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Campus news / p. 04 Education / p. 06 Seed to plate / P. 06 In demand: MD/MPH / P. 08 A world of opportunity / P. 10
Research / p. 12
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Searching for answers about Alzheimer’s / P. 12 The tween brain on video games / P. 14 Bringing clinical trials to life / P. 15 Claims data yields new research projects / P. 16 Research highlights / P. 17
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Practice / p. 20
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Brownsville, Texas: award-winning city / P. 20 Combating childhood obesity / P. 22 Improving safety for Bangladeshi garment and textile workers / P. 26
addressing Ebola / p. 28 Welcome New Faculty / p. 30 game changers / p. 31
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Editor
The University of Texas School of Public Health has six campuses across Texas: Houston as well as Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio. The School of Public Health works to improve the state of public health in Texas every day. The main campus, located in the heart of Houston’s Texas Medical Center, offers students unmatched opportunities for research and employment. Each of the regional campuses has its own faculty and research specialties. Students can attend class at any of the six campuses via Interactive Television (ITV). The School of Public Health is one of six schools at UTHealth, the most comprehensive academic health system in The University of Texas System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region. In addition to the School of Public Health, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, medicine and nursing. It also includes a psychiatric hospital, numerous institutes and centers, a growing network of clinics and outreach programs in education and care throughout the region. The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and the university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Shannon Neufeld
contributors
Anissa Anderson Orr Brooks Ballard John Evans Shannon Neufeld Hannah Rhodes
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