College of Public Health

Dean Richard Kurz appointed to National Board of Public Health Examiners

Dr. Richard Kurz, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, has been appointed by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to serve on the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Board members guide the NBPHE in its mission to increase recognition…

UNTHSC researchers release significant findings on texting while driving

University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) College of Public Health professors Fernando Wilson, PhD, and Jim Stimpson, PhD, have recently released a report in the American Journal of Public Health showing that texting while driving resulted in an estimated 16,000 fatalities in the U.S. from 2001 to 2007.  The report indicates that a…

CPH collaborates on training and learning grants

The UNTHSC College of Public Health (SPH) is part of a consortium with two other schools - Texas A&M Health Science Center's School of Rural Public Health and University of Texas College of Public Health at Houston - on two recent training and learning grants. The Texas Public Health Training Center (TPHTC), a workforce development…

UNTHSC College of Public Health introduces new professional option master’s degree

The College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), now offers a new "generalist" Master of Public Health (MPH) - Professional Option program that can be completed entirely through evening courses. Other one, two and three-year degree plans are available through both day and evening scheduling. This 42…

CPH remembers Leon Harold Brachman

CPH remembers Leon Harold Brachman - http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?n=leon-harold-brachman&pid=145162089 Original Steering Committee member founding the College of Public Health, for whom the annual student Brachman Award is named.

UNTHSC student noted on FEMA website

Tabatha N. Offutt-Powell, MPH, epidemiology doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's College of Public Health, has been recognized on the Department of Homeland Security's FEMA website under "Lessons Learned-Information Sharing." She was noted for conducting a first-year evaluation of the Southwest Center for Advanced Public Health Practice's School Health Surveillance…

UNTHSC Public Health Professor Published in APHA Newsletter

Sue Lurie, PhD, assistant professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences for the College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), recently published an article in the American Public Health Association's Community Health Planning & Policy Development newsletter on health planning by non-governmental organizations in Hungary and the U.S. …

UNTHSC appoints new Social & Behavioral Chair

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC) has appointed Dennis L. Thombs, PhD, FAAHB, as the new chair for Social and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Public Health. Dr. Thombs joins UNTHSC from the Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, J.…

UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, receives second CPRIT cancer prevention grant

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded an additional cancer prevention grant, totaling nearly $300,000, to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), under the direction of principal investigator Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Community Health at UNTHSC.…

UNTHSC receives grant to assess radiological preparedness in Texas

The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) has approved a $62,000 grant to the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health to assess radiological preparedness in the state of Texas. Dr. David Sterling, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, is serving as Principal…