Our New Year’s Resolutions start strong, but fizzle out quickly without vigilance, especially if you’ve resolved to live a healthier lifestyle. The University of Houston Texas Obesity Research Center offers these 10 strategies to get back on track to maintaining a healthy weight.
Multicultural psychologists from around the world will come to Houston to discuss diversity, social justice and growing mental health needs of groups with limited access to care.
Daphne Hernandez, assistant professor of health and human performance at the University of Houston, urges all to be mindful of those who live with need all year, particularly families who are “food insecure.” According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Core Food Security Module, “food insecurity” reflects rationing, portion control and inability to offer families balanced meals.
Arte Público Press is the recipient of an additional $400,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to continue to fund the ¡Salud, familia! Project, a multi-pronged effort to use bilingual literature and media to impact Latino health and health policy.
A new University of Houston (UH) experiment takes an unconventional look at the treatment for domestic violence, otherwise known as intimate partner violence (IPV), by focusing on changing the perpetrators’ psychological abuse during arguments rather than addressing his sexist beliefs.
Physical and social sciences share students and classroom space, but part ways in the approach to research. The next generation of researchers will need newer skills that meld both perspectives.
A simple and inexpensive device to wash leafy produce, created by students at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM), may provide a convenient way for small farmers to clean produce before market.
Forecasters predict about nine to 15 tropical storms this year, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes. University of Houston resources have expertise in a variety of topics related to storms – before, during and after.
A study completed by the University of Houston suggests African-American students do not necessarily fare better when taught by African American teachers.
The narrative of UH senior Emina Sadic includes the fateful words of her mother, uttered in a Bosnian refugee camp: "Your father is dead." Sadic is graduating with honors on Friday.
The hundreds of students who will don the cap and gown for commencement bring varied experiences, struggles and interests to this important milestone.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $9 million grant to the University of Houston’s Texas Center for Learning Disabilities to conduct research on the causes and treatment of learning disabilities in children and adolescents. UH is one of four universities nationally to receive funding from the NIH for a learning disability research center.
A $1 million gift from Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T) to the UH Hobby Center for Public Policy will make new programs, a new speakers series and a summer training institute in social science research methods available for graduate and undergraduates interested in varying public policy perspectives.
The Texas Obesity Research Center (TORC) promotes interdisciplinary research, education and training to combat the global epidemic of obesity. Please consider these stories from TORC.
Children who have chronic sleep problems may be much more likely to develop mental health disorders as adolescents and adults, according to Candice Alfano, associate professor in clinical psychology at the University of Houston (UH) and director of the new Sleep and Anxiety Center for Kids (SACK).
How teens think and whether their thoughts might indicate a personality disorder is the focus of a new research study led by Carla Sharp, associate professor in clinical psychology and director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab at the University of Houston (UH).
The CDC has awarded the University of Houston department of health and human performance $4.25 million to create an innovative evaluation method that will examine and compare three comprehensive childhood obesity programs.
The spoils of war for returning veterans may include addictions, injury and the constant images of horrific events they witnessed. Now a UH joint study funded by the Veterans Health Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development service looks to address these issues through the use of virtual reality.
ConocoPhillips is donating $1 million to the University of Houston and the emerging UH Energy Research Park, a collection of the university’s preeminent energy research and education programs.
A University of Houston researcher is using an innovative approach to studying food addictions in hopes of finding strategies to assess and treat them.
The debate over whether President Obama has the authority under the War Powers Resolution to continue U.S. military involvement in Libya has come down to interpretation of the word “hostilities.” A UH Law Center expert on international law is available to comment on the issue, which he calls "highly problematic for U.S. military personnel."
Transforming the learning experience of students and providing an outlet for the University of Houston to support the community, UH’s “Learning Through Discovery Initiative” engaged several students in practical experience beyond the classroom, while benefiting a pair of social service agencies.
After 17 years of researching traumatic stress with war-afflicted populations (veterans and civilians) and job stress in the medical profession, Teresa McIntyre, a research professor in the department of psychology and the Texas Institute for Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics (TIMES), at the University of Houston (UH), decided to study another high risk occupation, middle school teachers in seventh and eighth grade.
The next few years will be critical to community colleges and universities whose baby-boom-era leaders are preparing for retirement. The University of Houston College of Education’s new online Master’s in Higher Education offers a program aimed specifically at working professionals seeking career advancement in a college or university setting.
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine’s annual list of the Top 100 colleges for Hispanics ranked the University of Houston among the top 20 colleges and universities conferring bachelor degrees and doctorates on Hispanic students.
