May 10, 2024
ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston celebrated alongside its hospital partner as Harris Health System broke ground on a new $1.6 billion hospital on the Lyndon B. Johnson campus in Northeast Harris County that will enhance health care in one of the county’s most vulnerable communities.
May 7, 2024
Six ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston nurses who have dedicated themselves to caring for others were named as among the best in the city in the Houston Chronicle's 2004 Salute to Nurses.
May 2, 2024
The (IHI) selected ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston to participate in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative.
April 29, 2024
The new Center for Health Promotion at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston School of Dentistry is a first-of-its-kind clinic offering a patient-centered comprehensive approach to oral care. The center aims to identify and manage oral and systemic risk factors, emphasizing patient education and interprofessional care.
April 11, 2024
Kristen Valenzuela, RDH, BSDH, a Master of Science in Dental Hygiene candidate at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston School of Dentistry, has a heart for teaching others that made an impact closer to home when she convinced her reluctant grandfather, a Vietnam War veteran, to visit Give Vets a Smile and, in addition to a cleaning, get his dentures properly fitted.
March 28, 2024
Smiling children with teddy bears in tow were a common scene at the ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston Cares health fair on Saturday, March 9. This no-cost community event, held for the fifth year at , provided a warm and friendly environment for children and their families.
March 28, 2024
For months, a toddler’s parents struggled with her worsening health. Melissa Van Arsdall, MD; Paul Hillman, MD; and Paige Roberts, MS, RD, with ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston found a cause and a treatment.
March 25, 2024
In the two years since the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center at opened its doors in collaboration with the ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), it has helped relieve the overall wait times for Texans needing mental health care and provided a resource closer to home for patients.
March 25, 2024
Working to ensure the safety of nearly 20,000 people on campus on any given day, Scott Patlovich, DrPH, and his team spend their time evaluating risks and ensuring appropriate controls are in place across the many labs, clinics, classrooms, and offices across ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston and UT Physicians.
March 13, 2024
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded a cumulative $1.2 million to ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ealth Houston School of Public Health researchers to test the effectiveness of Food is Medicine interventions to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.