Public Health

December 06, 2024

Guest Speaker Panel: "When the Lights (and Heat) Went out in Texas: The Texas Blackout in Historical Context
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez: Racial Health Disparities and Public History: Oral Histories of LatinX and African American Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guest Speaker Panel: Race, Health, and Air Pollution in Houston: Environmental Justice During COVID-19
Allison Anderson: Female Physicians of Houston Negro Hospital (Riverside General): Stories from the Third Ward
Richard Mizelle: Cultivating Public Memory during Disease and Disaster
James Schafer: The Past, Present, and Future of the Affordable Care Act
Merlin Chowkwanyun: Civic Tech, History, and Environmental Health Protection: Leaveraging IT for Social Good?
Ronit Stahl: Conscience Incorporated: The Convoluted History of Religious Hospitals and Religious Freedom in the United States
Maureen Sanders: San Jose Clinic: Forever Healing
Guest Speaker Panel: Curanderismo: Mexican Healing Practices in American Society
Guest Speaker Panel: Cured: A Live-Stream Panel Discussion of the 2020 Documentary Film, CURED
Guest Speaker Panel: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Top Stories

May 7, 2026

New UH Tool Measures Whether Lactating Mothers’ Psychological Needs are Being Met

A nursing researcher at the Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing has created a scale that measures whether lactating mothers’ psychological needs are being met, providing a tool to improve both breastfeeding outcomes and postpartum well-being.

May 7, 2026

New UH Tool Measures Whether Lactating Mothers’ Psychological Needs are Being Met

A nursing researcher at the Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing has created a scale that measures whether lactating mothers’ psychological needs are being met, providing a tool to improve both breastfeeding outcomes and postpartum well-being.

May 7, 2026

Mark Goldberg Wins AJA Fellowship

History faculty member Dr. Mark Goldberg has achieved national recognition for his latest research project exploring what it meant to be Cuban and Jewish in the mid-twentieth century.