UTMB Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

06/09/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Emily Lantz, Assistant Professor in Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior, on receiving the President’s Early Investigator Award! 👏

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Advancing Research through Mentorship (ARM) Program proudly recognize the inaugural awardees of the President’s Early Investigator Award — supporting innovative early-stage research across our campus!

Funding supports preliminary data collection, encourages long-term research engagement, and strengthens our vibrant research community. Please join us in congratulating the recipients on this exciting achievement!

𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐳, 𝐏𝐡𝐃
Assistant Professor, UTMB Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior
UTMB School of Health Professions

𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐎'𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐏𝐡𝐃
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐫, 𝐏𝐡𝐃
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐮, 𝐏𝐓, 𝐏𝐡𝐃
Assistant Professor, UTMB Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
UTMB School of Health Professions

𝐇𝐮𝐢 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐡𝐃
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine

02/14/2025

10/31/2024

A look at what it takes to be number 1 at UTMB School of Health Professions Howl O ween!! Thank you to everyone who helped to make today spooky.

10/31/2024

Number 1!!

10/01/2024

Today’s celebration of UTMB’s 133rd anniversary is off to a rousing start!

You still have time to join (47) of your fellow SHP alumni who have stepped forward to lend their support during All in for UTMB: A Giving Challenge.

So far, our alumni have generously committed 11,357 to help launch the university’s next 133 years.

Will you show that you are equally invested in UTMB’s future by making your gift today?

Give today!



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10/01/2024

All in for UTMB: A Giving Challenge is off and running!
So far, (31) UTMB SHP alumni have committed $(9,530) as part of this special, daylong celebration of UTMB’s 133rd anniversary. Thanks to all those who have already shown their support!
Will you join them? Are you All in for UTMB?
Make your gift today and help usher in another 133 years of outstanding service to our community, region, state, nation, and world.
If you are on campus, be sure to stop by the HEC from 11 – 1 PM for cake and competition!

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09/09/2024

Dr. Ahmar Hashmi of UTMB Nutrition Science and Health Behavior at is working with SMRU/BHF in Thailand (2-8 Sept 2024), advancing an institutional partnership on public health and research. He aims to build collaborative efforts in maternal & child health and other areas.

12/07/2023

09/08/2023

🎓 Exciting News! Blair Brown of UTMB Nutrition & Metabolism is at UT Austin 🤘 scouting talent for our MS/DI program! 📚 If you're in the area, drop by and say hello 👋 – your future starts here! 🌟

08/29/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Mi Jung Lee on receiving the AIM-AHEAD (NIH) Research Fellowship Award for her groundbreaking work on addressing disparities in lung cancer screening through machine learning. A well-deserved honor for an exceptional researcher and assistant professor in the field of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Rehabilitation Sciences!