Profile

Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Profile

Alex Tortolero

NCI Predoctoral Fellow
[email protected]

Department

Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests

Health disparities, cancer epidemiology, geospatial determinants of health, hospital quality measures, access to care, survivorship, oral-pharyngeal cancers.

Alex Tortolero

Department

Research Interests

Regional Lunch & Learn -DSHS Region 8 & UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Giselle Day, MPH: Understanding Sociodemoographic Inequities in the HIV Care Continuum Among Wome

Dissertation defense by Melissa Cruz,MPH: Effectiveness of a Meal Delivery Program on Social Connectedness in Veteran Older Adults

Dissertation Defense by Lisa Mitchell-Bennett, MA, MPH: Exploring Social Determinant of Health Factors in the Borderlands

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Weilu Zhao: Discovering HIV Symptom Patterns Using Electronic Health Records Through Topic Model

Dissertation Defense by Kelly Oyer-Peterson, JD, MPH: Health and Health Behaviors by Occupation Among Employed Houston Residents

Five years after COVID-19: Is Texas better prepared for the next public health crisis?

Dissertation Defense by Mike Henson-Garcia: A Parent-Centered Inquiry Into the Promotion of Secure Firearm Storage in the Home

Thesis Presentation by Wanru Guo, MSc: Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches in Modeling Treatment Discontinuation in MOUD

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN ADULTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (

Dissertation Defense by Can Li, MS: Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Modeling Variation in Health Outcomes

Dissertation Defense by Andrew Say, MBA: Mental Health and Well-Being of Minority Entrepreneurs

National Public Health Week Kickoff with Ella Coffee

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Lulu Song, MS: Enhancing Early Cancer Detection Through Biomarkers and Machine Learning Models

Thesis Presentation by Gracie Hufft, BS: Investigating the Genetic Drivers of Obesity: A Biostatistical Analysis of Rai1,

National Public Health Week: Conversation with Dean Boerwinkle

In-Person Lunch & Learn Around the World: Stems & Shoots

Thesis Presentation by Michelle Tran: Neighborhood Environment and its Association with Stress and Inflammation

Grad Fair- Commencement Regalia

National Public Health Week: Pitch Perfect: Practice Day Edition

Dissertation Defense by Hei Kit Chan, MS: Impact of HIV on COVID-19 Disease Dynamics via CTMC Models and Cox PH Models

Dissertation Defense by Emma Bergqvist, MPH: Pediatric long COVID- Associations of SDOH at the Household Level

Dissertation Defense by Tiffany Suragh, MPH: Impact of Cancer on Reproductive Outcomes of Black Adolescent and Young Adult Women

National Public Health Week: Blood Drive with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Thesis Presentation by Mei Robson, BS: Body image misperception and chronic disease

Thesis Presentation by Kennedy Zinn, BS: Exploratory Analysis of GAD-7 Responses in Texas Coronavirus Antibody Response Survey

UTHealth Houston Population Health Symposium

Dissertation Defense by Jennifer Aiyer, MS, MPH, RDN: Food Prescription Programming: an Evaluation of Health Outcomes, Patient Per

Thesis Presentation by Mia Aguirre, BA: Performance of The 1st Generation Plate Test to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug

Dissertation Defense by Sori Lundin: Deep Learning in Dynamic Prediction of Multivariate Longitudinal and Survival Data

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Zixi Wang: Bayesian Semiparametric Spatial and Spatio-temporal Methods for Disease Mapping

Thesis Presentation by Lea Feuerbacher: Exploring the Physical and Social Dimensions of Green Space Use in Austin, Texas.

Dissertation Defense by Aisha Khan, MHA: A Spatial Assessment of TRI Site Exposure and Uterine Cancer Disparities in Texas

Dissertation Defense by Aisha Khan, MHA: A Spatial Assessment of TRI Site Exposure and Uterine Cancer Disparities in Texas

Good Fats - Role in Cardiometabolic Health and Tips for Patient Care

DSHS Region 6/5S Spring 2025 Workshop

Carmel Dyer, MD, Lecture Series hosted by UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging

Institute on Aging Lecture Series

Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Yura Lee, MS: Multi-Omics Insights into Molecular Pathways from Lung to Heart Health

33rd Annual Steele Lecture with Robert Steffen, MD