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Speaker: Olivia Thomas MS, RDN, LDN and Adanté Hart, MPH, RDN, LDN
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Co-Founder and CIO of Rewire Health
Director of Nutrition Innovation and Implementation at Boston Medical Center
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    • Alumna Recognized in the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health 

      Alumna Maha Almohamad, PhD (‘24), MS, was recently recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation's 40 Under 40 in Public Health Class of 2025, a national honor that recognizes early-career professionals.

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    • CHPPR Researchers Aim to Improve Diabetes Self-Management Through Behavior Change and Comprehensive Food Curriculum

      Researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research have launched a pilot of an enhanced version of the established and effective SCAN (Sustainable Culturally Adaptive Nutrition) Program integrated with Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support services.

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      Breast cancer advocates attest that there is much more that can be done to meaningfully support patients and survivors than what we typically see promoted in advertisements or on social media.

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    • Meet Alexander Testa, PhD, a San Antonio faculty member and violence prevention researcher

      Alexander Testa, PhD, is an associate professor at the San Antonio location of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in the department of Management, Policy and Community Health since he joined the school in 2022. Testa's research focuses on violence interventions and prevention.

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    • Researchers awarded $2.8M NIH grant to address gaps in multiple sclerosis exercise programs for Hispanic adults 

      UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers were awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute of Health, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop a culturally tailored exercise program for Hispanic adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). 

      Read more Researchers awarded $2.8M NIH grant to address gaps in multiple sclerosis exercise programs for Hispanic adults 
    • New AI Model from UTHealth Houston Researchers Predicts Individual Infection Risk Using Social Network Data

      Researchers at UTHealth Houston have developed an artificial intelligence framework that predicts COVID-19 infection risk using complex social network data spanning personal, household, and community layers.

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    • Genetic variants can simultaneously increase BMI and lower cholesterol risk, UTHealth Houston researchers find

      Individuals with a genetic profile that puts them at risk of obesity may not necessarily be at risk of having high cholesterol, UTHealth Houston researchers discovered. 

      Read more Genetic variants can simultaneously increase BMI and lower cholesterol risk, UTHealth Houston researchers find
    • BMI alone may not be enough to measure cardiometabolic disease risk among adults, UTHealth Houston researchers find

      Body mass index (BMI) alone may not be enough to measure someone’s risk of cardiometabolic disease, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.

      Read more BMI alone may not be enough to measure cardiometabolic disease risk among adults, UTHealth Houston researchers find
    • Doctoral student and global health advocate Shayanne Martin created a foundation to find a cure for her daughter’s rare disease

      As a child, Shayanne Martin dreamed of becoming a scientist who would change the world by curing diseases, but by the time she reached high school she was more interested in a career field where she could serve the immediate and practical health needs of communities. That’s when she discovered public health.

      Read more Doctoral student and global health advocate Shayanne Martin created a foundation to find a cure for her daughter’s rare disease
    • New Pilot Grant Supports Research on Social Adversity and Brain Aging

      Assistant Professor Chelsea Liu, PhD, has been awarded a $20,000 pilot grant from the UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging.

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