Hear from inaugural chair Dr. Mandy Hill on UTMB’s Department of Population Health and Health Disparities and our focus on improving the health of populations through multidisciplinary research and education.

Visit the department page to learn more utmb.us/exs

Tomorrow (Jan. 14, 12–1 p.m.) webinar hosted through UTMB’s HSS course series, open to all. HIV Routine Screening as a Standard Care featuring Isabel Clark, MA, RD.
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Learn more about the HSS course utmb.us/ezl

Our faculty video series continues with part 2 featuring Dr. Brian Downer. He explains UTMB’s Rehabilitation Sciences PhD (now Rehabilitation and Health Services Research), the small-cohort experience shared with Population Health Sciences, and a social epi perspective. Watch: utmb.us/epz

Meet Dr. Brian Downer, Associate Professor at UTMB PHHD. He studies cognition, dementia, and healthcare use in older adults and directs two PhD programs in Population Health and Rehabilitation & Health Services Research.

Watch the full video: utmb.us/ehz

🌍 On #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we highlight work from our own Dr. Kyriakos Markides: Health and Aging among Immigrants in Western Societies (Daily27), exploring the unique health challenges faced by older immigrant communities.

Read here: utmb.us/ek1

Applause for Dr. Meredith Masel, voted Best Professor in The Daily News Readers’ Choice 2025. Galveston readers recognized a teacher whose courses strengthen communication, care, and collaboration. SPPH is proud to learn with her!

UTMB SPPH joins partners at the Texas Public Health Summit today in Houston. The program looks to 2050 with focus on technology, transmission, and trust, aligned with TEPHI pillars that strengthen early detection, a reserve workforce, training, and public communication across Texas.

Impact needs range and collaboration. Monica’s path shows how research, policy literacy, and patient-facing work reinforce each other. utmb.us/eid