College of Public Health
Noah Peeri

CPH student wins prestigious American Society for Nutrition award

By Sally Crocker Congratulations go to UNTHSC College of Public Health (SPH) PhD - Epidemiology student Noah Peeri, who has been awarded First Place in the American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN’s) highly competitive “Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition,” Neuroscience, Cognitive Function and Chronobiology Group, at the organization’s recent annual conference, Nutrition 2019, in Baltimore,…
Bethany Smith

Alumni Profile – Bethany Smith

By Sally Crocker Meet Bethany N. Smith, RN, BSN, MPH, MS, a May 2019 graduate of the UNTHSC MPH-Professional Option degree program. Smith is Campus Nurse for a middle school in the Weatherford Independent School District (WISD). Her job covers four main areas. She sees and cares for students with sore throats, cuts and scratches…
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Grow Southeast: Fighting Food Insecurity, One Farm at a Time

College of Public Health & Texas Center for Health Disparities Community Blog   Linda Fulmer, B.S.W., M. Ed. Executive Director, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration In 2014 we met with the community leaders in East and Southeast Fort Worth to ask what they thought could help make their neighborhoods healthier. They pointed out that while many organizations…
Estherannan

Class project on U.S. tuberculosis risk gains interest from CDC, American Thoracic Society

By Sally Crocker Under the mentorship of CPH professors Eun-Young Mun, PhD, and Erica Stockbridge, PhD, UNTHSC College of Public Health student Esther Annan recently tackled some of the key gaps and misperceptions related to managing U.S. tuberculosis risk in one of the highest-identified priority populations, those with Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI). LTBI is a…
Meeca

Alumni Profile – Mecca Chenier, MPAS, MPH, PA-C

By Sally Crocker Currently working as Physician Assistant for Parkland Health and Hospital System – Correctional Health, Dallas. In this position, Chenier provides medical services to incarcerated youth, offering education and encouragement “to an often forgotten, dismissed population,” she says. “To have the greatest impact on these youth, I must recognize the social determinants of…
Unt Health Science Center 2019 Graduation. May 18, 2019.

Small town boy’s inspirations lead to good works and 2019 Faculty Achievement Award

By Sally Crocker Thad Miller, DrPH, MPH, College of Public Health Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Systems and this year’s UNTHSC Faculty Achievement Award winner, has been inspired by many influences in his life: family, his desire to serve others through faith and community, the opportunity to create change in the world through research…
Moonan

Alumni Profile – Patrick K. Moonan, DrPH, MPH

By Sally Crocker Meet Dr. Moonan, a UNT Health Science Center 2005 DrPH (Epidemiology) and 2002 MPH-Epidemiology graduate. Job Title: Associate Chief of Science, Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta. Dr. Moonan is currently responsible for maintaining scientific integrity for all tuberculosis-related activities with the Division of…
Linda L. Cheng

Alumni Profile – Meet Linda Cheng

By Sally Crocker Linda L. Cheng, DDS, MPH, CPH, FAGD, ABGD, is a Clinical Associate Professor and a Group Leader in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. She has been a faculty member at the dental college since 2001 and was recently promoted to Clinical Associate Professor, effective September 2019.…
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Understanding and Responding to Moms with Postpartum Depression in our communities, in our families

College of Public Health & Texas Center for Health Disparities Community Blog By Luvleen Dharni Whether the first or third child, having a baby brings tremendous responsibility and readjustment in the daily routine. For many, the new life brings joy and happiness, but along with these celebrations, unexpected challenges may arise. For the last 15 years,…
Diana Cervantes

UNTHSC alum and field veteran to direct MPH Epidemiology program

By Sally Crocker The best way to learn about public health is to live it. As a UNT Health Science Center student working on her master’s and doctoral degrees, Diana Treviño Cervantes, DrPH, MPH, was already actively pursuing a career where she could make a difference in the lives of others. Dr. Cervantes was employed as…