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Black History Month Events Focus on Alzheimer’s and Health Disparities
In celebration of Black History Month, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is engaging in multiple events throughout DFW to expand the Health & Aging Brain Study, previously known as the Black Alzheimer’s Brain Study,...
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TCOM’s Latino Medical Student Association named Southwest Chapter of the Year
A year of hard work, volunteering, and bringing the regional conference to Fort Worth earned the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Latino Medical Student Association the LMSA Southwest Chapter of the Award. The award was an exclamation point on a...
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Innovative small businesses selected for HSC Next SBIR Phase 0 Program
Leaders from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth selected nine business owners this month to receive funding from a program designed to spur local innovation. Articulate Labs, Entvantage Dx, Memsel, Neuro Rehab, PaRxVision, SecureFoundry, Sinclair...
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Dennis Burns joins HSC as assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer
Dennis Burns joined the UNT System family on February 1, 2023, as the assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer for The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. In this role, he will provide oversight...
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Ishna Sharma named TCOM’s 2023 Researcher of the Year
Driven by a passion for research, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has named fourth-year student Ishna Sharma its 2023 Research of the Year. After a rigorous selection process, Sharma was selected as the winner and will represent TCOM in...
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Panel discussion: ‘Elevating Power and Black Excellence’
In the increasingly complex mosaic of public health and wellness, social determinants play a major role in health disparities. Social determinants of health are the broad range of nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes and health inequities. Some of these...
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HSC & Rotary Club Welcomed Guests from Poland
HSC hosted delegates from Poland last week as a part of the Open World Program facilitated by the Bedford chapter of the Rotary Club. The campus visitors were here to learn about the U.S. health care system and were given...
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HSC to host Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium
Men historically have been used as the standard for health care research, which has led to a delay in discovering the cause, prediction and treatment of countless women’s health issues. One such condition, preeclampsia — a high blood pressure disorder...
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SPH Researcher makes key discovery on breast cancer mortality in Black women
The cancer divide between Black women and white women in the United States is as entrenched as it is startling. In the 1980s, breast cancer survival rates for the two were nearly identical. But since 1991, as improvements in screening and treatment...
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TCOM celebrates the beginning of Black History Month
February is Black History Month and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is proud to honor the pioneering efforts of many African American men and women who have paved the way for many in the medical and osteopathic community. To...
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