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Drs. Shao-Chee Sim and Ezemenari Obasi
Opinion - Pandemic hit Black and Latino communities hardest. Texas must address the root causes.
HRI Director Dr. Ezemenari Obasi is featured in this Houston Chronicle Op-ed regarding the troubling…
Dr. LeChauncy Woodard
Dr. LeChauncy Woodard Named Laureate by American College of Physicians
HRI executive board member, Dr. LeChauncy Woodard was the 2020 recipient of the Laureate Award. It…
Dr. Ezemenari Obasi
Investigating Vaccine Hesitancy in Houston’s Underserved Communities
With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available than ever, there remains vaccine hesitancy in diverse…
Dr. Ezemenari Obasi
Winners of the 2020-21 Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
The University of Houston announced the winners for the 2020-21 Awards for Excellence in Research, S…
Rosenda Murillo
The 2021 Faculty Excellence Awards
We'd like to congratulate former HRI mentee and UHAND mentor, Dr. Rosenda Murillo for being the…
Marcel De Dios
Racial and gender inequities in the implementation of a cannabis criminal justice diversion program in a large and diverse metropolitan county of the USA
HRI Affiliate, Dr. Marcel de Dios, has recently completed a study that examined data from Harris Cou…
Holiday Stress
Want to Cut Back on Holiday Boozing? Learn to Hack Your Biology
HRI Director, Dr. Ezemenari Obasi, is featured in this gripping article about stress and its impact…
Third Ward Health
A closer look at the Third Ward by the co-chair of the Third Ward Health and Wellness committee
HRI Community Advisory Board member, Dr. Amelia Averyt spoke to us about the importance of the healt…