UTHealth Houston is excited to announce the appointment of Kari North, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in genetic epidemiology and public health genomics, to the School of Public Health. Read the full article here: go.uth.edu/KariNorth

#Measles in the #Sewers? #WastewaterSurveillance Offers Early Warning for #Outbreaks. #Houston #BCMTailorLabs #saracregeen @miketisza.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social #TEPHITexas #RiceU @uthealthsph.bsky.social @apha.org www.discovermagazine.com/health/measl... @discovermag.bsky.social

Congratulations to this year's School of Public Health graduates! Over 240 graduates celebrated this momentous occasion with their family and friends. Stay tuned for more photos!

An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks viruses in #wastewater identified the #measles virus in #Houston in early January 2025, before cases were reported. #TailorLabs #saracregeen @miketisza.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social #TEPHITexas #RiceU @apha.org www.bcm.edu/news/measles...

Congratulations to our incredible dual degree MD/MPH students who celebrated #MatchDay2025 Read more about four School of Public Health MD/MPH students who shared their stories and why they chose a combined degree in medicine and public health: sph.uth.edu/news/story/m...

A new study led by Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, PhD, assistant professor in Epidemiology, highlights need to develop assessments on the family food environment. sph.uth.edu/news/story/n...

Alexander Testa, PhD, assistant professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio, was awarded a new grant of nearly $250,000 to expand his current research on firearm thefts from vehicles. Read the full article: sph.uth.edu/news/story/t...

Researchers at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville have been awarded a $965,000 grant over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health to explore the impacts of PFAS on bone health in Hispanic/Latino populations.