Advanced Analytics

About Advanced Analytics

The Advanced Analytics Team conducts public health research and data analyses to support DSHS’s mission. The team provides timely, accurate, and accessible information about the health of Texans and informs public health practice through research. The team also helps other programs develop study designs and data analysis plans.

Focus Areas

Public Health research
Advanced statistical methods
Technical assistance
Training
Health Communication

Contact Information

For all questions and project inquiries, please email aat@dshs.texas.gov.

Recent Projects

Infographics and One-pagers

Publications and Presentations

Evaluating the Association Between Fentanyl Exposure and Polysubstance Poisoning Deaths in Texas, 2012-2022

Evaluating the Association Between Urban-Rural Classification and Polysubstance Poisoning Deaths in Texas, 2012-2022

Association between patients prescribed opioids and patients prescribed multiple substances and long-term opioid use within 2022 calendar year

Shifting Trends in Opioid-related Deaths and Polysubstance Use: A Decade of Changes in Heroin and Fentanyl Data in Texas, 2012-2022

Using Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC) Data for Emerging and Infectious Diseases

Assessing Factors Associated with Illness Severity for Coccidioidomycosis Hospitalizations in Texas, 2016-2022

Associations Between Current Electronic Vapor Product Use and Asthma Among Youth, Texas YRBS 2021

Associations Between Feelings of Sadness and Current Binge Drinking Among Youth Using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2017, 2019, 2021)

Coccidioidomycosis-related Hospital Visits, 2016-2021

Descriptive Analysis of People Utilizing Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Texas

Factors associated with MOUD treatment retention in Texas

Nonfatal Emergency Department Visits for Drug Related Poisonings and Mental Health by Border Status, 2016-2021