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UTHealth Houston Alumni Reception at AIHA Connect 2025

Updated: November 21, 2025

Group photo at AIHA 2025 Conference
Turlington and Hwang

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. This annual conference highlights emerging trends, cutting-edge research, new technologies, and advanced training in occupational health and safety. It brings together professionals dedicated to safeguarding the health, safety, and environment of today’s workplaces, supporting their mission to protect worker health more efficiently and effectively.

At the conference, Catherine Turlington, MPH – an alumna of the Industrial Hygiene training program through the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) – presented research led by Jooyeon Hwang, PhD, at the student poster session. Her presentation, titled “The role of decontamination wipes on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal on firefighter skin,” examines how decontamination wipes may help reduce firefighters’ exposure to toxicants such as PAHs.

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Founded in 1967, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health was Texas' first public health school and remains a nationally ranked leader in graduate public health education. Since opening its doors in Houston nearly 60 years ago, the school has established five additional locations across the state, including Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio. Across five academic departments — Biostatistics and Data Science; Epidemiology; Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences; Health Promotion and Behavioral Science; and Management, Policy & Community Health — students learn to collaborate, lead, and transform the field of public health through excellence in graduate education.

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