{"id":579,"date":"2019-07-24T17:03:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phs.uthscsa.edu\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:42:17","slug":"institute-for-health-promotion-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/phs\/our-expertise\/institute-for-health-promotion-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Health Promotion Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR), housed in the Department of Population Health Sciences (PHS) at UT San Antonio, is leading the charge to discover why Latino health disparities exist, creating solutions to reduce those disparities, and enhancing the ability of people to advocate for and start equitable community changes that create healthier places to live, work, and play for this rapidly growing population.<\/p>\n<h2>Who we are and what we do<\/h2>\n<p>The IHPR&#8217;s mission is to investigate causes and solutions to cancer and chronic disease disparities to improve Latino health in San Antonio, South Texas and the nation.<\/p>\n<h3>Areas of Expertise<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Latino health disparity research\/training<\/li>\n<li>Health promotion\/communication<\/li>\n<li>Cancer control research from primary prevention to survivorship<\/li>\n<li>Healthy lifestyle promotion<\/li>\n<li>Prevention of tobacco use, obesity, diabetes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Functions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop, test and implement behavioral health interventions, projects, and programs.<\/li>\n<li>Train and mentor Latino undergrads, grads, fellows and pre\/post-doctoral researchers.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with research, health, policy, media and public groups via websites, social media, news releases, PSAs, educational materials, and scientific articles and reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>IHPR Program Websites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/salud-america.org\/\">Salud America!<\/a>: A National and Award-Winning Latino Health Equity Network for Research and Communications<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exitotraining.org\/\">Exito!<\/a>: Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training Program (NCI)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quitxt.org\/\">Quitxt<\/a>: A Statewide Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/ihpr.uthscsa.edu\/\">IHPR\u2019s website<\/a> for additional information related to current projects and research training opportunities.<\/p>\n<h3>IHPR Training Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Students interested in an internship may request more information by filling out <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.uthscsa.edu\/REDCap\/surveys\/?s=HF3T3DPRPX\">IHPR\u2019s prospective trainee survey<\/a> and submitting an updated CV.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized\" href=\"http:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/phs\/expertise-services\/collaboration-guidelines-policies\/\" title=\"Collaboration Guidelines and Policies\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-folder-open\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Collaboration Guidelines and Policies<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;panel outline&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"colorized-heading ruled-heading\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.PH.<\/strong><br \/>\nChair and Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences<br \/>\nDirector, Institute for Health Promotion Research<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ramirezag@uthscsa.edu\">ramirezag@uthscsa.edu<\/a><br \/>\n210-562-6500<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Support<\/strong><br \/>\n210-562-6500[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR), housed in the Department of Population Health Sciences (PHS) at UT San Antonio, is leading the charge to discover why Latino health disparities exist, creating solutions to reduce those disparities, and enhancing the ability of people to advocate for and start equitable community changes that create 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