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The School of Public and Population Health and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will host a joint Commencement at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024, in William C. Levin Hall Main Auditorium on the UTMB campus. The UTMB community is invited to join us, either in person or via livestream, for this wonderful celebration of our students and their remarkable achievements. At this time tickets are not required. Please note that this subject to change based on public health considerations.
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Spotlight on Students
Ball High School Vaping Harm Reduction Program
Leonard Wang and Manjushree Shanmugasundaram are partnering with Teen Health Center, Inc. to deliver a theory-based, evidence informed nicotine prevention program that engages youth in discussions around vaping through the use of motivational interviewing and dissonance-enhancing techniques. Ultimately, the project aims to increase student knowledge of tobacco/nicotine products and awareness of strategies used by manufacturers to engage adolescent consumers and improve their vaping refusal skills.
The Migrant Health and Advocacy Project
Jasmine Chaij and Yara Samman: This project is intended to serve the migrant community of the Greater Houston Area and tackle the main obstacles that the migrant population have in receiving primary care and ensure they establish a relationship with the HOPE clinic.
Camp PossAbilities
Madeline Bonnet and Sheldon McCown are addressing mental and physical disabilities in Galveston by working with Camp PossAbilities in collaboration with the Christina Sullivan Foundation. They are working with student volunteers to train them on how to create adaptive equipment as well as creating relationships with the athletes by cooking with them each week. The goal is to increase physical health through sports participation and healthy cooking while simultaneously helping the participants become more confident and independent.
Spotlight on Faculty Activities
UTMB alumnus, Dr. Rahul Suresh (GSBS ’17 – MPH)
Has been named President of Space Medicine Association.
https://www.asma.org/news-events/asma-news/suresh-to-head-space-medicine-association
UTMB alumnus Dr. Serena Aunon-Chancellor (GSBS ’06 – MPH)
https://www.asma.org/news-events/asma-news/aunon-chancellor-is-nasa-flight-surgeons-president
Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD
School of Public and Population Healthand Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesCommencement
Friday, May 17, 20242:00 p.m.
William C. Levin Hall The University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, Texas
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