Houston Health Department

Serving as the Director for the Houston Health Department, Stephen L. Williams is actively involved in public health issues at the local, state and national level. He joined the City of Houston as the director of HHD in June of 2004. He received his Masters in Public Administration from Baruch College, City University New York, a Masters of Education from Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama and his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Social Work from Huntingdon College also in Montgomery, Alabama. Williams serves on several boards of community, professional and civil rights organizations. He is a past president of the Texas Association of Local Health Officials.

Serving as the Health Authority for the Houston Health Department, David Persse's career in medicine started with ten years experience as a field paramedic and paramedic instructor in upstate New York and New Jersey. After receiving his pre-med training at Columbia University in New York, he then attended Georgetown University School of Medicine. Graduating with honors in emergency medicine from Georgetown, Dr. Persse then completed residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. More at http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/ems.html

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• Houston Health Department Urges Health Precautions to Citizens Affected by Harvey
• Houston Health Department Opens WIC Sites at GRB Shelter, Walmart Stores in Response to Harvey
• Houston Health Department Urges Children, People with Respiratory Illness to Avoid Strenuous Outdoor Activities
• Consumer Health - Post Disaster Guidelines and Procedures
• Houston Health Department to mark National Health Center Week with free child immunizations, four-day health fair
• Youth photo exhibit showcases Houston neighborhoods' challenges, strengths
• Free cervical, breast cancer screenings to benefit uninsured, underinsured women
• Go Healthy Houston, Houston Bikeways Program launch bike rack donation program
• Houston children to get free summer meals during appointments at nine WIC centers
• My Brother’s Keeper Houston kicks off two crime reduction youth programs
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• Symposium to set up task force to develop monitoring for local Zika-related birth defects
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• Guidelines on post-disaster safefty and surveillance
• Houston Health Department laboratory testing water from contaminated private water wells in area counties
• Health Department Director's statement on FDA's sodium reduction targets
• HHD to start Zika virus testing for Houston, 17 surrounding counties
• 2015 State of Asian American and Pacific Islander Health in Houston/Harris County and surrounding areas
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• Houston health department first in state, second large city to attain national accreditation
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