EHGES Faculty and Students Represent at CHARGE Consortium
Faculty and students from the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health made a splash at the CHARGE Consortium, held in Seattle, Washington, earlier this month by claiming major awards and prestigious recognition and projected a strong presence through invited platform talks and poster presentations.
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EHGES Department Chair Alanna Morrison, PhD, was recognized for her tireless work mentoring students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty at UTHealth Houston with the Cupples Mentorship Award.
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Taryn Alkis, MPH, EHGES statistician and PhD student in Biostatistics, received a travel award from CHARGE Consortium and gave a platform talk during the conference.
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Natalie Hasbani, MPH, PhD student in Epidemiology, presented a platform talk and received a travel award from the conference along with an Early Achievement Award.
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Elena Feofanova, MPH, EHGES assistant professor, also presented a platform talk during the conference.
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Paul de Vries, PhD, EHGES assistant professor, moderated the "Genotype to Phenotype" session along with Ronit Yarden, PhD, NLHBI Program Officer.
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Chloe Sarnowski, PhD, EHGES faculty associate, and Rachel Friedman and Simon Braendle, both MPH in Epidemiology students, each presented posters at the conference as well.
See photos from the event here.
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UTHealth Houston Researchers Discover Boys Born with Hypospadias were 5.8 Times More Likely to Have a Congenital Heart Defect
Jenil Patel, PhD, assistant professor at the UTHealth Houston Dallas Campus, and collaborators published a new study finding that boys born with hypospadias were 5.8 times more likely to have a congenital heart defect (CHD) than boys born without hypospadias.
The data from the Texas and Arkansas registries showed that boys born with hypospadias had a higher prevalence of critical CHDs. Around 7.0% of boys with hypospadias in Texas and 5.5% of boys with hypospadias in Arkansas had a co-occurring CHD.
Screenings for additional tests are warranted in boys identified with hypospadias, along with benefits associated with clinical sequencing. The published study can be seen at JAMA Network Open.
Read more about this important research here.
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SBIR R-44 Grant Awarded Second Round of Funding for E-Learning Platform Targeting Environmental Safety Logistics
William B. Perkison, MD, assistant professor at the UTHealth Houston Campus, was recently awarded an SBIR R-44 Grant from NIEHS on the research project entitled: "Agile development of innovative, interactive hazard recognition and mitigation tools/learning e-platforms for workers involved in the rescue and recovery operations in diverse flooding environments."
The R-44 grant is a phase II project that further develops the prototype first designed in the phase I funding. The e-learning platform provides an easy-to-use tool for construction workers who specialize in clean-up and repair after extensive natural disasters to have pre-deployment health and safety training for their assignment and logistical, safety, and security assistance while deployed.
SBIR E-Learning Awards
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Method for Detecting Waves of COVID-19 Infections Can Shape Critical Public Health Decisions During a Pandemic
A method that combines case investigation data from local health departments and hospitalization records from local institutions allows for the objective detection of new waves of infection during a pandemic, according to research from UTHealth Houston. The results of the findings were published in Scientific Reports.
"Early in the pandemic, most predictive models trying to forecast new waves failed. This was partially due to limited knowledge or data on major factors influencing community transmission. In addition, conditions influencing the spread of infections were changing fast – mask use requirements, measures to restrict mobility, school and business closings," said Marcia Otto, PhD, lead author and associate professor of epidemiology at UTHealth School of Public Health. "Messy, 'real-world' data can be difficult to use. We needed a method that could reliably detect new outbreak waves and determine the critical time period before local hospitals might become overwhelmed."
Read the full article and the Behind the Paper - Blog Post recently published on Nature.com.
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UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Admissions Department will host an Admissions Webinar called Meet the Campuses via WebEx on November 16 from noon - 1 p.m. The webinar will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about the admissions process and the five (5) School of Public Health Campuses (Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio). Registration is required. Visit the SPH Event Page for more information. | |
The Texas Medical Center Library and the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health library offer many student and faculty services, including Canvas training, navigating the SPH library website, writing services, and much more. Contact Kelsey Koym for assistance and more information. Email Kelsey Kohm here or visit the TMC Library website for more details. | |
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We are looking for Faculty Volunteers! If you would like to have an opportunity to increase your service hours for a worthy cause, then look no further! The Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Endowed Lecture Series was established in 1993. The endowment is dedicated to our first Dean of the School of Public Health, and each year we recruit an outstanding leader in Public Health to present an essential topic of the day for our students.
We are looking for a few additional faculty members to work together in selecting and assisting in arranging a new speaker for our yearly lecture series. The Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Endowed Lecture Series is an integral part of our department and our school's academic enrichment for all of our students. For any interested faculty members, please get in touch with Dr. Brett Perkison via email at William.B.Perkison@uth.tmc.edu.
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