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Spotlight: Yesmeena Shmaitelly, Learning Medicine Beyond the Clinic Through Food Is Medicine Research

Since May 2025, second-year student at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Yesmeena Shmaitelly, has played a pivotal role in advancing the Harris Health Food is Medicine (FIM) study, a multi-phased project providing fresh produce and nutrition education to at-risk pregnant mothers in the Greater Houston region.
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The Swaddle Study: Advancing Black Maternal Health Through Community Collaboration

The Swaddle Study, led by Serwaa S. Omowale, PhD, LMSW, MPH, assistant professor in Management, Policy, and Community Health and Center for Health Equity (CHE) faculty, is a federally supported, groundbreaking community-based research project designed to address long-standing racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes among Black families in the U.S..
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A Message from Dean Eric Boerwinkle, PhD: 2026 Outlook on Public Health

As we look forward to the year ahead, I invite and encourage you to renew your commitment and passion for the field of public health, and to not lose sight of the importance of our work.
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Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.
Read more Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects
Researchers develop temp-controlled gene method to curb insects

New research presents promising results from an innovative technique that utilizes temperature control to genetically engineer sterile populations of insects, such as mosquitoes responsible for diseases like malaria, dengue, and other vector-borne illnesses.
Read more Researchers develop temp-controlled gene method to curb insects
Alumna selected as an ASPPH/CDC Tribal Health Department Fellow

Alumna Elizabeth Frost, PhD, MPH, MSW, was recently selected as an Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)/Centers for Disease Control Tribal Health Department Fellow.
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UTHealth Houston awarded $25 million to expand recovery housing for Texans recovering from opioid use disorder

Researchers with UTHealth Houston have been awarded $25 million by the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council to expand and enhance recovery housing resources across Texas for those recovering from opioid use disorder. The grant aims to strengthen recovery support systems and help individuals transition toward independent living while maintaining long-term recovery.
Read more UTHealth Houston awarded $25 million to expand recovery housing for Texans recovering from opioid use disorder
Building on Pandemic Lessons

A new publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine calls on healthcare leaders to preserve one of the most important lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic: the power of organizational culture in sustaining continuous learning and improvement across health systems.
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Advancing Cancer Prevention Through Epidemiology

Manali Desai, MBBS, MPH, recently earned her PhD in Epidemiology from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, marking a milestone in a career dedicated to advancing population health.
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UTHealth Houston cancer researchers awarded nearly $10M from CPRIT

Seven UTHealth Houston researchers received awards totaling nearly $10 million in funding from The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a state legislative initiative designed to advance cancer research and prevention in Texas. The recipients oversee initiatives spanning multiple strategic and beneficial areas within cancer research and prevention.
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Krishna Surasi

Spotlight: Yesmeena Shmaitelly, Learning Medicine Beyond the Clinic Through Food Is Medicine Research

The Swaddle Study: Advancing Black Maternal Health Through Community Collaboration

A Message from Dean Eric Boerwinkle, PhD: 2026 Outlook on Public Health

Researchers develop temperature-controlled gene-editing method to potentially improve efforts to control disease-carrying insects

Researchers develop temp-controlled gene method to curb insects

Alumna selected as an ASPPH/CDC Tribal Health Department Fellow

UTHealth Houston awarded $25 million to expand recovery housing for Texans recovering from opioid use disorder

Building on Pandemic Lessons

Advancing Cancer Prevention Through Epidemiology

UTHealth Houston cancer researchers awarded nearly $10M from CPRIT

Spring 2026 Welcome Week: Practice Starts Now/Get PHIT

Spring 2026 Welcome Week: Alumni Panel

Brain Health Research Group - Monthly Meeting

Spring 2026 Welcome Week: Mental Wellness in 2026

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Lorena Macias-Navarro: Conversational Agents in Nutrition Interventions

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Tianyao Hao, MS: Bayesian Design and Analysis of Adaptive Clinical Trials

Dissertation Proposal Defense by Yue Xu, MPH, DrPH Candidate: Navigating Infertility Treatment

Dissertation Proposal Defence by Qi Xue, MPH: Investigating Associations Btwn Food Insecurity, FI Interventions, & Adolescent MH

Beyond January: Mocktails for Healthy Habits That Last

8th Annual Symposium on Aging Research

2026 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Update Conference: Comprehensive Autism Care Across the Spectrum