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PASM participants in a conference room at Space Center Houston watch a projection screen showing a Soyuz rocket lifting off, with U.S. and Texas flags flanking the screen.

Commercial Space Day Shows Where Aerospace Medicine Can Lead
Dr. Cara Pennel smiles outdoors beside palm plants.

Cara Pennel and the Practice of Public Health
A split hero image shows a diver descending through deep blue water on the left and an astronaut floating above Earth in black space on the right, separated by a thin orange line.

UTMB Aerospace Medicine Launches an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship
Three UTMB School of Public and Population Health faculty headshots appear in a row beneath the school logo.

Markides, Al Snih, and Mehta Earn 2026 UTMB Faculty Awards
Monserrat smiles with her arms crossed in a university building while wearing a purple blouse.

Monserrat Hinojosa and the People the Data Leaves Out

Dr. Alberto Aparicio presented at the Science and Democracy Network Annual Meeting in Potsdam’s Research Institute for Sustainability, Germany

Grad student Tiffany Bystra presented a poster at the 2026 Association of Oncology Social Work Conference
Griffin Baillargeon poses in graduation regalia with Dr. John Prochaska after the UTMB School of Public and Population Health commencement ceremony.

Griffin Baillargeon Turns Data Into Knowledge
PhD student Zhiwei Hu in the Ashbel Smith building

Zhiwei Hu Named a Jeane B. Kempner Scholar
Five UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency graduates stand together in formal attire in front of a spacecraft capsule exhibit at Space Center Houston’s Starship Gallery.

UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency Class of 2026

Dr. Alberto Aparicio presented at the Pepper Center Annual Meeting
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Rising STARs Award Launches DIVA-AI Lab at UTMB
Dr. Suresh Bhavnani seated at a Clinton Global Initiative event table with a sign reading “Designing Responsible and Equitable AI Systems.”

NIH Triple Spotlight: Dr. Bhavnani’s AI Research Nationally Recognized

Dr. Stephen Molldrem is senior author on article with PhD program graduate Dr. Rebecca Permar
Dr. Rich smiles while seated at a table between stacks of historical medical books in a library or archive setting.

Dr. Miriam Rich's First Book Explores the History of Medical Monstrosity
Interactive map of Texas titled “Nursing Home Health Inspection and Staffing Ratings,” showing rural counties in orange and urban counties in purple, with green markers across the state representing nursing home rating locations.

Recent MD/MPH Graduate Publishes Analysis on Texas Nursing Homes

Congratulations to our 2026 PhD in Bioethics and Health Humanities graduates from UTMB's School of Public and Population Health (SPPH): Hannah Carpenter and Georgia Loutrianakis!

Dr. Vibhuti Gupta received the UT System Rising STARs Award

Our MS student, Griffin Baillargeon, graduated on May 15 with his Master of Science in Biostatistics

Congratulations to Klarisa Lopez on Graduating!
UTMB residents in aerospace medicine hold up the RAM Bowl in victory.

UTMB Aerospace Medicine Earns Honors Across Residents, Faculty, and Alumni in Denver
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Upcoming Events

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Why does the public trust some experts and not others?

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A contemplative woman appears beside a glowing DNA strand and a fingerprint shield, representing questions about genetic data, privacy and identity.

Your genome is data. Who gets to use it?

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Building Team Capacity: Designing Sustainable Work That Leads to Impact

, 2026 - - Open Gates 1st Floor - 2419 Sealy Avenue, Galveston, Texas 77555
AHEC Lunch and Learn Series Hybrid Event: Fentanyl 101: Texas Opioid Prevention

AHEC Lunch and Learn Series Hybrid Event: Fentanyl 101: Texas Opioid Prevention

, 2026 - - UTMB HEC Room 3.200 and online - 301 University Blvd, Galveston, Texas 77555 USA
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Risk assessment and prediction modelling for self-harm and suicide risk in correctional populations

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Abstract blue vertical lines opening into light above an orange horizon line, with the UTMB shield — graphic for the 2026 Correctional Health Excellence Symposium.

Center for Correctional Healthcare Excellence Inaugural Annual Symposium

, 2026 - - The San Luis Resort, Spa & Conference Center - 5222 Seawall Blvd., Galveston, TX 77551
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