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  • Patient Care
| June 4, 2019

Getting a child with a rare illness back on his feet

By Alex Branch Zayd was about to start his first youth soccer program when his family’s nightmare with Acute Flaccid Myelitis began. First, the 3-year-old boy from Irving had cold-like symptoms. He no longer bounded into the kitchen in the...

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  • Education
| June 3, 2019

Health disparities conference to focus on how social factors impact health

By Jan Jarvis Social, behavioral and economic factors can change an individual’s biology and set them up for various chronic diseases from cancer to cardiovascular disease. How these factors affect minority and...

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  • Education
| May 29, 2019

Patrick Moonan receives distinguished alumni award for Ebola work

Patrick Moonan, DrPH, a 2005 graduate of the School of Public Health, is the recipient of the 2019 President’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Service in recognition of his work in combatting the Ebola virus in West Africa and other career...

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  • Community
| May 28, 2019

Culinary Medicine students keep momentum going

By Betsy Friauf   For several years, the Culinary Medicine course has fed students’ passion to help patients eat healthier. Now, it also stokes their enthusiasm for interprofessional collaboration that extends beyond the classroom and into summer. The TCOM elective...

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  • Research
| May 24, 2019

Entrepreneurship and innovation at UNTHSC

Learn more Research Development and Commercialization Find an Expert Explore our Available Technologies Innovation Ecosystems Acceleration Lab UNT Health Science Center has embarked on an ambitious campaign...

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  • Community
| May 23, 2019

Clearing the air about vaping

By Sally Crocker  A Fort Worth mother of two discovered some unusual items while unpacking her family’s suitcases on vacation. Turns out, she had found her 15-year-old son’s JUUL pods. He had been secretly vaping, joining the tens of thousands...

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  • Our People
| May 22, 2019

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

By Sally Crocker   Thad Miller, DrPH, MPH, has been inspired by many influences in his life: family, his desire to serve others, the opportunity to create change in the world through research and action, and some good old fashioned...

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  • Community
| May 22, 2019

Limits on screen time

By Jan Jarvis They have been dubbed digital natives, and they are the first generation to cut their teeth on technology. Theirs is a world of tablets and texting; blogs, videos and all things digital. “These are the kids who...

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  • Education
| May 22, 2019

WE HAIL honored with Innovators in Aging award

By Jan Jarvis    For four years, Workforce Enhancement in Health Aging and Independent Living, or WE HAIL, has expanded training and services in the community to better serve older adults.  The Texas Health and Human Services Commission recently recognized...

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  • Community
| May 20, 2019

UNTHSC’s second Little Free Library opens a new chapter

By Cari Hyden Looking for a good book to read? Have you just finished a riveting volume that you’d like to share with others? UNTHSC just opened its second Little Free Library. It’s in the Lewis Library lobby, near the Java...