Public Health Practice

SPPH’s Public Health Practice team faciliates community-based and experiential learning opportunities and collaborations between our students, faculty, staff, and partners at the local, state, national, and global levels. We seek to provide opportunities that lead to the application of public health knowledge and skills in real world settings to make a meaningful impact and improve health outcomes.

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Applied Practice Experience

This MPH program requirement allows students to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained through their coursework in a real-world setting with an external partner. 

Partners

SPPH works with partners locally, regionally, and globally, to advance public health and health equity.
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Student Spotlights
Meet the Team
Student Opportunities
Workforce Development

News & Events

ASFHG 2025-2026 SPPH Cohort

2025-2026 Houston Galveston Schweitzer Fellows: Year of Service
Group photo with Sullivans

SPPH Students Make a Difference During National Public Health Week
Student listening

Demystifying CVs, Resumes, and Cover Letters with Dr. Sarah Toombs Smith

 Upcoming Events

Guest Lecture by Dr. Lori Bruce

Policy responses to pregnancies- in-crisis: 2025 Legislative Challenges

Speaker:

 

Lori Bruce, Doctorate in Bioethics
(D.Bioethics), MA, HEC-C
Associate Director, Interdisciplinary
Center for Bioethics, Yale University
Chair, Community Bioethics Forum, Yale
School of Medicine
Affiliated Faculty, Solomon Center for
Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School

 

 

March 5th, 2025

Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: HEC 3.200

 

 

 

Event Information

Guest Lecture by Dr. Lori Bruce
, 2025 - -
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Student Spotlights

2025 UTMB SPPH Archer Fellows

UTMB SPPH Students Selected for Prestigious Archer Fellowship Program
ASFHG 2025-2026 SPPH Cohort

2025-2026 Houston Galveston Schweitzer Fellows: Year of Service
Dr. Hill speaking

Building Bridges: Dr. Mandy J. Hill Enriches SPPH Student Experience Through Mentorship
Field Notes Featured Image

Field Notes: Fluoride Ban
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Meet the Team

Portrait of Philip Keiser, MD

Philip Keiser, MD

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Galveston County Local Health Authority
Email: phkeiser@utmb.edu
Portrait of Leslie Stalnaker, MPH

Leslie Stalnaker, MPH

Director
Public Health Practice

Email: lastalna@utmb.edu
Portrait of Austin Taylor, BS

Austin Taylor, BS

Coordinator II
Public Health Practice
Email: austaylo@utmb.edu

Student Opportunities

AHEC Scholars Program

The Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) East offers its Scholars Program to current health professions students who are interested in working with rural areas and/or with underserved communities. Students receive a stipend when the necessary didactic and experiential learning requirements are completed.

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston-Galveston (ASFHG) is a one-year opportunity for health professions students to engage in a community-based service-learning project with a community partner.

Workforce Development

Texas AHEC East

UTMB is home to the Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) East, a HRSA-funded program that improves the supply, distribution, retention, and training of health professionals in medically underserved and rural areas in 100 counties in East Texas through eight regional centers.

South Central AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC)

The South Central AETC provides comprehensive training opportunities to healthcare professionals to ensure that all people in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and the tribal nations therein have access to best practices for screening, prevention, and treatment of HIV, and will reduce disparities in HIV care, thereby improving the quality of life for persons living with or at risk for HIV.

General Requests: (409) 772-1128
Applicants: (409) 747-7584