Points of Pride

College/Department Accolades

CHS Advising Team Leads College to Record Student Retention Rate

CLS Class of 2023 Honored for Community Service

CHS Partners with College of Nursing, Community Agencies to Serve 2,000 Vulnerable El Pasoans through HOPE+

CHS Partners with UT System, DOD to Establish Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative

CHS Establishes New Collaborating Center with the World Health Organization

Faculty Major Grants and Appointments

UTEP Professor Awarded $4.4 NIH Grant to Establish Clinical Trial

UTEP Instructors Awarded $500,000 DHHS Grant to Establish Mental Health Awareness Program

Interdisciplinary Research Team Spurs New NSF Funding Track

Interdisciplinary Grant to Examine Root Causes of Hunger in Paso del Norte Region

UTEP Professor Emeritus Named Social Work Pioneer

UTEP Faculty Members Earn Hispanos Triunfadores Award

CHS Professor Builds Environmental Literacy through New Federal Appointments

Student Fellowships and Research Awards

• Mariel Bustamante - Ima Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Scholar
• Thomas Guerra - El Paso Delagate for national El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Summit
• Manuel Gomez - American College of Sports Medicine Leadership and Diversity Fellow
• Victoria Rocha - Texas ACSM Undergraduate Major of the Year 
• Michael Sanchez - Stanford PRISM Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty Awards and Appointments

Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia: 2022 University Mentorship Award

UTEP MSW Program Breaks U.S. News and World Report Top 100 List

Jeannie Concha: ADA Education Recognition Committee; Scientific Co-Chair, Latino Caucus for Public Health

William Roberts, Patricia Lara, Celia Pechak, Cecilia Fierro, Alvaro Gurovich: 2022 President's Meritorious Service Award

Eva Moya, Carolina Valencia: The $100 Solution Institutional Partner Award

Alvaro Gurovich: American Physical Therapy Association Fellowship

Faculty Major Grants

RO1: Improving Glycemic Control with Electrical Stimulation in Mexican-Americans

Health Opportunity Education to Foster Professional Workforce Growth for Homefree Populations

COVID-19 School Health Support Services

Student Fellowships and Research Awards

• Marni Shoemaker – National Strength and Conditioning Association Women's Scholarship
• Katya Compian - Ima Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Scholarship

Faculty Awards and Appointments

Alvaro Gurovich: 2021 University Mentorship Award

Bruce Friedman: 2021 Best Reviewer Award Council for Social Work Education

Delfina Dominguez: NSF Partnership for Innovation Award for patented point-of-care biochip device

Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia: Co-Lead Environmental Education and Sustainability, EPA U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Program

Dahlia Castillo: Editorial Board, Willard & Spackman's Occupational Therapy textbook

Emre Umucu: 2021 New Career in Rehabilitation Education Award

Maria Duarte: Distinguished Scientist Award, Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Faculty Major Grants

UTEP to Work on Solutions to Reduce Drug-Use Related HIV in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Border

Researchers on Track to Move Biomedical Device from Lab to Marketplace

REACH: An Integrated Ecological Approach to Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

HPV in the Context of Men's Health Disparities

Mental Health Awareness Training for Healthy U.S.-Mexico Border Minority Communities

TREE: Treatment and Recovery Services Enhancement and Expansion

School Social Work Strategies in Social Emotional Curricula and the Educational Environment

Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities and Vulnerabilities in El Paso County

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program

TITLE IV-E: Child Welfare Services Social Work Training Program

Hispanic-Serving Institution Coordinated Campus Response for Suicide Prevention

Synthetic 3D Model of the Carotid Artery to Study Exercise-Induced Changes

Healthy Families Healthy Kids Initiative

Culturally Tailored Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support

Student Fellowships and Research Awards

• Jaclyn Berger – Ima Hogg Foundation Scholarship
• Martin Dietze-Hermosa – National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Doctoral Student Grant
• Sarah Elkington – Texas Occupational Therapy Foundation research grant
• Georgina Sanchez-Garcia – Institute for Diversity and Civic Life research gran