Student Spotlight

Celebrating our students’ achievements, impact, and excellence—inside the classroom and beyond.

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Building Bridges: Dr. Mandy J. Hill Enriches SPPH Student Experience Through Mentorship

At the Spring General Body Meeting, Dr. Mandy Hill shared decades of public health experience with SPPH students, blending wisdom with personal stories. Her guidance underscored how mentorship, authenticity, and informal connection shape the SPPH experience.
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Field Notes: Fluoride Ban

Field Notes: Truth Serum Edition gives students the mic—anonymously. In this one, a student sounds the alarm on Utah’s fluoride ban, calls out political short-sightedness, and urges public health pros in Texas to speak up before it’s too late.
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SPPH Students Make a Difference During National Public Health Week

UTMB's School of Public and Population Health closed out National Public Health Week with a powerful Service Day. Students volunteered at local nonprofits to fight food insecurity, support children, and gain firsthand public health experience in the community.

UTMB Public Health Symposium: Local Action, Global Impact

UTMB’s 2025 Public Health Symposium brought together 90+ poster presenters, a global health keynote by Dr. James Roth, and an awards ceremony honoring excellence in service, scholarship, and community impact.
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How UTMB Students Are Reshaping Texas Healthcare From Within the Halls of Power

UTMB students turned a day at the Capitol into real-world advocacy. From discussing public health policy with lawmakers to translating research into action, SPPH students are shaping the future of healthcare from within the legislative process.
Postdoc Dr. Jessica Olivares gives talk at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

Postdoc Dr. Jessica Olivares gives talk at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

Dr. Olivares presented on "Applying a Feminist Bioethics Lens to Enhance Evaluation of Addiction Recovery Programs for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women"
Carmen Haynes Repro presents at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

MPH Bioethics track student alumna and research assistant Carmen Haynes presents at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

Carmen Hayes Presented on "Violent Legacies, New Threats: Protecting Black Motherhood in the Age of Artificial Womb Technology"
Lorenah Repro at Reproductive Ethics Conference

Grad student Lorenah Vasquez shares research at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

Lorenah Vasquez shared her poster "An Institution of Violence: Immigrant Detention Centers Further Reproductive Injustices Against Latines and Other Women of Color".
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Student Success Stories: UTMB MD/MPH Student Selected for Prestigious Ethics Fellowship

UTMB MD/MPH student Leonard Wang has been selected as a 2025 FASPE Medical Fellow, joining an international ethics cohort in Germany and Poland. Currently a Fulbright Scholar in Scotland, Wang continues to make a global impact in medicine, ethics, and public health.

Field Notes: EPA Deregulation Action

As the EPA announces its largest deregulatory action in history, an SPPH student weighs in on the health consequences, environmental injustice, and the urgent role public health professionals must play in resisting these rollbacks.
Tiffany Repro at Reproductive Ethics Conference

Grad student Tiffany Bystra presents poster at the Reproductive Ethics Conference

Tiffany Bystra shared her poster on "Community and Social Service Organizational Roles in Mitigating Oncofertility Access Disparities".
Medical students at smiling at Reproductive Ethics Conference

Medical students and faculty mentor Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein share research at Reproductive Ethics Conference

Aylia Rizvi, Paloma Rodriguez Paramo, and Celeste Traub presented “Global Perspectives on Non-Medical Sex Selection via Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis"

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