UTMB School of Public & Population Health @utmb_spph
A new kind of public health school where global research, student-centered learning, and genuine mentorship shape the next generation of changemakers.utmb.edu/spph Galveston, TXJoined April 2025
Strategic retreat today. We’re building on three decades of aerospace medicine to advance training, align on education priorities, and shape collaborations that serve crews in space and patients on Earth. Appreciated Dean Kristen Peek joining and sharing planning progress.
At @utmbhealth, we believe everyone deserves the chance to thrive. That’s why our HR team partnered with David’s House to bring a job-readiness program directly to those working to rebuild their lives. utmb.us/ehg
Three pillars for 2025–26: service, career prep, community.
First actions include a Sept 29 volunteer event and free StrengthsFinder coaching on Oct 24 or Nov 7.
Nominations for Secretary/Treasurer close Sept 19.
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New paper led by UTMB MD/MPH alum Shirley Chan Sanchez (now UCSF Pathology): in a 24,651-patient cohort, gabapentinoids matched opioids for pain; combo therapy had small gains.
Read more doi.org/10.1002/cam4.7…
“You can’t get to space with zero risk.” NASA astronaut + UTMB Aerospace Medicine alum Dr. Anil Menon talks risk, readiness, and teamwork ahead of his first ISS expedition. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…
Congrats to UTMB Health’s Claude D. Pepper OAIC on renewed NIA funding. Important momentum for research that helps older adults stay independent. Proud to collaborate across UTMB.
Congrats to UTMB Health’s Claude D. Pepper OAIC on renewed NIA funding. Important momentum for research that helps older adults stay independent. Proud to collaborate across UTMB.
After WASH work in Rohingya camps, Utpol Das analyzes H-EPESE data at UTMB SPPH, finding symptom clusters tied to cognition in older Mexican Americans.
Read the story utmb.us/egt
Join us in recognizing Leslie Stalnaker, Director of Public Health Practice, @utmb_spph. She has been elected to serve the American Public Health Association as Governing Councilor for Community Health Planning and Policy Development. We applaud and appreciate her leadership!
It has been a dream of mine to publish my first academic book, something that can contribute knowledge, specifically knowledge about the Caribbean. Here it is. Copies available here: routledge.com/Caribbean-Futu…
Public health in action. On-campus donor milk drop-off reduces travel burden, increases safe supply, and supports better outcomes for preterm and sick infants.
Public health in action. On-campus donor milk drop-off reduces travel burden, increases safe supply, and supports better outcomes for preterm and sick infants.
Last week we kept a favorite BHH tradition going with the Welcome Lunch Fun Facts quiz. Paper-map road trip. Carnegie Hall. Dreams remembered since 4th grade. A car named “Guanábana.” Congrats to winners Grayson, Carmen, Vishnu, and Evelyn!
SPPH students: Albert Schweitzer Fellowship info session Monday, Sept 29 at 1 PM. Join on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/j/86110718998?… or come to SHP 1.442. Open to all SPPH students.
Thanks to everyone who joined UTMB Global Initiatives’ Coffee Hour: Asia—hosted by Dr. Scott Weaver and supported by the Moody Thompson Endowment. We spotlighted education, research, and service collaborations spanning Japan, Thailand, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, and…
DMAC CERCIT Seminar Series continues October 21st with a session on Challenges in Non-Inferiority Testing led by Dr. Samiran Ghosh, PhD, Prof. & Chair of the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science
@UTHealthHouston. Join us at 12 PM CST.
Register Now: shorturl.at/Mi7R6
Welcome to our four ConTex fellows from Mexico beginning the MPH: Paulina Alcocer González Camarena, Valeria B. Galán Trujillo, Andrea Villalobos Montoya, and Oscar David Almaraz Aguilar. Three will focus on Public Health Practice and one on Bioethics.
Congrats to our #AerospaceMedicine alum & NASA Human Health & Performance Contract folks on their recent achievement awards! 👏🏼🏆
Chris Haas (c/o 2019): Early Career Achievement
Kimberly Seaton: Exceptional Public Service
Emily Stratton: Trailblazer
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UTMB alumnus Christopher Kurinec (’25 MS Biostatistics) turned military service and persistence into a career as a Research Scientist at CU Anschutz. Read more utmb.us/eg7
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The Legacy Continues
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Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgeon
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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