Partnerships in Practice

Discover how the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has partnered with academic institutions to engage with students throughout the state. Read the articles below to learn more about the impactful work DSHS and its academic partners are doing to train and prepare the future public health workforce. 

University Engagement at DSHS

Learn more about how DSHS collaborates with university partners to improve the health of Texans. The following detail examples of internships, programs, and academic collaborations that highlight the ways DSHS supports student learning and public health workforce development across Texas. 

• Texas A&M-McAllen Public Health Students Help Fill Void of Medical Care

• Northwest Texas (PHR 1) Partners with Texas Tech Science Students to Improve Awareness of Health Inspection Careers

• Data Discovery Workshops Connect Students to Real-World Applications 

• Workforce Director and Capstone Class Partner to Create Meaningful Experience to Students and DSHS

• COVID-19 Surveillance Brings New Collaborations and Opportunities for Growth

• Public Health Region 2/3 and Tarleton State University Partner to Reduce Health Disparities in north central Texas

• How One Office Utilized Interns to Support Texas’ Pandemic Response and Build A Workforce Pipeline

• Theory to Practice: Public Health Region 6/5S partners with a UTHealth class to create healthier communities in rural southeast Texas

• Lori Boies - Texas Syndromic Surveillance (MPH Epidemiology - UT Health Science Center at Houston

• Audrey Payton and Noel Pratts - Fiscal Monitoring Unit (BA Business - Southwestern University

• Shiva Dhiman - COVID-19 Response Management: Region 8 (BS Public Health - Baylor University)