April 17, 2025
The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equity (CHE) has extensive expertise in building interactive data visualization tools to enhance public health research and practice.
April 14, 2025
A recently published study highlights strategies to build a resilient Community Health Worker (CHWs) workforce to aid public health practices and outreach.
February 28, 2025
A recently published study1 led by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity Research scientist Maha Almohamad, PhD, MS, highlights the significant role that participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)2 may play in mitigating the effects of very low food security on cardiometabolic conditions.
February 28, 2025
Serwaa Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health joined the Center for Health Equity (CHE) in January 2025.
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.
December 3, 2024
Food is Medicine (FIM) is a transformative concept that emphasizes the provision of healthy food as a means to prevent, manage, or treat specific clinical conditions and is integrated within the healthcare system.1 The Center for Health Equity (CHE) has a portfolio of efforts spanning coalition building, research, and policy to accelerate FIM in Texas.
December 3, 2024
Food is Medicine (FIM) is a transformative concept that emphasizes the provision of healthy food as a means to prevent, manage, or treat specific clinical conditions and is integrated within the healthcare system.1 The Center for Health Equity (CHE) has a portfolio of efforts spanning coalition building, research, and policy to accelerate FIM in Texas.
October 7, 2024
Gillean Wade joined UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity (CHE) and the Department of Epidemiology as an administrative coordinator in August 2024.
August 22, 2024
A 2020 press release from the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “every move counts towards better health”, suggesting that 5 million deaths per year could be averted if physical activity increased throughout the globe. Offering a new perspective and published in June’s open access journal of The Lancet Global Health is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Center for Health Equity (CHE) researcher, Andrea Ramirez Varela, PhD, MD, MPH, who poses a counter to the statement, that context is key.
August 8, 2024
The Center for Health Equity (CHE) launched a paid summer intensive fellowship experience (SIFE) in health equity as an opportunity for graduate students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.