Center for Healthy Communities

News and Events

Featured Articles

View All

Featured Events

View all Events

News & Events

News
Events

From Pre-Med to Public Health

This spring 2026, Mackenzie Senn, MPH, prepares to graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy in epidemiology from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
Read more From Pre-Med to Public Health
Xiao named 2026 US Fulbright Scholar

Qian Xiao, PhD, associate professor in Epidemiology, has been named a 2026-2027 U.S. Fulbright Program Scholar, a prestigious honor that supports international collaboration in research and education.
Read more Xiao named 2026 US Fulbright Scholar
From Docside Clinic to U.S. Navy, one graduate's mission

As Peyton HerrNeckar, a Master of Public Health student in environmental health, prepares to graduate from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health this spring 2026, his next chapter is already taking shape on the water.
Read more From Docside Clinic to U.S. Navy, one graduate's mission
Kristina Mena appointed to EPA’s Science Advisory Board

Kristina D. Mena, PhD, MSPH, has been selected to serve on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, a national panel that provides independent scientific guidance on environmental and public health issues.
Read more Kristina Mena appointed to EPA’s Science Advisory Board
Leading change

MPH in Healthcare Management graduate Sofia Tovar is focused on driving meaningful change across the health system landscape.
Read more Leading change
New study introduces advanced method to better understand how cells change over time

A recent study published in Nature Communications introduces a new computational approach that helps scientists better understand how cells develop and change over time by examining DNA methylation—a key chemical process that regulates gene activity.
Read more New study introduces advanced method to better understand how cells change over time
Guillot-Wright receives Beasley Award for Research Efforts to Improve Health of Commercial Fishing Populations

Through the Docside Clinics: Connecting Docs to Docks, a mobile clinic that offers health services and resources to commercial fisherman, Guillot-Wright has provided over 2,000 encounters and meets these vulnerable populations where they are.
Read more Guillot-Wright receives Beasley Award for Research Efforts to Improve Health of Commercial Fishing Populations
Data Discovery and Purpose

For Arham Salman, public health is not just about discovering and analyzing data, it’s about translating science into actionable insights.
Read more Data Discovery and Purpose
A Passion for Health Promotion

For Jazzmyn Hollister, a second-year MPH student with the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, public health has always been rooted in a simple yet powerful idea: helping communities thrive.
Read more A Passion for Health Promotion
2026 Teaching Awards

Congratulation's to this year's recipients of the Teaching Awards
Read more 2026 Teaching Awards

News Archive

More Events

Center for Healthy Communities

News and Events

Featured Articles

Featured Events

From Pre-Med to Public Health

Xiao named 2026 US Fulbright Scholar

From Docside Clinic to U.S. Navy, one graduate's mission

Kristina Mena appointed to EPA’s Science Advisory Board

Leading change

New study introduces advanced method to better understand how cells change over time

Guillot-Wright receives Beasley Award for Research Efforts to Improve Health of Commercial Fishing Populations

Data Discovery and Purpose

A Passion for Health Promotion

2026 Teaching Awards

When Students Lead, Prevention Works

Carmel Dyer, MD Lecture Series - "Management of Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases in the Elderly"

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Zhao Zheng: Chromatin Accessibility Modeling, Application in Single-Cell Multiome

The Long Game: Leveraging new prevention and treatment modalities to reduce the burden of HIV

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Evit John: Statistically Identifiable Copy Number Inference in Tagmentation-Based Single-Cell DNA

News and Events

Featured Articles

Guillot-Wright receives Beasley Award for Research Efforts to Improve Health of Commercial Fishing Populations

Spotlight: Yesmeena Shmaitelly, Learning Medicine Beyond the Clinic Through Food Is Medicine Research

The Swaddle Study: Advancing Black Maternal Health Through Community Collaboration

Featured Events

When Students Lead, Prevention Works

Carmel Dyer, MD Lecture Series - "Management of Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases in the Elderly"

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Zhao Zheng: Chromatin Accessibility Modeling, Application in Single-Cell Multiome

The Long Game: Leveraging new prevention and treatment modalities to reduce the burden of HIV

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Evit John: Statistically Identifiable Copy Number Inference in Tagmentation-Based Single-Cell DNA