Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Conducting research to develop, evaluate and disseminate health promotion and disease prevention programs in diverse settings and populations.

Our Mission

Our mission is to conduct research to develop, evaluate, and disseminate health promotion and disease prevention programs in varied settings and populations.

At the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR), we leverage the substantial experience and expertise of our faculty and staff and employ cutting edge models and frameworks to accelerate the adoption and implementation of sustainable evidence-based interventions.

CHPPR Collaborative Framework

Featured News

New public health building opens!

For students at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Aug. 31 will mark more than the start of a new semester. It will usher in a new era as they prepare to learn and connect in a newly constructed state-of-the-art facility designed with their education and future careers in mind.
UTHealth Houston Researchers Join National Conversation on Addiction Recovery Science

Researchers from the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research recently attended a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) scientific meeting on addiction recovery science to represent UTHealth Houston and help lead the national conversation about the future of the field.
UTHealth Houston Showcases Cancer Prevention and Research During CPRIT Site Visit

This April, UTHealth Houston hosted leaders from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) for an informal site visit. University leadership, CPRIT awardees, and other researchers at UTHealth Houston engaged with the CPRIT leaders to discuss CPRIT’s funding priorities and to share cancer-related research and prevention programs led by UTHealth Houston across Texas.
Ami E. Sedani, PhD, MPH Brings Experience in Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control to CHPPR

Ami E. Sedani, PhD, MPH is one of the newest investigators at the UTHealth Houston Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research.

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Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Conducting research to develop, evaluate and disseminate health promotion and disease prevention programs in diverse settings and populations.

Our Mission

Featured News

New public health building opens!

UTHealth Houston Researchers Join National Conversation on Addiction Recovery Science

UTHealth Houston Showcases Cancer Prevention and Research During CPRIT Site Visit

Ami E. Sedani, PhD, MPH Brings Experience in Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control to CHPPR

NIH awards $4M grant to study GLP-1 weight regain

Childhood obesity: How can it be avoided?

UTHealth Houston database fills gap in long COVID surveillance

HIV and AIDS: Detection, prevention, and treatment

New MPH alum Taylor Downs leads community health outreach clinics in San Antonio

Cardiometabolic risk factors can be identified in kids as young as 8

Jennifer Thompson, PhD: From Doctoral Graduate to Faculty Member

Tsai’s mental health research journal earns high impact factor

Firefighter health 25 years after 9/11

New public health building opens!

Fall 2026 Career Week: Let's Talk Resumes & CV's with SPH Writing Support Services

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Boya Peng, MS: Modeling Respiratory Disease Heterogeneity and Dynamics for Decision Support

Epidemiology Seminar

Houston Health Department Open House -An Academic Health Department Event

What Happens After Families Go Home? Understanding Real-World Breastfeeding Challenges and Parent Experiences

Dissertation Defense by Kyung Serk Cho, MA: Multiscale statistical and machine learning methods for modeling TLS

Carmel Dyer Lecture Series, "Tailoring Digital Health to Support Physical Activity in Older Family Caregivers"

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Tuate White, MPH: Evaluating the Harris Health Food Farmacy Program among Adults with Diabetes

Dissertation Defense by Mitch Strahlman, BA, MS: Determinants of Adolescent and Parental Suicidal Thoughts within the Family Unit

Carmel Dyer Lecture Series, ""From Falls Risk Identification to Intervention: eSTEPS Results, AgeTech Innovations, and Designing"

From Research to Action: A Roadmap for a Healthier Texas

Institute for Implementation Science Seminar Series - Issues in Pragmatic Implementation Science

Practicum 101 Information Session

Center for Infectious Diseases Lecture with Olanrewaju Adekunle, MS

UTHealth Houston GoPA!–GoPE! Summit: Advancing Physical Activity from Surveillance to Implementation & Policy

Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Catherine Vaziri PhD(c), MPH: Molecular Ecology of Hard Tick Species in Texas

Student Flu Shots

Practicum Learning Contracts Information Session

Dissertation Defense by Lorena Macias-Navarro, MSc: Conversational Agents in Nutrition: Synthesis, Methods, and Evaluation

Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Conducting research to develop, evaluate and disseminate health promotion and disease prevention programs in diverse settings and populations.

Our Mission

Featured News

Fernández talks implementation science impact on podcast

Partnership with UT Physicians Brings CHPPR’s SCAN Diabetes Nutrition Program into Clinical Practice

CHPPR Expands Successful SCAN Program to Support Diabetes Management

Fall 2026 Career Week: Let's Talk Resumes & CV's with SPH Writing Support Services

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Boya Peng, MS: Modeling Respiratory Disease Heterogeneity and Dynamics for Decision Support

Epidemiology Seminar

Houston Health Department Open House -An Academic Health Department Event

What Happens After Families Go Home? Understanding Real-World Breastfeeding Challenges and Parent Experiences

Dissertation Defense by Kyung Serk Cho, MA: Multiscale statistical and machine learning methods for modeling TLS

Carmel Dyer Lecture Series, "Tailoring Digital Health to Support Physical Activity in Older Family Caregivers"

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Tuate White, MPH: Evaluating the Harris Health Food Farmacy Program among Adults with Diabetes

Dissertation Defense by Mitch Strahlman, BA, MS: Determinants of Adolescent and Parental Suicidal Thoughts within the Family Unit

Carmel Dyer Lecture Series, ""From Falls Risk Identification to Intervention: eSTEPS Results, AgeTech Innovations, and Designing"

From Research to Action: A Roadmap for a Healthier Texas

Institute for Implementation Science Seminar Series - Issues in Pragmatic Implementation Science

Practicum 101 Information Session

Center for Infectious Diseases Lecture with Olanrewaju Adekunle, MS

UTHealth Houston GoPA!–GoPE! Summit: Advancing Physical Activity from Surveillance to Implementation & Policy

Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Catherine Vaziri PhD(c), MPH: Molecular Ecology of Hard Tick Species in Texas

Student Flu Shots

Practicum Learning Contracts Information Session

Dissertation Defense by Lorena Macias-Navarro, MSc: Conversational Agents in Nutrition: Synthesis, Methods, and Evaluation