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Grant addresses need for follow-up after cervical cancer screenings

Juana Espino, San Juana Gonzalez, Natalia Williams, and Shanice Johnson provide health education and community resources at UT Physicians Multispecialty — Rosenberg for Houston PAP Project attendees. (Photo by Mary Beth Robinson, UTHealth Houston)

January 17, 2025

A new $1.5 million grant will enable UTHealth Houston to improve cervical cancer screening follow-ups and early treatment for this vulnerable population. Awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), this significant funding can help bridge the gap in health care access, ensuring that more women receive the critical follow-up care they need after screenings.




UTHealth Houston research: Children born to young men with cancer have slight increases in preterm birth, low-birth-weight, but not birth defects

Caitlin Murphy, PhD, MPH (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

January 14, 2025

Male adolescents and young adults with cancer have a slightly elevated risk of having preterm birth and children with low birth weight, but no increased risk of birth defects in their offspring, according to research by UTHealth Houston. The population-based study was recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.




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