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  • Our People
| April 11, 2019

Dr. Kendi Hensel assumes American Academy of Osteopathy Presidency

By Alex Branch   Kendi Hensel, DO, PhD, FAAO, is the new President of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO), a national organization of about 9,000 physicians and students. Dr. Hensel, UNT Health Science Center Associate Professor in the Department...

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  • Education
| April 8, 2019

Rollin’ Bones

By Alex Branch   Osteopathic physicians James Aston and Dante Paredes sit on sofas in an UNT Health Science Center media studio and confront the tricky part of today’s podcast: How to discuss lymphatics so that people understand it —...

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  • Our People
| April 4, 2019

Hearts and minds connect in service to Puerto Rico

By Sally Crocker   One of Robyn Remotigue’s most prized possessions is a painting that highlights the word “service,” recently presented in thanks by a university colleague in Puerto Rico. In the wake of 2017’s devastating Hurricane Maria, residents have...

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  • Community
| April 3, 2019

Public Health student to perform at Crawfish Boil

By Alex Branch   Organizers of the 6thAnnual Alumni and Friends Crawfish Boil didn’t have to look far to find musical talent for the on-campus event. Esther Annan, a 1st -year PhD candidate in the School of Public Health, will...

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  • Research
| April 3, 2019

Students and residents present research prowess in RAD poster displays

By Jan Jarvis The CT scan of a 22-pound mass in the abdomen of a young woman was hard to miss in a room spilling over with research posters. To illustrate just how large the mass was, third-year Texas College...

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  • Community
| March 28, 2019

‘Treating patients who are much different from you’

By Alex Branch   Exposure to medically underserved populations is an important part of the education of medical students at UNT Health Science Center. And populations don’t get much more underserved than residents of two apartment complexes where newly arrived...

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  • Education
| March 27, 2019

UTA Research Institute partnering to develop robotic gloves for post-stroke hand rehabilitation

Media Contact: Herb Booth   The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute is making flexible soft robotic gloves that will aid in rehabilitating stroke patients through virtual reality gaming. Combining this glove with the virtual reality gaming to be...

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  • Research
| March 27, 2019

RAD offers students, faculty opportunity to highlight research work

By Jan Jarvis   Pharmacy student Meredith Garrett is excited about presenting a poster for the first time at Research Appreciation Day. “You always get that one question that you didn’t expect,” the first-year pharmacy student said. “So I’m trying...

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  • Research
| March 25, 2019

Study links preventable diabetes hospitalizations to behavioral health

By Sally Crocker A new study by UNTHSC public health researchers points to important information that may help health care providers, policymakers and insurance payers reduce the risk of preventable hospitalizations for diabetes...

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  • Education
| March 21, 2019

Pharmacy students travel to Austin for lesson in advocacy

By Jan Jarvis    Nearly a quarter of UNT System College of Pharmacy students took a day off from their classes to get a lesson in advocacy.  The students joined nearly 600 pharmacy professionals from throughout the state for Pharmacist Day...