

Read more Researchers with UTHealth School of Public Health selected for NIH grant to identify opioid overdose patterns, predict opioid overdose epidemics Researchers at UTHealth School of Public Health have been selected to receive $1 million from a $3.4 million grant to address the opioid epidemic and identify overdose patterns. Researchers with UTHealth School of Public Health selected for NIH grant to identify opioid overdose patterns, predict opioid overdose epidemics.Read more Fernandez Elected to Global Implementation Society Board of Directors Fernández, PhD, the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professorship in Public Health and Director of Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, was recently elected to the Global Implementation Society (GIS) Board of Directors, joining an esteemed cohort of internationally recognized leaders in implementation science. Fernandez Elected to Global Implementation Society Board of Directors.Read more Linder appointed to Board of Environmental Change and Society (BECS) of the National Academy of Sciences It is the nation’s premier source of scientific guidance for government, conducting expert consultations, consensus studies, roundtables and workshops to report on the state of the science, principally at the request of policymakers. Congress in 1863 to provide independent scientific advice to Congress and the Federal government. The National Academy of Sciences is one of three National Academies, including the Academies of Engineering, and of Medicine, chartered by the U.S. Linder appointed to Board of Environmental Change and Society (BECS) of the National Academy of Sciences.Read more TACHC and CHPPR Assist Texas Health Centers to Implement Cancer Prevention Strategies The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research regularly partners with TACHC on cancer prevention projects across the state, including HPV vaccination, smoking cessation, and colorectal and cervical cancer screening programs. The Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) is Texas’s federally designated primary care association, committed to advancing equitable access to quality healthcare in Texas. TACHC and CHPPR Assist Texas Health Centers to Implement Cancer Prevention Strategies.
