The Office of Population Health and the UTHealth Houston Population Health Council created the UTHealth Houston Population Health Symposium to give UTHealth Houston faculty, staff and students the opportunity to discuss and share insights, strategies, and innovations aimed at improving population health.
Please stay tuned for information on registration and abstract submissions for the next Population Health Symposium.
2025 Symposium
The inaugural UTHealth Houston Population Health Symposium was held on Thursday, April 10th, 2025. Recordings of all the 2025 sessions are available online.
| Session |
Opening Keynote: Population Health Priorities in Texas
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD and David Lakey, MD |
Towards scalable digital ecosystem for population health insights and interventions: convergence of digital technologies, AI/ML, and human factors
Sahiti Myneni, PhD, MSE |
Perinatal Influences on Lifelong Health: National Cohort Studies
Casey Crump, MD, PhD, MS, MPH |
Interprofessional Community Action Poverty Simulator
Theresa Tran, MD, MBA, FACEP |
Health Equity Collective: Driving Better Health Together
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RD, LD |
Population Health Across UTHealth Houston Part 1:
"How to build trust when conducting population health research among populations who experience vulnerabilities"
"Pediatric Population Health Initiative"
"Informatic Approaches for Improving the Quality of Dental Care"
Daphne C. Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB, FSBM
Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP
Muhammad Walji, PhD |
Population Health Across UTHealth Houston Part 2:
"Center for Spatial-temporal Modeling for Applications in Population"
"Achieving Population Health in Behavioral Health"
"Advance Learning Health System Sciences: Evidence-based Medicine in the Digital Era"
Cici X. Bauer, PhD
Jane E. Hamilton, PhD, MPH, LCSW-S
Hongfang Liu, PhD |
Funding Opportunities for Population Health
Carlton Allen, MS, CHW, MCHES
Sarat Pratapchandran |
Advancing Population Health through Implementation Science
Serena Rodriguez, PhD |
UT Physicians Center for Population Health Management and Quality
Yen-Chi Le, PhD |
Understanding Patient Health Outcomes after Trauma Informed Transformation
Jenny Niedenfuehr, MPH, CHES®, CPH |
Connecting data and policy: interactive map highlights health and non-medical conditions for 89th Texas Legislature Session
Wes Gibson, MPH |
Evaluation of the Expansion of a Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referral Program in Multiple Community-Based Pediatric Clinics
Mallika Mathur, PhD |
Partnership Perspectives in Population Health
Hope Galvan, PhD, MS, CVRN-BC, CDE
Roxanna Cruz, MD
Melanie McGuire (moderated by Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD) |
