College of Public Health
January 27, 2022
By Sally Crocker Last fall felt like a return home of sorts for Dr. Matthew Rossheim, who came on board as a tenured Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Systems in the HSC College of Public Health (SPH). Dr. Rossheim is an HSC alumnus who previously taught for the CPH and served as Director…
January 20, 2022
By Sally Crocker A new article published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), co-authored by HSC Assistant Professor Nolan Kline, PhD, describes how one community-based organization in Florida challenged structural racism and COVID-19 together by imagining the future of public health with a new approach to political engagement, research and a collaborative partnership…
January 11, 2022
Guest blog article by Linda Fulmer, BSW, MEd Executive Director, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (HTCC) has been working to address healthy food access in underserved neighborhoods for a few years now, and after reviewing the Baltimore City’s Food Environment: 2018 report, we wanted to do the same kind of study for…
January 5, 2022
By Sally Crocker Melissa A. Lewis, PhD, has been named as the first Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement at the HSC College of Public Health (SPH). She began this new position January 1, 2022. In this new role, she will provide strategic guidance in identifying and communicating opportunities for public health research funding;…
January 3, 2022
By Sally Crocker The rates of driving under the influence are of high concern for communities across the U.S. Injuries, hospitalizations and road-related fatalities are some of the sobering consequences of drunk or drugged driving. For drivers over age 50, the risks can be compounded, given the challenges they may already face with performance on…
January 2, 2022
By Sally Crocker Lives are touched in meaningful ways when hearts and hands come together to serve the community by giving back to others. College of Public Health volunteers worked with the local Habitat for Humanity in Fall 2021 to help provide a new place to call home and a brighter future for an area…
December 15, 2021
By Sally Crocker The College of Public Health (SPH) recently hosted its first annual Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Health Disparities Poster Symposium, featuring graduate student presentations from four courses in the public health core curriculum: Introduction to MCH, Introduction to Health Disparities, Human Sexuality and Reproductive Health, and MCH Epidemiology. These presentations represented…
December 9, 2021
By Sally Crocker The 2021 holiday travel season is well underway. More than 2.3 million people were screened at airports around the country on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the busiest air travel day since the start of the pandemic. Millions more are planning to fly by the end of December – with airlines continuing to…
November 12, 2021
A new Project INTEGRATE tutorial article on meta-analytic mediation analysis using raw data from multiple studies is now online in Prevention Science and illustrates a powerful and flexible approach for testing mechanisms of intervention effect. This article can be accessed at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11121-021-01318-4
November 8, 2021
By Sally Crocker Approximately 11% of all alcohol consumed across the country is within the 12-20 age group, with 90% falling into the category of heavy-episodic drinking. Excessive drinking is responsible for thousands of deaths among underage youth each year. Two HSC College of Public Health researchers - Dana M. Litt, PhD, and Melissa A.…
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