Center for Health Equity

Events

Upcoming Events:

Jul 17 2025

Virtual Networking Session - 89th Texas Legislative Session Summary

Location: Zoom

Time: 8:30 AM

Aug 2 2025

Acres Homes Community Walk & Learn

Location: 6112 Wheatley Street, Houston, TX 77091

Time: 8:00 AM

Center for Health Equity

Events

Upcoming Events:

Virtual Networking Session - 89th Texas Legislative Session Summary

Acres Homes Community Walk & Learn

New Genetic Discovery Sheds Light on Rare Heart and Organ Positioning Disorders

Researchers Assess Environmental and Health Challenges in Guatemala’s Dry Corridor

Fall 2025 cohort of the Executive Certificate in Healthcare Management & Leadership

2025 Albert Schweitzer Fellows Announced

Alexandra Willis earns national recognition at AUPHA annual conference

Researchers with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health awarded $5 million to study cancer risk among firefighters in Texas

Multinational Study Examines Community Coalitions as a Method of Addressing Drug-use Consequences

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

Redesigning Learning: Faculty Innovations in Online Epidemiology

New Study Examines Factors Affecting Physical Activity and Park Use in Texas Cities

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Elena Penedo

Defense: The Association of Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries' Characteristics and Their Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ACTion Lab Film Screening Series: Lights Out Texas -In Partnership with Houston Audubon

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Hannah Stewart, MPH: Involuntary Civil Commitment in the United States - A Mixed Methods Study

Thesis Presentation by Yu-Kuan Pan, BS

Doctoral Dissertation Defense (Deepali Ernest): The Social and Structural Determinants of PCOS in U.S Women of Reproductive Age

Dissertation Defense by Yishan Wang, MS: Statistical Methods for Spatially Correlated Genomic Data

Fall 2025 Executive Certificate in Healthcare Management & Leadership Information Session

Thesis Presentation by Ngoc Mai Le, BS: The Impact of Race-Ethnicity, Sex, and COVID-19 on Stroke Onset to Hospital Arrival Time

Virtual Networking Session - 89th Texas Legislative Session Summary

Dissertation Defense by Ann Abraham, MPH: Multilevel Analysis of Food and Physical Activity Environments on Obesity Prevalence.

Thesis Presentation by Modupe Onigbogi, MBBS, MPH: A Population-Based Assessment of Retention in Care and Clinical Outcomes Among

Dissertation Defense by Shayda Dioun, MPH, BA: HPV vaccine uptake, co-administration, and missed opportunities among insured youth

Institute on Aging Lecture Series: Cindy Woolverton, PhD

Dissertation Defense by Jacquelin I. Cordero, LMSW: Social & Environmental Determinants of HPV Vaccination Behaviors

Dissertation Defense by Scott Alpard, MBA, MMSc: Success Factors and Barriers Related to Healthcare Innovation

Dissertation Defense by Julie Hahn, MPH: Genomic Contributions to Hemostatic Factors

Dissertation Defense by Guillermo A. Tortolero, BS, MPH, PhD Candidate: Disparities in oral cavity cancer

Dissertation Defense by Alexander Devora, MPH: Comparing Machine Learning Ensembles to Traditional Modeling for Predicting Food In

Dissertation proposal defense by Pauline C Rotich, MS | PhD Candidate : COVID-19 policy implications on Occupational Health

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Kaitlin Brand, MPH, RD: Severe Maternal Morbidity in Texas Hospitals

Dissertation Defense: Mental Health Help-Seeking and Treatment Utilization among College Students in the United States

Summer Bites and Family Delights: Easy Recipes for Kids at Home

Acres Homes Community Walk & Learn

Institute on Aging Lecture Series: Loise McCullough, MD, PhD, FAHA