January 9, 2026
Since May 2025, second-year student at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Yesmeena Shmaitelly, has played a pivotal role in advancing the Harris Health Food is Medicine (FIM) study, a multi-phased project providing fresh produce and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant mothers in the Greater Houston region.
January 9, 2026
The Swaddle Study, led by Serwaa S. Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, assistant professor in Management, Policy, and Community Health and Center for Health Equity (CHE) faculty, is a federally supported, groundbreaking community-based research project designed to address long-standing racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes among Black families in the U.S..
November 25, 2025
Ashley Shaw, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Health Equity (CHE), brings a deep commitment to advancing brain health and healthy aging through culturally grounded, community-based approaches.
November 24, 2025
Katherine Joseph, MPH, a third-year PhD student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Sciences and a 2025 Sharma Fellow, is conducting innovative research at the intersection of environmental science and data analysis.
November 10, 2025
The research team at the Center for Health Equity (CHE), led by Naomi Tice, MPH, project manager at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health developed and implemented a comprehensive statewide landscape scan survey of FIM programs, priorities, and opportunities.
November 6, 2025
Alumna Maha Almohamad, PhD (‘24), MS, was recently recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health Class of 2025, a national honor that recognizes early-career professionals.
October 9, 2025
Assistant Professor Chelsea Liu, PhD, has been awarded a $20,000 pilot grant from the UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging.
September 26, 2025
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Health Equity recently completed its second Summer Intensive Fellowship Experience, a six-week program designed to provide students with mentorship, hands-on learning, and opportunities to engage with local and national public health experts.
August 21, 2025
Community Health Workers (CHWs) form a critical component of the public health workforce.
August 21, 2025
Rosalia Guerrero, MBA, CHWI, Director of Vulnerable Populations for the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI) and senior project manager at the Center for Health Equity (CHE), attended the “Community Health Workers Association Conference 2025: Care Coordination in Challenging Times” conference earlier this year.
