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. 

Academic Public Health Consortium

The Office of Practice and Learning partners with schools and programs of public health across Texas and convenes these partners together with the purpose of strengthening, supporting and enhancing activities between public health practice and academic institutions to improve health in Texas. 

You can learn more about these efforts here and by emailing us at opl@dshs.texas.gov. 

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
• Theory to Practice: Public Health Region 6/5S partners with a UTHealth class to create healthier communities in rural southeast Texas
• Audrey Payton and Noel Pratts - Fiscal Monitoring Unit (BA Business - Southwestern University