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Get to know the team: Anne Marie

Anne Marie Thompson, MPH, CHES, CLC joined the Center for Health Equity (CHE) in October 2023 as Senior Project Manager.
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Maha receives $10,000 from the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN)

Maha Almohamad, MS, who works as a Graduate Research Association and is currently pursuing her PhD in Epidemiology, received $10,000 in grant funding from the Walmart Foundation, offered by the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN).
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Humana Foundation awards $249,963 to Produce Prescription Program

The Humana Foundation awarded $249,963 to a current study, Produce Prescription to Improve Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes among At-risk Children and Their Families, led by the Center for Health Equity and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Shreela Sharma, PhD, Ru-Che (Lindi) Chuang, DrPH, and Sandra McKay, MD.
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Student spotlight and veteran highlight: Mohamed Elfadl

For Mohamed Elfadl, an MPH student in San Antonio, getting a public health degree is just one more piece of his diverse and impressive journey as a medical professional and international citizen.
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Researchers Expanding a Successful Program to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

Researchers at the UTHealth Houston Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research and UT Health San Antonio are expanding a program proven to increase HPV vaccination rates among childhood cancer survivors by providing the HPV vaccine through pediatric oncology sites.
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Alumna's Post-Pandemic Path in Public Health

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health 2020 graduate Kat Sisler, MPH, MPAff, serves as an idyllic example of the resilience and determination required by students that completed their degrees during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UTHealth Houston researcher receives NIH subcontract to study effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia

As part of a five-year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Adriana Pérez, PhD, professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science with UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin, received a $1.9 million subcontract to determine the scope and drivers of low-value and unequal care for patients with Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s disease dementia.
Read more UTHealth Houston researcher receives NIH subcontract to study effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia
El Paso Nutrition and Healthy Weight Clinic opens to increase access to medical treatment for weight loss

El Paso Nutrition and Healthy Weight Clinic of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has opened its doors to help patients and providers in the Paso del Norte region with comprehensive clinical weight loss support through evidence-based medical treatments and training.

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UTHealth Houston partners with Mexican organizations for $5M NIH grant to improve implementation of cancer control interventions in Mexico and Latin America

A five-year, $5 million grant has been awarded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to the UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science to support research and training in implementation science, with a focus on improving cancer control efforts in Mexico and Latin America.
Read more UTHealth Houston partners with Mexican organizations for $5M NIH grant to improve implementation of cancer control interventions in Mexico and Latin America
School of Public Health and TEPHI Partner to Train Over 400 CHWs in El Paso

Hosted by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in El Paso and the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI), staff and faculty train CHWs in data collection, professional development, psychological first aid, cancer prevention, emergency preparedness, and more.
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Get to know the team: Anne Marie

Maha receives $10,000 from the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition (GSCN)

Humana Foundation awards $249,963 to Produce Prescription Program

Student spotlight and veteran highlight: Mohamed Elfadl

Researchers Expanding a Successful Program to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

Alumna's Post-Pandemic Path in Public Health

UTHealth Houston researcher receives NIH subcontract to study effects of integrated palliative care on Parkinson’s, related dementia

El Paso Nutrition and Healthy Weight Clinic opens to increase access to medical treatment for weight loss

UTHealth Houston partners with Mexican organizations for $5M NIH grant to improve implementation of cancer control interventions in Mexico and Latin America

School of Public Health and TEPHI Partner to Train Over 400 CHWs in El Paso

Dissertation proposal defense by Andi Liu, MPH: Unveiling Alzheimer's Pathology through Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis

Practicum New Learning Contract System Training

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Katherine Ludorf, BA: Etiologic origins and consequences of birth defects among infants

Thesis presentation by Aparna Subramaniam, MBBS, MPH: The epidemiology of primary cardiac angiosarcoma-A single institution review

Texas NMDOH Consortium Conference: Advancing Research, Policy and Practice

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Zitong Zhang, MS: Scholarly Recommendation Systems: Recommenders for Datasets and Grant Projects

Practicum New Learning Contract System Training

The Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Day of Science Symposium

This is Public Health Virtual Graduate School Fair