Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences seeks to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease through the application of social and behavioral sciences.
Health promotion is based on this critical human right and encompasses a positive and inclusive concept of health as a determinant of the quality of life and physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It is a core function of public health and contributes to the work of tackling communicable and noncommunicable diseases and other threats to health.
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Alumni Feature: Kymberle Sterling, DrPH, MPH, first Black Woman at School of Public Health Awarded Tenure
Sterling makes history at UTHealth School of Public Health by being the first Black woman to receive tenure.
Please join us in welcoming our new faculty members!!
Dr. Nola Eugene, Dr. Kathryn Gallardo, Dr. Dale Mantey, and Dr. Ethan Hunt.
Congratulations to Sumaita Choudhury and her co-authors for their recent publication: "Coping with adverse childhood experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perceptions of mental health service providers."
Happy Holidays to our UTHealth Houston School of Public Health family! We wish you a safe and joyous break!
Congratulations, Dr. Fernandez!
Congratulations to LaTanya J. Love, MD, and Richard W. Smalling, MD, PhD, with McGovern Medical School; Maria E. Fernandez, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health; and Susan H. Fenton, PhD, with UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics; who were recognized by President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, as 2021 President’s Scholar Award recipients!
“Today, we honor individuals passionate about the mission of UTHealth Houston who continuously show dedication to this institution,” Colasurdo said.
Read more about the honorees go.uth.edu/2021PSA
Five UTHealth Houston Faculty Members Honored With Endowments in Recognition of Their Continued Work
Endowments are a poignant reminder to faculty members of the importance of their roles and responsibilities in academics and research. Donors fund ...
Join us in congratulating Dr. Melissa Peskin for being appointed Vice-chair of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Andrew Springer, DrPH, has been recognized by the University of Texas System Regents with the 2022 Outstanding Teaching Award. Read the full article here:
https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/springer-recognized-by-ut-regents-with-2022-outstanding-teaching-award?fbclid=IwAR39sedaQkCmzkOVyo70C3Ns4HT1vVCg8E4ahpJfHU3w-ts3JUgg4yFcQBo
Let's go Astros! It's World Series time so show your support by wearing your Astros gear on Friday, October 28 for Game 1! Tag us in any pictures of you, your friends, or coworkers wearing Astros gear!
UTHealth Houston, Baylor College of Medicine to collaborate on new HIV Implementation Science Consultation Hub
The UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science and the Texas Developmental Center for AIDS Research (Texas D-CFAR), a collaboration between...
Join us in congratulating Elena Luna, DrPH, MPH, CPH, who will be an Evaluation Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy (OADPS) in the Program Performance and Evaluation Office. During this two-year fellowship, she will be working on evaluation projects to help advance the CDC’s evaluation capacity and improve the evaluation of health equity and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
Would you like to make a positive change in ? Boost your career and build healthier communities with certificate programs from UTHealth School of Public Health's Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences.
Learn more about the specialized certificate programs we offer and find the one that aligns with your interests. Application deadline for Spring 2023 is November 1.
Apply today! https://bit.ly/3PSA9a3
Join us in congratulating HPBS doctoral student Ghadir Helal Salsa for being awarded the Gerry C. Gunnin Public Health Memorial Fellowship for her outstanding achievements.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Christine Markham has officially been appointed as Chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth School of Public Health.
https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/markham-appointed-chair-of-the-department-health-promotion-and-behavioral-sciences?fbclid=IwAR0KM6PgZnva441AIFIkPO-wIb3qJVTvMcJh7abt74tk5kqbUFYNaRm4Vrg
Love After War: Saving Love, Saving Lives
Virtual viewing and Live Q&A panel
Join the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences for a screening of the Love After War documentary. This feature-length documentary delves deep into the intimate lives of injured veterans and their partners. It is a story of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, true love, physical and emotional pain, altruism, coming home, and sexual healing.
UTHealth members will be able to access the documentary screening from April 4 – 11 and UTHealth will then host a virtual Live 90-minute Q&A with Dr. Tepper, Lex Frieden, and Terry Chase who appeared in the documentary on April 11 from 12-1:30 pm (CST).
Learn more about the documentary: https://www.loveafterwar.org/
Private screening: https://watch.showandtell.film/watch/loveafterwar-UTHealth
Live Q&A via webex:
https://uthealth.webex.com/uthealth/j.php?MTID=mb7d8acba0d54631a67c5af79baa944da
University calendar event information: https://inside.uth.edu/calendar/event.htm?id=f5d1b853-eab5-40fd-960d-5ea3c6edb229
Join us in congratulating Dr. Peskin for being selected as the newest member of the Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science Education for her exceptional teaching performance.
https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/peskin-inducted-into-the-kenneth-i-shine-md-academy-of-health-science
The NCI Graduate Student Recruiting Program (GSRP) is currently accepting applications for a virtual visit that will be held on May 11th and 12th, 2022.
