Student Spotlight

At Galveston’s Mardi Gras, 13 UTMB students ran a Marmo Plaza booth distributing 72 free Narcan (naloxone) boxes and teaching overdose response. Their survey and volunteer notes show how stigma shaped reactions and how reframing Narcan like CPR or an AED helped more people engage.

UTMB SPPH welcomed Dr. Leila Brammer (University of Chicago) for interactive sessions with staff, students, and faculty. Participants practiced engaged listening and meeting techniques designed to surface quiet perspectives and reduce polarization.

UTMB resident Vasilis Mavratsas blends internal medicine and aerospace medicine—using prevention, risk assessment, and human factors to support safer missions. From a Vast commercial space rotation to Galveston safety-net clinics, he’s building systems that protect health on Earth and in orbit.

Meet the University of Texas Medical Branch Aerospace Medicine Residency Class of 2028. Five residents join the program, including new categorical trainees and advancing combined EM and Aerospace Medicine residents, bringing diverse clinical and aviation experience to UTMB.

MPH graduate Briana Nguyen turned lessons from an East Texas ER into community-centered public health at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Public and Population Health, including an Applied Practice Experience in Peru supporting child nutrition and anemia prevention.

UTMB SPPH’s 2025 Faculty-Student Research and Scholarship Mixer at the HEC connected graduate students with faculty across all four departments, sparking mentoring relationships, project ideas, and concrete next steps for research and community-focused scholarship.

Zhiwei Hu draws on early palliative care experience in Chengdu, graduate training at LSE, and doctoral work at UTMB to study hospice disparities. His recent GSA presentation and travel award support a growing research path focused on equity in end-of-life care.

Kidney Week spotlighted real-world progress: AI that assists clinicians, primary-care training that boosts early detection, and strategies to address food, housing, and access. Fellows also warn about smoking’s cadmium damage and urgent global care gaps.

Rehab Sciences PhD student Winrose Windsor presents at APHA 2025 with a national analysis of 2021–2023 NHANES data. Moderate leisure-time activity links with lower odds of stroke (57% in men, 49% in women) and supports realistic weekly goals.

This student-written guide helps readers judge research claims. It covers trusted sources, a plain-language glossary, the trap of correlation vs causation, red flags like tiny samples and missing limits, and a call for clear, open science.

Emily Edgar joined Dr. Gray's One Health lab without bench science experience. Nine months later, she co-authored research documenting rare influenza C in cattle. Her work revealed declining virus prevalence and genetic mixing between bovine and human variants.

Practical LinkedIn playbook for MPH students, distilled from an SPPH workshop by Allie Murphy and Sheheryar Ali. Learn a search-friendly headline formula, smart connections, the conference program PDF trick, a simple post template, and job-alert tactics you can use today.