December 13, 2024
Anna Gitter, PhD, joined the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health in July 2023 as an assistant professor in the environmental and occupational health sciences program. In this "Water Talk", Dr. Gitter discusses groundwater as a drinking water source. Stay tuned to SWCOEH.org for more "Water Talks" with Dr. Gitter.
November 22, 2024
November 15, 2024
October 11, 2024
In this "Water Talk", Dr. Anna Gitter discusses groundwater as a drinking water source.
October 11, 2024
Anna Holdiman, a NIOSH trainee in Occupational Epidemiology in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, earned a scholarship to attend New York University’s Center for Opioid Epidemiology Polysubstance Use Symposium in October.
September 9, 2024
Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, helped lead the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) residencies and fellowships into a new era. Beginning this fall, OEM residencies across the United States will participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
August 21, 2024
Lucy Watson-Cook, a NIOSH-funded Trainee in Industrial Hygiene (IH), is spending the summer of 2024 as an intern with Citgo. Based at Citgo's corporate headquarters in Houston, Watson-Cook has had the opportunity to travel to several of Citgo’s refineries and lubricant plants to complete fieldwork.
August 20, 2024
Sandra Ramirez, a student in Total Worker Health® (TWH) at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was appointed to the Radiation Advisory Board by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The Board advises the state of Texas on radiation issues and reviews the rules, policies, and programs of state agencies that regulate radiation.
August 20, 2024
Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, is leading a new study to evaluate the effectiveness of cooling vests in protecting construction workers from heat stress, part of a broader effort to develop better practices for protecting at-risk workers from heat-related illness.
July 30, 2024
Recent research published in Frontiers in Environmental Health shows significant improvements in knowledge and access to health and safety resources for workers responding to flooded environments using a mobile web application and eHealth tool.
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
