ICYMI - @UTHealth study finds that male virgins can still acquire #HPV, per @UTexasSPH researchers. HPV can cause #CervicalCancer, #OropharyngealCancer and #cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis or anus, according to @CDCgov. #CancerPrevention #HPVvaccine https://www.uth.edu/media/story.htm?id=85217227-374b-4bd0-909f-45c55c9a6b10#.W23Fsw4PaP0.twitter …

Congratulations to @HoustonHealth Vishnu Nepal, PhD for @UTexasSPH dissertation "Evaluation of Measures & a Brief Intervention to Increase #ColorectalCancer Screening." Kabita Sharma (wife) joined Drs. @Maria_e_prof Fernandez (Advisor & Chair), Chan, Banerjee & Lairson. @UTHealth pic.twitter.com/5OBv7mDGyl

GREAT community partnership with @BakerRipley #BackToSchool Fair to share #CancerPrevention information from @UTexasSPH "For Our Children" #HPV vaccination program. Together we can help save lives! #PublicHealth #HealthPromotion #PreventionResearch #ManyFacesofUTHealth @UTHealth pic.twitter.com/o9c7bEh2Ik

“Over your careers some 80% of your patients will have struggled buying food, paying their rent or their mortgage or acquiring transportation,” Rebecca Lunstroth assoc dir @McGovernMed Center for Humanities & Ethics @UTHealth #HealthDisparities #Healthcare https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/To-be-better-doctors-students-learn-what-it-is-to-13111895.php?utm_campaign=twitter-premium&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=social …

Visit the @MinorityHealth National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month observance page for #MinorityMentalHealth events, resources and more throughout July. http://bit.ly/2tY4TO7  pic.twitter.com/y1gf8z6w31

Sheryl McCurdy, PhD, @UTexasSPH_HPBS, @UTHealth CHPPR & @SWCOEH and Preena Loomba @UTexasSPH doctoral candidate research how residents want to equitably distribute $1.1 billion from HUD for #HarveyRecovery @HoustonHCDD REPORT: http://houstontx.gov/housing/Community_Feedback_Summary_V-4.pdf … #HouRecovers #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/rOVEOyyOnN

More than 2,000 children were separated from their parents or caregivers at the U.S. border in recent weeks. What happens to the brain development and long-term health of these kids? Experts from @TexasChildrens and @UTHealth weigh in. http://www.tmc.edu/news/2018/07/the-trauma-of-separation/ …

Students, faculty and staff represented #UTHealth with pride during the 2018 Houston Pride Parade. See photos from the event: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uthealth/albums/72157692620498010 … #UTHealthPride #Pride #PrideHouston @UTexasSPH @McGovernMed @UTSDhouston @UTPhysicians @MDA_UTHGrad @UTHealth_SBMI @PrideHouston

Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS) expert panel convened in Ann Arbor today to develop a clear definition of success in long-standing #CBPR partnerships. More about the MAPS project at http://www.detroiturc.org/affiliated-partners/maps.html … pic.twitter.com/WYEg8AQg2s

Our new publication describing the systematic development of two interventions to increase #hpv #vaccination among #Hispanic adolescents. It also happens to be my first first author pub :) #proudmoment #academictwitter #phdchat https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00164/full … pic.twitter.com/65671gC8qQ

A new article about using media advocacy tools to shape public policy by @UTexasSPH Asst Professors Louis D. Brown & Eric C. Jones, with Joseph C. Berryhill: Integrating #Journalism Into #HealthPromotion: Creating & Disseminating #CommunityNarratives LINK: http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/NaJqaRpGksTtVQUwAikf/full … pic.twitter.com/0Wmrj3P4KX

"Using #InterventionMapping to Develop and Adapt Two #EducationalInterventions for Parents to increase #HPVvaccination among Hispanic Adolescents" by Serena Rodriguez, Angelica Roncancio, Lara Savas, Diana Lopez, Sally Vernon & Maria Fernandez. #HPV LINK: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00164/full … pic.twitter.com/GY5zH6idwA

Join students, faculty and staff from all six #UTHealth schools and @UTPhysicians at Houston Pride Parade 2018, this Saturday, June 23! More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/163947184282416/ … … @McGovernMed @UTexasSPH @UTHealth_SBMI @MDA_UTHGrad #CizikNursing @UTSDhouston @PrideHouston pic.twitter.com/91neJCV0OA

Congratulations Yolanda Serra Martinez, former @UTexasSPH predoctoral fellow, for graduating Intenacional Cum Laude (highest honor) from Universitat de Lleida in Spain with Doctor in Health Sciences. Dissertation on #InterventionMapping directed by CHPPR director @Maria_e_prof. pic.twitter.com/JQySRY5UyL

If every doc listened to new podcast on #HPV vaccine with @TexasDSHS Commissioner John Hellerstedt, lives would be saved. The HPV vaccine is a cancer vaccine. https://bit.ly/2LCoPhV  @texmed @TXPeds @mfraserdc1 @TxHPVCoalition @Immunize_USA @HPVRoundtable @ASTHO @HealthyAmerica1 pic.twitter.com/VCEbmlVbs7

. @Maria_e_prof presenting at @theNCI-designated #cancer center meeting citing my systematic review on the determinants of adolescent #HPV vaccination (out soon!). We can increase vaccination and eliminate cervical cancer! @UTHpromotion @TxHPVCoalition pic.twitter.com/Evf9m98rtr

Dr. William B. Perkison @UTexasSPH asst prof is lead author of article published in @JrnlEnvirOccMed: “Responsibilities of the Occupational & Environmental Medicine Provider in the Treatment & Prevention of #ClimateChange Related Health Problems” https://www.aspph.org/uthealth-climate-change-health-guide-helps-businesses-and-workers/ … @UTHealth pic.twitter.com/1DDrzg557z

Melissa Peskin, PhD, @UTexasSPH associate professor, was featured in the Association of Schools & Programs of #PublicHealth @ASPPHtweets news for having an "Abstract of Distinction" selected by the Society for #PreventionResearch @SPRORG. https://www.aspph.org/uthealth-faculty-member-earns-abstract-of-distinction-honor-from-the-society-for-prevention-research/ … @UTHealth #ASPPH pic.twitter.com/LmYjn2DqPz

“We have to remember the critical importance of implementation science— how do we get the great #NIHdiscoveries out to rural, minority communities?” Thank you @SecAzar & @HHS_ASH for focusing on this key issue #healthequity #bhbp

Updated guideline for #colorectalcancer: If you’re age 45 or older, you should start getting screened. There are a number of test options available, so no matter what you choose, the most important thing is to #GetScreened. http://goo.gl/hgbUEH  pic.twitter.com/S8QofvZ2mE