National Public Health week is held annually during the first full week of April. Since 1995, the American Public Health Association has organized National Public Health Week to recognize the contributions of the public health and to bring awareness to current public health issues.

UTMB School of Public & Population Health joins APHA in observing National Public Health Week by hosting themed events Monday through Friday, with our Public Health Symposium being held Wednesday. During National Public Health Week, SPPH works with several community partners on, and off, the island to raise awareness about local public health issues as well as spotlighting organizations that work to combat these issues.

Schedule:

Tuesday 4/4

Lunch and Learn
with UTMB's Center for Violence Prevention
HEC 1.200
12-1 PM

Wednesday 4/5

Public Health Symposium
Poster session with 100+posters Keynote from Dr. Chris Chanyasulkit, the President of the American Public Health Association
HEC 2nd Floor
1:30-4:15 PM

Thursday 4/6

SPPH Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
University Health Clinic (UHC) - 4th floor
10-11 AM

Thursday 4/6

Seminar: "Mental Health Equity for All: A Public Health Goal"
from David Auzenne, MPH, VP of Health Equity for the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Register to attend
12-1 PM

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Practice Poster Winners:

1st Place: Lindsey MacPhail – “The Impact of an Immersive Partnership between Population Health Nursing Students and Higher Up Texas”

2nd Place: Meghan Mallya – “Psychopharmacology for Primary Care: Increasing Provider Comfort with Psychiatric Treatment”

3rd Place: Jacob Harper – “Community HCV Treatment Program - A Student Driven Approach”; Jennifer Odoi – “Sustaining Preventive Health Interventions through Student Involvement”

Research Poster Winners:

1st Place: Rahul Venna – “Assessing the Readability of Online Patient Education Resources Related to Neophallus Reconstruction”

2nd Place: Rylie Ju – “The Role of Dynapenia and Obesity on Cognitive Function in Mexican American Older Adults”

3rd Place: Dorothea Morris – “Analysis of respiratory viral co-infection in clinical and animal models”