Nutrition & Food
Which will not protect against food borne disease (a.k.a. food poisoning)? A. wash produce before eating B. thoroughly cook meats and eggs C. store perishable items in a cool, dry environment D. purchase organic produce
What is purchase organic produce. Organic produce can contain the same food borne contaminants as other produce. "Organic" only means that pesticides were not used in growing the produce, and does not refer to the absence of pathogens.
What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? A. heart disease B. chronic liver disease C. cancer D. stroke
What is heart disease. In 2023: Heart disease caused approximately 680,000 deaths, Cancer -- 613,000 Stroke -- 162,000, chronic liver disease -- 52,000
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 led to the creation of two separate federal entities. One is OSHA. What is the other?
What is NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
The “10 Essential Public Health Services” were revised in 2020 to place this value at the center. What was the value?
What is equity?
How many schools are under UTHealth Houston?
What is seven?
Cizik School of Nursing
McGovern Medical School
MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School
School of Behavioral Health Sciences
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
School of Dentistry
School of Public Health
The “hygiene hypothesis” suggests reduced exposure to infectious agents early in life may increase susceptibility to these two chronic conditions. What are the two conditions?
What are allergies and autoimmune diseases?
This radioactive gas, a decay product of uranium, is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
What is the gas?
What is radon?
This naturally occurring mineral, once widely used in construction, is now a Group 1 carcinogen linked to mesothelioma. What is the mineral?
What is asbestos?
What does the acronym SHERM stand for?
What is Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management?
SHERM's mission is to work in conjunction with the UTHealth community to ensure that education, research, and health care service activities take place in conditions that are optimally safe and healthy for all students, faculty, staff, visitors, surrounding community and the general public.
Pellagra, historically endemic in the American South, results from a deficiency of what vitamin, and what staple food’s processing contributed to the epidemic?
Niacin (Vitamin B3); corn (maize) processed without alkali treatment
The Bradford Hill criteria are widely cited for inferring causation in epidemiology. Which criterion is often considered the weakest and most subjective?
What is Analogy?
In epidemiology, analogy is one of Sir Austin Bradford Hill's criteria for causality, suggesting that the likelihood of a causal relationship is strengthened if a similar exposure-outcome relationship is already established in another context.
The “London Fog” of 1952, which killed an estimated 12,000 people, was primarily caused by this air pollutant. What was the pollutant?
What is sulfur dioxide (SO₂) from coal combustion?
In John Snow’s famous cholera investigation, what was unique about the Broad Street pump case that strengthened his argument against miasma theory?
A brewery nearby had its own water supply and workers who drank beer instead of pump water, and they did not get cholera.
How many UTHealth Houston’s annual student Crawfish Boil have commenced?
How many is 14? In 2026, the SIC will host it's 15th!
Kwashiorkor and marasmus are both forms of this condition, with kwashiorkor marked by edema and fatty liver. What is the condition?
What is severe protein-energy malnutrition?
Prolonged occupational exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” has been associated with increased risk of this type of cancer.
What is kidney cancer?
This international treaty, adopted in 2003 and ratified by over 180 countries, is the first global health treaty negotiated under WHO’s guidance. What is the treaty?
What is the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)?
The last naturally occurring case of smallpox was recorded in 1977 in Somalia. Which specific form of smallpox did this individual contract?
What is Variola minor (alastrim)?
What are the office hours of UT Police Risk Operations Center?
What are 24 hours a day, seven days a week?
This naturally occurring mycotoxin, produced by Aspergillus species in stored grains, is a potent hepatocarcinogen. What is its name?
What is aflatoxin?
The 1993 Milwaukee outbreak, the largest documented waterborne disease outbreak in U.S. history, was caused by this protozoan parasite. What is the parasites scientific binomial name?
What is Cryptosporidium parvum?
The 1930 Gauley Bridge disaster (Hawk’s Nest Tunnel) is one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history. What occupational hazard was the primary cause of death?
What is acute silicosis from inhalation of silica dust?
Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of crystalline silica dust, usually over many years. Silica is a substance naturally found in certain types of stone, rock, sand and clay. Working with these materials can create a very fine dust that can be easily inhaled.
This 1978 declaration, adopted at an international conference in the Soviet Union, called for “Health for All” through primary health care.
What is the Alma-Ata Declaration?
How many presidents has UTHealth Houston had?