The GSRP is a competitive program that provides students the opportunity to explore postdoctoral fellowships in cancer biology (basic and translational), epidemiology & genetics, cancer control, and population sciences. NCI is committed to training the next generation of scientific leaders, and it is crucial that this reflects the diversity of the population it serves. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented populations.
During the two-day virtual visit in May, invited applicants will:
• learn about current research being conducted at the NCI
• discover career & professional development resources that NIH and NCI have to offer
• present their research and connect with peers
• network with investigators, staff, and current postdocs
Applications open in December.
The application deadline is February 4, 2022
Please check www.cancer.gov/CSRP for more details or contact [email protected]
Please join us in watching this amazing video of our Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at UTHealth!
Faculty, students and staff with the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at UTHealth are leading the nation in conducting innovative research to develop, evaluate, and disseminate health promotion and disease prevention programs in diverse settings and populations in all parts of Texas.
Take this as a sign to apply today to our program to work with and learn alongside amazing faculty!!
Faculty, students and staff with the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research @ UTHealth are leading the nation in conducting innovative research ...
Please Join us in congratulating Victoria Kwentua, MPH, on her outstanding achievements in being selected as the sixth fellow to be awarded the Sharma Family endowed scholarship!!
Please click the link below to read more!
Victoria Kwentua, MPH, a doctoral student in health promotion and behavioral sciences at UTHealth School of Public Health, has been selected as the sixth fellow to be awarded the Sharma family endowed scholarship. She aims to expand her knowledge on childhood obesity and nutrition.
“In the past, I have mostly worked on preventing infant and child mortality, so working on the health promotion side is a breath of fresh air. I love to learn new things, and this is one topic that will round out my experiences as a maternal and child health professional and future professor,” said Kwentua.
Read more about Kwentua and the Sharma Endowed Fund for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Health & Wellness at UTHealth.
https://bit.ly/3kKxnr4
Warmest Congratulations to Emanuelle Dias and Derek Craig on their achievements in being selected for the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network Scholars Program! (CPCRN)
Faculty Spotlight🎉
We are excited to announce that Dr. Maria E. Fernández and Dr. Patricia Mullen have been awarded nearly $4 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
Congratulations on your achievements! You have made us all proud!✨
UTHealth Houston researchers have been awarded nearly $4 million from CPRIT to increase the number of cancer prevention scientists and boost cancer health equity across the state.
Headed by Maria E. Fernández, PhD, with UTHealth School of Public Health, the UTHealth-CPRIT Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research Training Program will use a systematic method to teach career and problem-solving skills, team science, and transdisciplinary communication to produce more innovative scientists and research products. Read more here👉 https://bit.ly/3l9SinQ.
Lea Sacca graduated from our PhD program in August and was accepted as a Postdoc at FIU college of medicine.
Our Warmest congratulations on your achievements!🎉🎉
UTHealth-CPRIT Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research Training Program Doctoral Fellowships
Applications are now open for the 2021 Cycle!
Students will join outstanding scholars from diverse disciplines in the Schools of Public Health, Biomedical Informatics, Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and McGovern Medical School who are committed to a career in cancer prevention research and health equity. Potential career domains may include academia, care delivery, entrepreneurship, industry, public health, research, or others.
Applications are due October 4, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
To download the application and for more information, please visit go.uth.edu/innovation or contact [email protected]
Our renewed and revamped Program sponsored by the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, is recruiting junior doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from the Schools of Bioinformatics, Public Health, and Biomedical Sciences and other UTHealth institutions to ask important questions, apply th...
Call for Applications for the Mariam K. Chamberlain Award.
Apply by Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at 11:59pm EST
Submit an online application here:
https://empatsy.wufoo.com/forms/mariam-k-chamberlain-dissertation-award-20212022/?emci=87581b93-3816-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=c704bed8-f516-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=3732772
ICRW is now accepting applications for the 2021- 2022 Mariam K. Chamberlain Award, which honors the legacy of Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain, a visionary who founded Re:Gender – formerly the National Council for Research on Women – in 1981.
The $10,000 award will support a first-generation doctoral student as they work on a dissertation under the close supervision of a senior dissertation advisor over one academic year. Of the award total, the student will receive $8,500, and the advisor(s) will receive a total of $1,500. The graduate student’s dissertation must be related to ICRW's mission to advance gender equity, inclusion and shared prosperity worldwide.
For more information, please visit our Mariam K. Chamberlain Award page.
https://www.icrw.org/mariam-k-chamberlain-award/?emci=87581b93-3816-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&emdi=c704bed8-f516-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=3732772
Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain was the founding president of the National Council for Research on Women, which merged with ICRW in September 2016. Dr. Chamberlain was a true visionary whose contributions to the feminist and social justice movements can be seen across the world by generations of women. Ma...
UTHealth-CPRIT Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research Training Program Doctoral Fellowships
Applications are now open for the 2021 cycle!
Students will join outstanding scholars from diverse disciplines in the Schools of Public Health, Biomedical Informatics, Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and McGovern Medical School who are committed to a career in cancer prevention research and health equity. Potential career domains may include academia, care delivery, entrepreneurship, industry, public health, research, or others.
