July 23, 2024
Nhu Nguyen, a NIOSH-funded Trainee in Industrial Hygiene at the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) is spending the summer of 2024 as an intern at the Freeport-McMoRan copper mine in Morenci, Arizona.
July 19, 2024
Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD, associate professor with the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at UTHealth Houston, led research that shows how under-regulated, dangerous, and physically demanding work performed largely by migrant and refugee workers in the Gulf of Mexico had adverse health impacts.
July 17, 2024
A large contingent of trainees, faculty and alumni from the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) attended the AIHA Conference in Columbus, Ohio in May.
July 3, 2024
Brett Perkison was a guest speaker on the “Workplace Health Without Borders” (WHWB) Webinar on June 13.
June 27, 2024
William “Brett” Perkison, MD, MPH, was the first author on a study of heat illness prevention in outdoor workers. The study examined the effects of removing the medical surveillance component from a heat illness prevention program (HIPP) for outdoor workers in Central Texas.
June 27, 2024
Jooyeon Hwang, PhD, an associate professor in industrial hygiene for the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was principal investigator on a study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in firefighters. The study found an association between PAH exposure and changes in blood cell components in firefighters, emphasizing the need for improved decontamination protocols and protective measures, particularly for volunteer firefighters.
June 21, 2024
Dr. William "Brett" Perkison, MD, MPH, presented a poster at the International Conference on Occupational Health in Marrakesh, Morocco in May that discussed the urgent need for workplaces to incorporate both temperature and ambient air pollution levels in to their heat stress prevention programs.
May 21, 2024
Designed to support pre-doctoral fellows and educational opportunities at UTHealth Houston, the Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability, one of many celebrated endowments at the university, has expanded to incorporate environmental matters. Established in 2017 by long-standing university supporters Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD, and Vibhu Sharma, the endowment recognizes the significance and implications of the environment of community health.
April 2, 2024
Assistant Professor Jenil Patel, PhD, served as first author of a study that found an increased prevalence of work-related asthma among selected groups of healthcare professionals. The study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM).
February 8, 2024
Shannon Guillot-Wright and Lacy Davis of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health launched new fishermen research in Louisiana. The research is part of a $660K grant awarded to Guillot-Wright and her team from the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education and CDC/NIOSH, “Addressing Health Disparities among Commercial Fishermen by Implementing a Community-based Intervention.”
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