The 18th International Academy of Astronautics Humans in Space Symposium, hosted by the University of Houston and NASA, partners in educating the next generation of space professionals, comes to Houston’s Westin Galleria Hotel, April 11-15 to consider “Integration and Cooperation in the Next Golden Age of Human Space Flight.”
Mobility is a challenge for spinal cord injured patients. Infection is another. Adam Thrasher, assistant professor of health and human performance (HHP), says infection is the leading cause of death for people living with spinal cord injuries for two years or more. He and HHP colleague Richard Simpson are investigating why the immune system is blunted after a spinal cord injury.
Professor Cheryl Craig, of the UH College of Education’s curriculum and instruction department, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) the world’s largest and most respected body of educational researchers.
The epidemic of obesity transcends age, culture, gender and borders. Now, a University of Houston researcher whose work examines environmental, social and psychological factors that lead to obesity prepares to tackle the issue in Guadalajara, Mexico, as a Fulbright Scholar.
December caps a year of records, rankings and milestones at the University of Houston. The following is a list of UH’s top accomplishments for the year as well as a peek at some of the rising stars for 2011.
The language of future global success is STEM—science, technology, engineering and math, but it is a language in which few middle and high school teachers are fluent. Now, the University of Houston program that works to combat the national shortage of qualified science and math teachers, teachHOUSTON, is the recipient of a $1 million gift.
Researchers at the Abramson Center for the Future of Health are on a quest to determine how people acquire and use information to make decisions, how they test those decisions and how they use that knowledge to act in their own self interest in the health care arena. Cliff Dacso, a practicing physician and UH professor, leads the charge.
The recent suicide of a Rutgers University freshman has brought the media’s attention to the issue of bullying and cyber bullying, in particular. The University of Houston has experts available to discuss issues related to bullying, reasons for the trend, what parents and students can do, and what’s happening in schools.
The rare book, “India Illustrated” is now digitally preserved and available online for students, historians and others around the world interested in the social, economic and political history of India.
Once stationed in Afghanistan, Army Reserve Officer and University of Houston College of Optometry alumnus Dr. Ben Uhl soon realized that he was not the only Houston Cougar serving in the war-torn country.
Researching one of the most significant entities in the history of El Paso, Texas, was a challenge. Despite the fact that generations of families worked for the American Smelting and Refining Co. history books all but ignored its presence of nearly a century, until now.
The University of Houston Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (UH-SURF), offered by the UH Office of Undergraduate Research, is a full-time, 10-week intensive research initiative, intended to be a real-world guide to conducting research. Students from all majors participate and receive a $3,500 stipend.
A UH study finds that the practice of using electrocardiograms on high school athletes may not accurately detect heart ailments that cause sudden cardiac death, and may not be an efficient use of time or money.
Letters from some Founding Fathers are part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections and are accessible to researchers or others interested in the American Revolution.
As summer approaches, many step up skin protection from harmful UV rays, yet aren’t as vigilant about their eyes. Optometrists at UH are involved in a campaign to change this way of thinking.
With predictions for a more active hurricane season this year, an array of University of Houston researchers are available to address topics ranging from preparation to fall out, as well as various research endeavors.
The University of Houston center that conducts impartial research of public policy issues now will bear the name of a giant in the world of public service, media and academics. The UH Center for Public Policy (CPP) has been renamed the Hobby Center for Public Policy in honor of William P. Hobby.
The world is aging through shifts in the age structure, leading to more people reaching older ages than before, and through successes in extending life. UH offers experts for Older Americans Month in May.
The University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance has produced stars both big and bright. In its efforts to locate tomorrow’s top talents, the school is looking deep in the heart of Texas.
UH has increased its cadre of laser mapping researchers, expanding pioneering work in homeland security, disaster recovery, oil and gas exploration, wind farm site planning and environmental studies. UH now boasts its first and only NSF-supported center, established and sustained by funding from the National Science Foundation.
Researchers at the University of Houston’s department of health and human performance are using an environmental chamber to investigate risk factors of those most susceptible to heat and cold illnesses.
Matters of the heart dominate in February with Valentine’s Day and the American Heart Association’s ‘Heart Month’ topping the list. The University of Houston offers resources that range from heart disease research to the analysis of relationships.
How do you solve problems? You bring diverse perspectives together and create a new approach. That’s what’s happening in a new class at the University of Houston Honors College called Asthmatic Spaces: Houston, which uses a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to problem-based studies.
A national health organization concerned with the health of students from kindergarten through college has honored a University of Houston professor with its 2009-2010 University Health Educator Award for her research on the physical and emotional health of women and young people.
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