April 24, 2025
Jooyeon Hwang, PhD recently spoke to CNN about the long-term health risks for firefighters battling wildfires in Southern California.
April 24, 2025
As part of the Occupational Health Field Trips (PH 2260) course, students in the Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) training programs recently visited the Houston Fire Department (HFD).
April 18, 2025
The SWCOEH commemorates Workers Memorial Day, an international day of observance for individuals killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell in the course of their work. It serves as a tragic reminder of the preventable nature of workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses and underscores the need for ongoing efforts to improve workplace health and safety.
March 7, 2025
Michael Lemke, PhD, became one of the newest faculty members at the San Antonio location of the school this past year and his research contributes to the work of the Southwest Center for Environmental and Occupational Health. His research areas focus on occupational health hazards for truck drivers who tend to have exceptionally poor health and safety outcomes.
February 27, 2025
In this "Water Talk", Dr. Anna Gitter discusses the sustainability of the water supply in the El Paso region as well as the treatment process for drinking water. Stay tuned to SWCOEH.org for more "Water Talks" with Dr. Gitter.
January 24, 2025
Dennis Casserly, PhD, (MS ’76 and PhD ‘79), is the 2024 William D. Wagner Award recipient. Established in 2003 by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, the annual award is presented to a person in the field of national and international worker health and safety who is an outstanding example of commitment and dedication to creating and disseminating occupational exposure values.
January 17, 2025
In December, the Bhojani Visiting Scholars Endowment Lecture Series hosted Alberto Caban-Martinez, PhD, DO, MPH of the University of Miami. Dr. Caban-Martinez presented "Turning Up the Heat on Cancer: Insights from the National Firefighter Cancer Initiative".
January 17, 2025
Faiyaz Bhojani, MD, DrPH, professor for the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UTHealth Houston, was elected Vice President of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
December 13, 2024
Anna Gitter, PhD, joined the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health in July 2023 as an assistant professor in the environmental and occupational health sciences program. In this "Water Talk", Dr. Gitter discusses groundwater as a drinking water source. Stay tuned to SWCOEH.org for more "Water Talks" with Dr. Gitter.
November 22, 2024
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health is part of the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
