Researchers with UTHealth Houston have been awarded $25 million by the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council to expand and enhance recovery housing resources across Texas for those recovering from opioid use disorder. The grant aims to strengthen recovery support systems and help individuals transition toward independent living while maintaining long-term recovery.
A new publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine calls on healthcare leaders to preserve one of the most important lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic: the power of organizational culture in sustaining continuous learning and improvement across health systems.
Manali Desai, MBBS, MPH, recently earned her PhD in Epidemiology from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, marking a milestone in a career dedicated to advancing population health.
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.
June 6, 2025
Alumni from the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health gathered for a special reception at the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Connect 2025 in Kansas City, MO.
June 3, 2025
Cici Bauer, PhD was awarded nearly $3 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to establish the Texas Spatial-Temporal Data Science, Informatics, and Modeling Core (TEX-SIM).
June 2, 2025
A new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and Child Health and Development Studies at the Public Health Institute (PHI) has found that children whose fathers worked in craft, operative, service or labor occupations experienced higher incidence rates of developing colorectal cancer later in life.
May 31, 2025
Three UTHealth Houston researchers were awarded more than $5 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), furthering the state’s mission to prevent and treat cancer through innovative science and core infrastructure.
May 30, 2025
Catherine L. Troisi, PhD, professor in the Divisions of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, has been elected Chair-Elect of the International Network of Epidemiology in Policy (INEP), an organization dedicated to advancing evidence-based public health policy worldwide.
May 29, 2025
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported.
May 29, 2025
May 27, 2025
Recognizing her extensive and impactful work in creating sexual assault and suicide prevention programs, UTHealth Houston has awarded Belinda Hernandez, PhD, the 2025 R. Palmer Beasley Award for Innovation.
May 23, 2025
Four members of the UTHealth Houston community received the university’s most distinguished awards for their exceptional work, history of long-standing excellence, and dedication during the 2025 President’s Scholar Awards and Recognition of Excellence Award ceremony on May 22.
May 22, 2025
Paola Alejandra Hernandez, an APHL-CDC Public Health Laboratory Fellow at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, earned third place in the Best Poster category at the 2025 Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Annual Conference, held May 5–8 in Portland, Oregon.
