What a great group! Safe travels to all!

Abhi Rao, a graduating MD/MPH student, was selected as UTMB's recipient of the US Public Health Service's Excellence in Public Health Award for his significant contributions to public health during his time at UTMB. Congrats Abhi Rao and best of luck in residency!

Moriah Thompson (UTMB RAM ‘19, far right) is Prime Crew Surgeon for NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, & is now busy overseeing her post-flight phase. For #AerospaceMedicine docs, the mission doesn’t end when crew lands! 🧑‍🚀
📸: NASA/Bill Ingalls
#spacemedicine UTMB School of Public & Population Health

Great work from several of our MD/MPH students!

We're looking forward to hearing from Dr. Loh on 5/8! If you plan to attend, please email [email protected].

Come join us for an Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities Seminar from Dr. Aparicio on Thursday at 12!

It’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week! SPPH recognizes our students’ contributions and is thankful for their impact/value both on and off campus.

Our symposium yesterday was a huge success! Thank you to our 100+ poster presenters, our faculty judges, & to our keynote panelists: Dr. Anna Weiss from Green Galveston, Hilton Kelley from Community in-Power & Development Association, &Elena Grossman from Yale Climate Change and Health Online Certificate!
#NPHW2024

Where we live, work and play can impact our health. Let’s remove structural barriers to health–like laws that create obstacles to voting–so that people can have a say in their communities’ future.. Visit: NPHW.org #NPHW

Great turnout for SPPH’s 2nd #NPHW2024 event - our Public Health Career Panel!

Panelists include employees from Harris County Public Health #GetVaxxed, Texas DSHS, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities, Harris County’s Office of County Administration, and the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Houston/Galveston.

UTMB School of Public & Population Health is recruiting for a Coordinator II to help support our APE experience!

Below is the job listing, please share!
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#AerospaceMedicine faculty & 2015 RAM, Natacha Chough, MD, MPH, is the Flight Surgeon for NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, supporting her recent Soyuz launch & ISS mission for the next 6 months! #spacemedicine UTMB School of Public & Population Health UTMB Provost's Office

📸: GCTC/A. Shelepin, NASA/B. Ingalls

The first day of #NPHW2024 was a success! SPPH hosted a Community Voices Panel where members of the Community Advisory Board for Galveston CoCare shared their stories navigating the health & social services system in Galveston County.

Congratulations to the most awesome Chief! Way to go! UTMBPolice UTMB Provost's Office UTMB School of Public & Population Health

Check out this paper from Dr. Ugarte-Gil and colleagues:

Open #Postdoc position with Sealy Center on Aging! Check out the link below for more info.

📅 Join us on Tues, March 26th at 3pm for the next Texas RCMAR presentation, online. Dr. Saenz from UTSA will present, 'The Demography of Latino Aging'. DM for Zoom link #RCMAR utmb.edu/rcmar

Congrats to Dr. Khamron Micheals, PhD for successfully defending his dissertation yesterday afternoon!