From the seas to the skies, we are public health.

Galveston, TX
Joined April 2025
UTMB School of Public & Population Health retweeted
🧑‍🔬 A new study by Neil Mehta, PhD & colleagues in @IntJEpidemiol suggests that Americans are increasingly living with multiple chronic health conditions at younger ages, contributing to stalled improvements in life expectancy and mortality. utmb.us/gti @utmb_spph
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UTMB's new Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship has one position, starting July 1, 2027. The 12-month, ACGME-accredited program trains at UTMB and NASA. Physicians who have finished residency or are in their final year can apply by Nov. 16. utmb.us/gtr
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Christina Ross of the UTMB School of Public and Population Health and Master of Public Health student Anastasia Kuzmina returned to Ball High School, their Galveston alma mater, to talk public health careers with students. utmb.edu/spph/about-us/news/…
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UTMB School of Public & Population Health retweeted
We are celebrating the new Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine in the @utmb_spph! On 10/27 the Provost's Lecture series welcomes Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA Chief Health & Medical Officer. Ribbon-cutting and reception to follow his talk. Learn more: utmb.us/gq1
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Welcome aboard, Sana Malik, MBBS, CHFP. As our new business manager, she oversees the department's finances, grants and contracts, and operations. She joins us from UTMB's Departments of Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Dermatology, where she managed research grants.
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UTMB School of Public & Population Health retweeted
Celebrating 50 years of impact! 🎉 Join us on Oct. 28 for “Reflections on Gerontology, Minorities, and Immigrants from the 1960s to the 2020s” in a UTMB Pepper Center Investigator’s Lecture by Dr. Markides #HEPESE #TexasRCMAR #HispanicParadox #AgingResearch #Gerontology #UTMBSCOA
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Clare McNerlin, MD, a third-year Emergency Medicine/Aerospace Medicine resident, has been selected as the resident member of the ACGME Review Committee for Preventive Medicine and will serve a two-year term as a full voting member. Congratulations, Dr. McNerlin!
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Our SPPH team logged some Walktober minutes together on campus. UTMB's monthlong challenge asks for 20 minutes of walking a day, which adds up to most of the 150 weekly minutes of moderate activity recommended for adults.
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Graduate Archer Fellows study federal policy and intern in Washington, D.C. Applications for summer 2027 close November 1, 2026. Program and application details: utmb.us/grb
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Five medical students from Badya University in Egypt spent four weeks at UTMB this August, building a shared study protocol on how students and faculty in Egypt and the United States use artificial intelligence in medical education. utmb.us/gqv
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Samuel Stephenson, MD, MS, a resident in our Residency in Aerospace Medicine, presented a review of the evidence on GLP-1 receptor agonist safety in spaceflight at the 3rd International Congress of Aerospace Medicine in Istanbul, with co-authors from NASA Johnson Space Center.
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UTMB’s public health work began with preventive medicine in 1912. Dean Kristen Peek, explains how training for aerospace medicine residents grew into today’s School of Public and Population Health.
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Congratulations to Dr. Suresh K. Bhavnani, Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, @utmb_spph! He leadership within research and innovation landed him as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). Outstanding, Dr. Bhavnani!
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Duy Vo, a Master of Science in Biostatistics and Data Science student, won the T1–T4 in 3 Minutes competition at the Texas Regional CTSA Consortium meeting by explaining how gut bacteria can recycle a drug kidney transplant patients take daily. youtu.be/UKNOHwtT24Y
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Astronauts who spent more than 90 days in space had higher hip fracture rates after returning to Earth, at younger ages than expected in people who never flew. Our Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH, co-authored the NASA-led study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. mayoclinicproceedings.org/ar…
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Students, faculty, and staff gathered Sept. 22 for our first all-school luncheon. Four years after the school was approved, our focus now is building the culture and impact that will define SPPH. Read ASPIRE, our strategic plan through 2029, at utmb.edu/spph/aspire
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The university aims to build on its existing relationships with NASA Johnson Space Center, where astronauts are traditionally trained and cared for. bizjournals.com/houston/news…
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UTMB School of Public & Population Health retweeted
Last week’s Afternoon Tea session put a spotlight on mentorship in academic medicine. UTMB Geriatrician Dr. Mukaila Raji has made it a priority to support students and young faculty navigating their careers. We thank him for sharing his wisdom to benefit so many others!
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Three teams of UTMB MD and PhD students spent a day testing clinical questions about Alzheimer's risk against electronic health record data. Asked afterward whether they would choose the same question again, every team said no. utmb.us/gme
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UTMB School of Public & Population Health retweeted
Access to health is a human right. UTMB PHHD works toward that goal through research, education and service in Galveston, across the country and around the world. Learn more at utmb.edu/phhd
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