Last summer, when a University of Texas at Arlington undergraduate public health student asked to be connected with an alumnus in their field, it sparked something bigger: a chance for current UTA students to get a first-hand look at what the public health field looks like through other Mavericks. The request inspired the creation of the BS in Public Health Mav Mentor/Mentee program. Read more.

A University of Texas at Arlington researcher hopes to harness the power of technology to help an underserved group of Americans on the path to a healthier future.

Liao Yue, assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the Physical Activity and Wearable Sensors Research Lab, has received a $231,000 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association to study cardiovascular disease in Black American women. Liao’s study is called Black Women’s Life Experience on Cardiovascular Health Via Ongoing Monitoring, or BLOOM. Read more.

Dr. Kyrah Brown, Dr. Tiara Pratt, Brandi Greene (UTA Public Health student), and Jaquetta Reeves, have created a collaborative team and developed a reproductive well-being project in an effort to be a part of a “shared learning collaborative sexual reproductive health program that is offered through “Power To Decide”; Power to Decide. It is based out of Washington D.C., and their mission is to advance sexual and reproductive well-being for all. The work they do creates opportunities for young people to get informed, take control, advocate for themselves, and protect the amazing life opportunities that lie ahead.

The team application was accepted, and they will be working with this collaborative group for the next 2-3 years. In addition, the team will receive $20,000 in funding to support the reproductive well-being project.

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CONHI Assistant Professor Dr. Jaquetta Reeves has been selected for a two-year virtual and in-person appointment as a Visiting Fellow in the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) located at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) in the Yale School of Public Health. She began her appointment earlier this month, when she traveled to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut for a four week in-person intensive research training program. 

Dr. Tiffany Kindratt shares points from her resent presentations:

• Kindratt TB, Ajrouch KJ, Dallo FJ, Zahodne LB. Modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Middle Eastern and North African adults. Accepted for Poster Presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. June 14, 2023.

• Dallo FJ, Kindratt TB, Seaton R, Ruterbusch. Covid-19 case fatality rates higher among Arab Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Accepted for Poster Presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. June 13, 2023.

• Kindratt TB, Dallo FJ, Brown KK. Maternal and perinatal health disparities among Middle Eastern and North African and non-Hispanic White women and children in the United States. Accepted for Poster Presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. June 13, 2023.

• Dallo FJ, Kindratt TB, Seaton R, Ruterbusch J. Covid-19 mortality among Arab Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics and Asians in Michigan. Oral Presentation at the 2013 American Community Survey Data Users Conference. Washington, DC. May 18, 2023.

• Dallo FJ, Brown KK, Omembe A, Kindratt TB. Health insurance coverage among Middle Eastern and North African American children in the United States: results from American Community Survey and National Health Interview Survey. Oral Presentation at the 2013 American Community Survey Data Users Conference. Washington, DC. May 17, 2023.

• Stokes JE, Choi H, Kindratt TB, Cox CG, Antonucci TC. Employment costs of a parent’s ADRD diagnosis: gender, education, and the adult children most affected. Oral Presentation at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 14, 2023.

• Kindratt TB, Dallo FJ, Brown KK. Uncovering maternal and perinatal health disparities among Middle Eastern and North African women and children in the United States. Oral Presentation at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 13, 2023.

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Over a two-week period in June, 27 students from various disciplines (Public Health, Biology, Nursing, Social Work, Kinesiology, Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, etc.) attended the Gaining Equity in Training for Public Health Informatics and Technology (GET PHIT) bootcamp at UTA. Hosted in the state-of-the-art Health Informatics classroom in the School of Social Work and Smart Hospital, the program covered topics such as epidemiology, health data science, privacy and security, health equity, public health analytics, including activities that examined racism and bias in data use, especially related to machine learning and artificial intelligence. The program is led at UTA by principal investigator and program director Gabriela Wilson, professor of kinesiology and co-director of the Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics (MICHI).

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This exciting event will bring together rural health peers throughout Texas
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