Education and Training

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health has many different programs available in the areas of biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, health promotion, and management, policy and community health.

Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research is housed within the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences (HPBS) at the UTHealth School of Public Health. This academic division seeks to promote healthy lifestyles and to prevent disease through the application of social and behavioral sciences. Degree-seeking students are offered the following three options through the HPBS department:

Master of Public Health (MPH)
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health (PhD)

Details for each degree as well as admissions information may be found on the HPBS admissions page.

The Center for Health Promotion coordinates its research goals with the teaching efforts of the department and offers a variety of support mechanisms for students in UTHealth School of Public Health degree programs. Click on the program name for more information.

CPRIT Innovation for Cancer Prevention Research Fellowship

The CPRIT-UTHealth Fellowship in Innovation for Cancer Prevention Research is a training program for pre- and post-doctoral fellowships in cancer prevention and control.

Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health

The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Training Program aims to strengthen the capacity of the public health work force to meet the needs of diverse MCH populations via accessible and customized public health education and training.

NCI Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Cancer Education

The UTHealth School of Public Health (UTSPH) has both pre- and post-doctoral fellowships in cancer prevention and control that offer students excellent mentoring, training opportunities, and placements on research teams.

Continuing Education in Health Promotion

A variety of short courses and workshops are conducted by the Center for Health Promotion Research through which current students and non-student healthcare and education professionals may increase their knowledge base for teaching, conducting research, or performing clinical applications relating to health promotion and disease prevention.

Tweets by @UTHpromotion

You're invited to the John P. McGovern Lecture Series in #HealthPromotion with Esteve Fernández, MD, MPH, PhD discussing "The TackSHS Project: Tackling Secondhand #Tobacco Smoke and #ECigarette Emissions" on Wed., Jan. 23, 12-1 p.m., at RAS 102A. Join us! https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/chppr/ … pic.twitter.com/o0CA2rX9BN
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If you’re a #HISD middle schooler parent, there’s still time to see whether your child can get FREE #vaccines to protect their health. Find out more online @ http://www.allforthemvaccines.com or call 713.500.2555. @HoustonISD @TexasChildrens @memorialhermann @AllVaccines #AllForThem pic.twitter.com/hN3gopYyLm
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Happy Birthday to Mary Brown, Senior Admin. Coordinator, who has faithfully served the @UTHealth system for over 40 years! We celebrate Mary's 77th birthday and her many contributions to the Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences department at @UTexasSPH. #ManyFacesOfUTHealth pic.twitter.com/y1nWkEmxhw
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Congratulations to Jennifer Reingle Gonzalez, PhD, associate professor & assistant regional dean at @UTHSPHDallas, for recent appointment to National Academies Forum on Global Violence Prevention Link https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/Gonzalez-appointed-to-the-National-Academies-Forum-on-Global-Violence-Prevention/ … #ManyFacesofUTHealth @UTexasSPH @UTHealth @NASEM_Health pic.twitter.com/a4W3a5JKai – At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Remembering 2018 with passing of legendary civil rights & LGBTQ activist #RayHill, awarded 2008 John P. #McGovern Award from @UTexasSPH Mr. Hill worked with Dr. Patricia Dolan Mullen, @UTHealth Distinguish Teaching Professor, on #PublicHealth & #CJReform @ThePrisonShow @keribla pic.twitter.com/S3pOeF8b03 – At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Happy New Year! We wish you good health, joy and success in 2019 and beyond! #ManyFacesOfUTHealth #HappyNewYear2019 #NewYears2019 pic.twitter.com/9WxWNOHxXy
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Are you a bilingual researcher interested in working on reducing Latino #DayLaborers injury disparities? Experienced in community trials and care about public health? Please join us at @UTexasSPH! Apply here: https://uth.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/research-coordinator-ii-public-health-tmc-3384 … pic.twitter.com/3NWKmUP018
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At #APHA18 with two of my #healthpromotion heros Larry Green and Marshall Kreuter. Working on upcoming new edition of PRECEDE-PROCEED HEALTH Promotion Planning book. #UTHpromotion #precedeproceed pic.twitter.com/m6eFtHGP9n
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Excited to be a the Optimisation and Adaptation Think Tank in Newcastle Australia with Excellent D&I scientists! #implementationscience #UTHealthpromotion #adaptation pic.twitter.com/SYJwtmkiR7
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Great meeting Luke! You and your team are at the forefront of this thinking already. Glad to contribute. https://twitter.com/LukeWolfenden/status/1057409761832882176 …
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It’s National Mammography Day! Use today as an opportunity to talk to the ladies in your life about the importance of #mammograms, and remind them to schedule their yearly appointment if they’re age 40 or older and of average risk. #BCAM18 pic.twitter.com/GVgdSQhR8m
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#TobaccoPrevention efforts may benefit from engaging low-income Hispanic youth & families per latest research by @UTexasSPH Denise Vasquez, Mika Cohen Jones & Louis D. Brown featured in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Y4datVjbhrvq7btHx9RU/full … #PreventionResearch pic.twitter.com/7P5vvy8twE
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Cancer prevention saves lives! @UTHealth CHPPR Dir Maria E. Fernández spoke with @NoticiasHouston to promote FDA approved #HPV vaccine for men & women ages 27 to 45. The #HPVvax protects against 90% of HPV types that cause #CervicalCancer. Video: https://www.iqmediacorp.com/ClipPlayer?ClipID=7da480c2-92f9-40cd-89d6-2c622fc78390&TE=%7B0%7D … #HouNews pic.twitter.com/aHSuJLs1Bl
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In the first text of its kind, Dr. @Maria_e_prof led "Evidence-Based #CancerPractices, Programs, and Interventions" chapter with @UTHealth Distinguished Teaching Professor Patricia Dolan Mullen and @UTexasSPH Timothy J. Walker. Link: https://bit.ly/2ysWhCv #ImplementationScience pic.twitter.com/J9GmNPY3WM
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#HPVvaccine Expanded for People Ages 27 to 45 The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Gardasil 9, a vaccine against nine strains of the human papillomavirus for older age groups. The #HPVvax prevents #CervicalCancer & saves lives. #HPV https://nyti.ms/2BYW511
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. @UTexasSPH "Health In My Hands / Salud en Mis Manos" health promotion program is linking @CPRITTexas funded #BreastCancer and #CervicalCancer resource information with #BreastHealthSummit community partners. #ManyFacesofUTHealth @UTHealth pic.twitter.com/63KAwf9UT1 – At Norris Conference Center
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Several faculty members from the School of Public Health were featured in the ASPPH News after receiving CPRIT grants for cancer research and prevention. https://www.aspph.org/uthealth-cancer-fighters-get-cprit-grants-for-research-and-prevention/ … pic.twitter.com/Ka3HwCXtzm
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Drs. Maria Fernandez and Lara Savas present #UTHpromotion cancer control interventions to reduce #healthdisparities funded by #CPRIT at #2018WCC #CHPPR pic.twitter.com/ntYDOMBIeO
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Strategies for addressing cervical cancer in Africa. Much the US can learn about decreasing health disparities! #2018WCC #UTHpromotion #CHPPR #CervicalCancer #plannedparenthoodinternational pic.twitter.com/UFvrcYU1o8
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JUST IN: Congratulations to our Dr. Jim Allison, who has jointly won the 2018 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, for his #immunotherapy research. http://bit.ly/2IxrDfS @NobelPrize #endcancer
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