Alumna Angela Branch-Vital, PhD, has been named the Inaugural Dean of the Prairie View A&M University School of Public and Allied Health.
Professor Bing Yu, PhD, has been awarded a $4.1 million R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to lead a four-year study investigating heart failure in Hispanic and Latino populations.
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, UT Physicians, and Brighter Bites have been awarded a $249,577 grant from The Cigna Group Foundation through its Health Equity Impact Fund. This funding supports a new produce prescription program designed to combat food insecurity and improve diabetes management among Hispanic adults in Houston.
A trailblazer in dental public health research, Sayali Tungare, PhD, is advancing our understanding of dental pain management and the prescribing patterns of opioids and antibiotics in dentistry. Her work bridges public health and clinical practice by applying human-centered design, mixed methods research, and large-scale EHR (electronic health record) data analysis to real-world challenges.
February 7, 2025
A new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health found that perceived discrimination is common among patients with obesity, affecting men and women equally.
February 6, 2025
Regional Dean and John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion, Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, provides expertise on the newly released the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
January 27, 2025
A new study by CHPPR researchers aims to evaluate the economic feasibility of the evidence-based Management Information & Decision Support Epilepsy Tool (MINDSET) in community and healthcare settings.
January 24, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers have been awarded $1.5 million from the Department of Defense to explore pregnancy outcomes in adolescent and young adult (AYAs) cancer survivors.
January 24, 2025
Dennis Casserly, PhD, (MS ’76 and PhD ‘79), is the 2024 William D. Wagner Award recipient. Established in 2003 by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, the annual award is presented to a person in the field of national and international worker health and safety who is an outstanding example of commitment and dedication to creating and disseminating occupational exposure values.
January 23, 2025
Unlocking knowledge about the vast and varied collection of viruses that live in and on our bodies is the goal of a $20 million grant from the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to researchers, including a team at UTHealth Houston.
January 14, 2025
Male adolescents and young adults with cancer have a slightly elevated risk of having preterm birth and children with low birth weight, but no increased risk of birth defects in their offspring, according to research by UTHealth Houston. The population-based study was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
January 13, 2025
A new study led by Associate Professor Marcia Otto, PhD, FAHA, reveals the disproportionate burden of poor diet quality among cancer survivors.
January 10, 2025
A Q&A with the dean about his background and vision for the future of public health research.
January 10, 2025
In an effort to close the gap in neurological outcomes for underserved populations, a UTHealth Houston project funded with $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will engage community partners to improve the design of clinical trials.