Applications are due October 4, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
Information session for this opportunity will be held at the following date:
Friday, September 10th at 12:00 p.m. (CST)
Click link to Join
https://uthealth.webex.com/webappng/sites/uthealth/meeting/download/6CB8B67CD4CB0402E053C306FC0ABBC9
To download the application and for more information, please visit go.uth.edu/innovation or contact [email protected]
NIH has reissued the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) funding opportunities. MOSAIC is a trans-NIH initiative that aims to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce.
Applications for the MOSAIC scholar awards (K99/R00) are due October 27, and applications for the institutional awards for cohort-based mentoring and career development that support the scholars (UE5) are due November 18.
If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to attend an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 7, at 2 p.m. ET. Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xFGTr
New Faculty Spotlight📢📢
We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Faculty!!
▫️Dr. John "Wesley" McWhorter (Houston Campus)
▫️Dr. Caitlin Murphy (Houston Campus)
▫️Dr. Natalia Heredia (Houston Campus)
▫️Dr. Emily Hébert (Austin Campus)
Six campuses, One team, Making a difference🌟
Are you interested in becoming one of the ?
Our next Dietetic Internship cohort will start in fall 2022. Apply now!
https://sph.uth.edu/application/
Are you interested in becoming one of the ?
Our next Dietetic Internship cohort will start in fall 2022. Apply now!
https://sph.uth.edu/application/
Includes: Course work, re-admission, accelerated master's program (4+1), certification programs, concurrent inter-institution enrollment and audit.
Student Spotlight📣🗣🎉
Please join us in congratulating our exceptional DrPH student, Elena Luna, who was selected in the American Evaluation Association for the Graduate Education Diversity Internship 2021-2022 Cohort.
This is very exciting news and we are extremely proud of you!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Rix, who accepted a postdoc fellowship position with the Penn Injury Science Center at the University of Pennsylvania! Dr. Rix is a recent graduate from the department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences program.
Congratulations to Dr. Lynn Ibekwe, who accepted a postdoctoral position within the Harvard Education Program in Cancer Prevention. Lynn was a NCI pre-doctoral Fellow in the department of Health Promotion at UT-Health.
Solve real-world public health challenges! Earn an accredited MPH, MPH with Dietetic Internship, DrPH, or PhD degree in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences from the UTHealth School of Public Health. Competitive tuition rates and award winning faculty will help you launch a career in public health! Learn more: https://go.uth.edu/HPBS
Congratulations to HPBS doctoral student Sierra Castedo de Martell!
Are you interested in learning more about our scholarship opportunities or how to apply to our program? Email [email protected] for more information!
Austin doctoral student Sierra Castedo de Martell is the recipient of this year’s Dolan-Mullen Family Endowed Scholarship in Health Education-Health Promotion for her leadership in various recovery programs. Read more: https://sph.uth.edu/news/story/2019_Dolan-Mullen_Family_Endowment_Scholarship_Recipient
Great work by Dr. Reininger and HPBS student Lisa Mitchell-Bennett on the impact of diabetes in the RGV
Each diabetic amputation represents not just a personal tragedy, but a failure of the U.S. health-care system.
Congratulations to Drs. Savas and Shegog! They were awarded a $300,000 prevention grant to expand the use of proven strategies to improve immunization rates.
UTHealth has received 58 grants from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas for a combined $84 million.
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Forget the fad diets -- learn how to practice intuitive eating in this video from the UTHealth Dietetic Internship Program at UTHealth School of Public Health.
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Maria E. Fernandez, Ph.D., was interviewed by Univision's noontime show Edicion Digital about the support provided to scientists by the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
https://www.iqmediacorp.com/ClipPlayer?ClipID=c94af4ca-3bdb-41a4-a0be-c118288d2b3d&TE=%7B0%7D
We are excited to announce UTHealthCares community health fair is right around the corner! UTHealthCares is a student driven collaborative initiative designed to uniquely address the health concerns of Houston's underserved population through a joint effort of the six schools of UTHealth. The health fair will be on Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 9 AM to 1 PM at UT Physicians Clinic - Jensen in Houston.
This is the official volunteer sign up for UTHealthCares: https://goo.gl/forms/a8GP0NlpoaiU18hd2
We will only use responses from this form.
SIGN UPS ARE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!
SPH Students can also sign up for a booth at the event (any topic). Students interested in setting up a booth can email at [email protected]
Our website: https://sites.google.com/uth.edu/uthealthcares/home
Our Facebook group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/494682314222854/
Our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1994160723934171/
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Earlier this month, Dean Eric Boerwinkle of UTHealth School of Public Health dropped the puck for an NHL Alumni Charity game in Houston benefiting victims of . Former NHL greats faced off against a team of Houston All-Stars, including goalie Dr. Robert "Safety Bob" Emery, vice president of Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management at UTHealth.
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