TAMIU Hosts GETPHIT Summit 2025, Welcomes 120 Students

Students at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) interested in public health informatics, technology, and patient care participated in a recent day-long summit focused on paving pathways to their future careers in healthcare.

The Third Annual Gaining Equity in Training for Public Health Informatics and Technology (GET PHIT) 2025 Summit, held Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Student Center Ballroom, invited healthcare experts and offered students the opportunity to network with these professionals.

Keynote speakers included Chief Executive Officer for Texas e-Health Alliance Nora Cox and Chief Medical Officer for Prevention for the American Heart Association, Eduardo Sánchez, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP.

Summit highlights included a poster session, as well as presentations on recent graduate experiences, using A.I. on job searches, developing your social media presence on LinkedIn, and more.

Through these opportunities, students can learn more about these emerging technologies and how they can begin careers in healthcare.

The event was made possible through the support of the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, and TAMIU.

The GET PHIT Consortium plans to train 1,400 students recruited predominantly from the Hispanic-serving institutions and HBCUs listed below and academic professionals, while placing 400 students in internships.

The initiative is led by The University Texas of Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health (SPH) and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the GET PHIT Consortium collaborates with Huston-Tillotson University (HBCU); Prairie View A&M University (HBCU); Texas A&M International University (HSI); Texas Tech University Health Science Center; The University of Texas at Arlington (HSI); The University of Texas at El Paso (HSI); The University of Texas at Tyler; The University of Texas Permian Basin (HSI); and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (HSI).

For more information on GETPHIT, visit https://www.uth.edu/get-phit/