Honoring the achievements of @UTHealth #PublicHealth leaders with the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at the @UTexasSPH. #InternationalWomensDay is March 8, 2019. #ManyFacesofUTHealth #IWD2019 pic.twitter.com/b0K7ncc1c9

Recruiting #healthcare professionals, community health planners, #researchers & #MPH or doctoral students to test IM-Adapt, a #CancerControl online tool. Receive up to $225 for surveys & tool use. Deadline: April 1. For more info, see flyer: https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/chppr/ … #PublicHealth pic.twitter.com/lM3gP9Ejc4

This is how @SWCOEH @UTexasSPH scientists are monitoring air after Deer Park chemical fire https://www.click2houston.com/news/this-is-how-scientists-are-monitoring-air-after-deer-park-chemical-fire?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar …

Recruiting #healthcare professionals, community health planners, #researchers & #MPH or doctoral students to test IM-Adapt, a #CancerControl online tool. Receive up to $225 for surveys & tool use. Deadline: April 1. For more info, see flyer: https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/chppr/ … #PublicHealth pic.twitter.com/lM3gP9Ejc4

#HarrisCounty ranked 53rd in Texas in a study of county health, conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "15% of people are spending >50% of their income on rent or mortgage," Ericka Burroughs-Girardi @RWJF County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2019/03/19/325755/harris-county-ranks-53rd-in-texas-for-county-health/ …

More than half of Texas' poor children live in families where 50% or more of household income goes to housing, leaving little money for #healthcare. #Housing & other social factors are as important to health as traditional medical care. #AffordableHousing https://www.chron.com/business/article/Study-Lack-of-affordable-housing-affects-health-13697855.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Desktop)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral …

Congrats! Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck of @UTAustin is the first woman awarded #AbelPrize, one of the world's most prestigious international #mathematics awards by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( @DNVA1). Prize seen as Nobel Prize in mathematics. https://www.chron.com/news/science/article/US-professor-is-first-woman-to-be-awarded-math-s-13699432.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Desktop)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral …

Looking forward to hearing @SaludAmerica leader and @UTHealthSA Institute for Health Promotion Research Director Amelie Ramirez talk about using digital advocacy strategies to promote health equity, today at @BUSPH. https://bit.ly/2HAhBft  @BU_Tweets @bualumni #PHForum2019

Nearly 240 @McGovernMed students get their 'Match Day' assignments: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Nearly-400-Houston-med-students-get-their-Match-13692479.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Mobile)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral … via @houstonchron #Match2019

Over 18 million kids in the US have at least one foreign-born parent. Learn more about the children of immigrants: https://urbn.is/2HkY8jo  pic.twitter.com/7JoIW3ZQhx

Outstanding Research Student in Cancer Prevention Award by @MDAndersonNews Division of #CancerPrevention and #PopulationSciences to Michael Robertson, PhD Student, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences dept. @UTexasSPH & @theNCI F31 Predoctoral Fellow. https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/cancer-prevention-research-training-program/trainee-mentor-awards.html … pic.twitter.com/B3tAVdatbH

What is the life expectancy in your Texas zip code? See https://www.texashealthmaps.com/lfex  to find out. @UTHealth @utsphaustin @msdcenter @LiveSmartTexas @UTAustinSHE @UTHpromotion @hornsdoc

“The question is not if we will have another pandemic, but when.” New @WHO global influenza strategy aims to prevent seasonal flu, prepare for next flu pandemic: https://goo.gl/14deRg 

One in four American women will become pregnant by the time they turn 20. A quarter of all new cases of sexually transmitted infections occur in #teenagers — and the number of #STIs has been at all-time highs. #STDs #SexEd #TeenPregnancy https://nyti.ms/2VSuVQd 

Even small pockets of #vaccine hesitancy and refusal can have grave consequences. Health officials say if left unchecked, outbreak crisis will only worsen. Vaccine-preventable diseases: #Measles #Diphtheria #Tetanus #Pertussis #Vaccinations #PublicHealth https://nyti.ms/2EROIs2 

An unvaccinated child contracted #tetanus. It took 2 months and >$800,000 to save him. "In contrast, the cost of one #DTaP dose is somewhere around $24-$30 a dose, and this illness could have been prevented with five doses of DTaP vaccine.” #Vaccinations https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/03/08/an-unvaccinated-child-contracted-tetanus-it-took-two-months-more-than-k-save-him/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.f3ecf1802c09 …

HHS celebrates women within the Department and abroad who are pioneers in the world of #health and #STEM. Happy #InternationalWomensDay! pic.twitter.com/nLwbsZPwFz

#Measles is highly contagious & spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. If one person is infected with measles, 9 out of 10 people around that person will become infected if they don't have the #MMR vaccine. @CDCgov: https://www.cdc.gov/features/measles/ … #TXhealth pic.twitter.com/KqjNnRbJS3

"Vaccinations save lives, protect our children and are one of our greatest public health achievements." Read today's @nytimes op-ed from @HHS_ASH, @Surgeon_General and @CDCDirector. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/opinion/vaccines-autism-flu.html …

#TexasDSHSNewsRelease: 10 #Texas Measles Cases in 2019. Read the news release to educate yourself: English: http://ow.ly/5mwy50mHTni  Spanish: http://ow.ly/P7t650mHTwZ  #Measles is a highly contagious disease: immunize, detect early, and use proper hygiene to stop the spread. pic.twitter.com/DaO8rqsYTU