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  • Ghana Study Abroad Opportunity

    Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine in partnership with Humana Institute is planning a study abroad trip to Accra, Ghana. From 7/5/2025 to 7/13/2025, College of Medicine students will collaborate with University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) students and faculty to provide patient care in underserved communities. This experience will foster cross-cultural medical learning, enhance clinical skills in resource-limited settings, and strengthen partnerships between Fertitta College of Medicine and UGMS. Students will work alongside local health care professionals to address community health needs while gaining valuable insights into global health challenges and solutions.

  • Graduate and Professional Student Mixer and Movie Night

    Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Graduate School and Humana Institute co-host an evening of networking and a screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Heroin(e). The evening will include a panel discussion and exploration of the opioid pandemic. Free food and refreshments will be provided. to join as attendance is limited to the first 50 registrants.

  • S.P.A.R.K. - Strategic Pursuit of Advancing Research Knowledge

    This Fall 2024, Humana Institute introduces an Interpofessional Grand Rounds Series - S.P.A.R.K. It will initiate a new charge of interprofessional collaboration among researchers across Colleges, energize growth and development in clinical research and ignite innovation to address complex health-related challenges. Check back often to stay current on this electrifying series. 

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  • Quenette Walton

    Quenette Walton Named Humana Endowed Chair in Social Work for the Graduate College of Social Work

    The 91破解版 Graduate College of Social Work proudly announces Quenette Walton, Ph.D., as the new Humana Endowed Chair in Social Work. This prestigious appointment highlights her dedication to advancing innovative research and impactful education.

  • The National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of researchers at the University of Houston a $500,000 grant to leverage artificial intelligence in improving health behaviors and outcomes.

    The groundbreaking project is led by Dr. Winston Liaw, chair of the Health Systems and Population Health Sciences department at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. He and a multidisciplinary research team from the Fertitta College of Medicine and Cullen College of Engineering will develop and study AI applications aimed at facilitating behavior changes and reducing health challenges.

  • Houston鈥檚 homeless population is shrinking 鈥� but deaths are still rising. Here's why

    On the longest night of the year, Dec. 21, people gather in cities across the country. They light candles or say prayers or offer stories or simply list their names, all remembrances of people who have died in homelessness.

    At Homeless Persons Memorial Day, questions swirl. Mixed with the existential, moral, grief-stricken and unknowable questions are two that, in theory, should have clear-cut answers: Who is dying and how?

  • Omolola Adepoju, Ph.D., M.P.H.

    Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine Professor Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship

    Dr. Omolola Adepoju, health services researcher and clinical associate professor at the 91破解版鈥檚 Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, has been awarded a prestigious Carnegie Fellowship to support high-caliber scholarly research and education projects at the University of Ghana Medical School.

  • Humana Institute of the 91破解版 Names New Director- Dr. Omolola E. Adepoju

    , health services researcher and clinical associate professor at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine will be assuming the role of Director for the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute.

  • Researchers Secure $1.5mm to Build Disaster Resource Tool for Houston's Communities

    Researchers at the 91破解版 have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Academy of Sciences to develop a public health data system to address health challenges in Houston in times of natural disaster.
  • Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine Students Match Day

    Humana Institute Joins Tilman J. Fetitta Family College of Medicine in Celebrating Historic First Match Day

    At the 91破解版's Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, medical students are celebrating their own version of March Madness 鈥� Match Day. These aspiring physicians are taking the next step in their medical journeys after discovering where they鈥檒l spend their residencies.

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