College of Public Health
April 24, 2011
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a new Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Health Sciences degree program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health, Fort Worth, Texas. Six new students have been admitted to the PhD program which will begin in the fall semester, August…
April 12, 2011
Combining caffeinated energy drinks such as Monster or Red Bull with alcohol could be more dangerous than consuming either separately, according to a recent study by Dennis Thombs, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Science. In Thombs' research, bar patrons near a college campus were asked a series of questions after…
March 10, 2011
Featured topic: Embracing our Community of African American Children According to a recent research brief presented by the Center for Community Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, in conjunction with Cook Children's Health Care System and the Mental Health Association of Tarrant County, about 7 to 12 percent…
March 7, 2011
The College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), has been awarded a $145,000 grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) over the next two years to study community level factors that might contribute to disparities in colorectal cancer screening. Community factors that might influence screening include demographic…
February 22, 2011
Raquel Qualls-Hampton, PhD, MS, assistant Epidemiology professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health, has been selected as one of eight recipients for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) grant funding on the New Connections (NC) Program, Vulnerable Populations Team, to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate…
February 14, 2011
Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, College of Public Health associate professor of Epidemiology and director of the Center for Community Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, recently led a podcast for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discussing the principal factors contributing to racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.…
January 26, 2011
Grant funds totaling $135,372 have been awarded to the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health and Center for Community Health to conduct the first phase of a project called the "Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies Initiative." Funding is through a payment the Health Science Center received from a foundation that supported…
January 19, 2011
Drs. Jim Stimpson, Raquel Qualls-Hampton and Martha Felini (pictured from left with Dean Richard Kurz, far right) were recently honored by the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health as "rising stars" at a recent UNTHSC Faculty Assembly. Dr. Stimpson was recognized in the Research category, Dr. Qualls-Hampton was honored…
November 16, 2010
The College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, welcomes Youcheng Liu, MD, ScD, MPH, as associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Lakshmi Balasubramanian, PhD, as assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy. Dr. Liu joins UNTHSC from…
November 8, 2010
Fernando Wilson, PhD, a health economist and assistant professor in the department of health management and policy in the College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, Texas, has been named the director of health services and policy research for The Osteopathic Research Center (ORC) at UNTHSC.…
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