The Many Faces of UTHealth Houston: Lex Frieden
Post Date: Mar 31, 2026
On a November night in 1967, Lex Frieden, MA, was a freshman in college riding back to campus with friends. What happened next would change his life forever.
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NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30.
Post Date: Mar 26, 2026
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to share the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30.
This new plan provides a comprehensive roadmap to advance innovative, responsible research that promotes the health and well-being of Americans with disabilities.
OT researchers awarded $4.5 million grant for community-engaged disability research
Post Date: Nov 12, 2025
Susan Magasi and Joy Hammel have been awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant will fund the ENGAGED: Disability Community Engaged Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Center, a hub for community-engaged training, outreach and investigation into the social, economic, environmental and policy factors that affect the health of people with disabilities.
EEOC Sues Kroger for Firing Employee with Disability After Stripping Her Of Existing Accommodation
Post Date: Mar 30, 2026
Houston Division, operator of Kroger grocery store #300 in Houston’s Clear Lake/NASA area, violated federal employment law when it failed to accommodate and then fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.
Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma to Pay $90,000 in EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Post Date: Feb 20, 2026
Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma, Inc., a medical practice that operates five clinics employing two dozen physicians in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans
Post Date: May 1, 2025
The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against three of the largest health insurance companies. The United States alleges that from 2016 through at least 2021, the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to the defendant brokers in exchange for enrollments into the insurers’ Medicare Advantage plans.