College of Public Health
May 16, 2013
Leadership starts with you and must engage others – that’s what Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program Director Christine Moranetz, PhD, reminds CPH graduate students in the UNTHSC DrPH in Public Health Practice program. This spring, four graduate candidates from the program shared their perspectives on “Public Health Leadership: A Model for the Future” at…
May 1, 2013
Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate student Kun-Ying (Helena) Sung (class of ‘13), in the CPH Department of Health Management and Policy, was a presenter, along with Professor Shang Luan Yan from Shih Chien University, Taiwan, at the recent United Nations (UN) 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The joint presentation…
April 24, 2013
Three College of Public Health faculty members were honored for their research excellence at the recent UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) President’s Faculty Awards ceremony. Jose Pagan, PhD, professor and chair of Health Management and Policy, received the Gold Award for Research Excellence; Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Epidemiology, was presented the Silver…
April 23, 2013
For his efforts in helping Texas local public health departments prepare for national accreditation and to recognize his achievements toward reducing infant mortality across the state, CPH Dean Richard Kurz, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) and received the organization’s President’s Award at the recent TPHA 2013 Professional…
April 16, 2013
Statistics show that 2.5 million children in the U.S. age 12 to 20 are severely obese (weighing more than 100 lbs. over ideal weight). Some 19 percent of children age two to 14 in Tarrant County are obese, and in the Fort Worth Independent School District, half the children are considered overweight. The life expectancy…
April 10, 2013
Sharon Homan, PhD, has been named as Chair for the Biostatistics Department in the College of Public Health. Dr. Homan, who had been serving as Professor and Interim Chair for the department since May 2012, has prior experience as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Health Care Leadership for Rockhurst University and as…
March 19, 2013
Recently, 11 undergraduate students from Eulji University, South Korea, visited the CPH to learn more about our programs and hear presentations from our noted faculty researchers on addictive behaviors and prevention, specifically relating to alcohol and substance abuse. With translation assistance from Dr. Jenny Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health,…
January 17, 2013
Make plans now to attend the 6th annual North Texas Health Forum, sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) College of Public Health. This year's theme is "Childhood Obesity: Accomplishments and Challenges." The event will be held on the UNTHSC campus during National Public Health Week on April 4 and 5, 2013, and is…
January 16, 2013
Dr. Jose Pagan, professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, collaborated on a paper, published in the December 2012 issue of HealthAffairs, titled, "Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening is Likely to Require More than Access to Care." To read this article, click here. Congratulations to Dr. Sumi…
January 16, 2013
Two UNT Health Science Center College of Public Health domestic tuberculosis researchers have received one of four new $100,000 grants to enable emerging researchers to explore the effect of public health services on population health. Principal Investigator Thad Miller, DrPH, assistant professor, Department of Health Management and Policy and the Department of Medicine, and his mentor, José…
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