College of Public Health
September 6, 2012
What's a quick and convenient way to enhance your career opportunities in a competitive job market? The new Graduate Certificate in Public Health is one of the fastest and most convenient ways to update your resume if you are a working professional looking to advance your public health training and take your knowledge to the…
UNTHSC Assistant Professors Receive $2.1 million Grant from the Cancer Prevention Institute of Texas
August 28, 2012
Grant will support integration of cancer screening in a behavioral health treatment environment for women. The Cancer Prevention Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a state-supported fund to enhance access to evidence-based prevention programs and services throughout the state, has awarded the University of North Texas Health Science Center's College of Public Health (UNTHSC - CPH) and…
August 27, 2012
The College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, Texas, has introduced a new Public Health Graduate Certificate Program in Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, research and spatial analysis, which can be added to either the Master of Public Health (MPH) or Master of Health Administration (MHA)…
July 11, 2012
Dr. Jose Pagan, Chair of the Department of Health Management & Policy in the College of Public Health, is leading a new $7.3 million Health Care Innovations Award funded through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The project is a partnership between UNTHSC and Brookdale Senior Living,…
June 22, 2012
Three students from the UNT Health Science Center's College of Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas, have been selected to participate in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School 2012 Student Quality Leadership Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in July. The Master of Health Administration (MHA) students - pictured left to right, Derrick Villa, Megan Clark…
May 16, 2012
At the recent American Association of Occupational Health Nurses conference in Nashville, Tennessee, CPH doctoral candidate Joyce Hood, MPH, RN, COHN-S, was presented with the national UL PureSafety Workplace Health and Safety Stewardship Award, recognizing her work in occupational and environmental health nursing and her dedication to "creating a culture of health and safety in the workplace." According to conference leaders…
May 8, 2012
Three College of Public Health (SPH) faculty members have been recognized for outstanding service, teaching and research.Pictured with CPH Dean Richard S. Kurz, PhD, (from left to right) are Elizabeth Trevino Dawson, DrPH, who received the Faculty Award for Service; Scott Walters, PhD, who received the Faculty Award for Research; and Erin Carlson, PhD, who…
May 3, 2012
The Tour de Fort Worth area bike ride, to be held Wednesday, May 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m., has been designated by Mayor Betsy Price as an event that will donate proceeds to "Healthy Moms - Healthy Babies - Healthy Community."The "Healthy Moms - Healthy Babies - Healthy Community" initiative is designed to lower infant…
April 25, 2012
Physician owners tout the lower mortality rates and higher quality ratings in their own cardiac specialty hospitals. Yet a recent study published in the April 2012 issue of the journal Health Affairs found that these same physicians have offsetting higher mortality rates when they admit Medicaid, uninsured, and minority patients to non-cardiac hospitals. The outstanding…
January 17, 2012
Dr. Erin Carlson, assistant professor of Health Management and Policy, has been selected to participate in Leading Edge, a program of Leadership Fort Worth, Texas, for young leaders in their 20s and 30s. The program offers an opportunity to strengthen leadership skills, build connections with local community leaders and move toward non-profit board service. According…
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