to follow his mom’s footsteps into medicine and healthcare.







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