- Education
Domestic violence’s painful legacy
By Sally Crocker In the fall of 1984, Maria Guadalupe Almaguer was murdered by her estranged husband, David Gonzales. The couple had been separated for two years following a rocky, abusive relationship, and...
- Our People
Professor honored by American College of Clinical Pharmacology
By Jan Jarvis For more than 30 years, Michael Jann, PharmD, has collaborated with physicians, scientists, pharmacists and other health care professionals with the goal of improving patient care. His outstanding achievements and contributions were recently recognized by the...
- Education
The future of medicine is female
By Jan Jarvis When Mary Ann Reed was considering a career in medicine, she kept getting a question she never expected: “So… you’re going to be a nurse?” Although surprised, the second-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) student...
- Education
CDC and UNTHSC team up to discuss tuberculosis elimination
By Sally Crocker HSC Insider Learn more about UNTHSC’s people and programs by signing up for the weekly HSC Insider email. Public health experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNT Health Science Center and Tarleton State...
- Community
NIH exhibit to boost medical breakthroughs coming to UNTHSC
By Alex Branch HSC Insider Learn more about UNTHSC’s people and programs by signing up for the weekly HSC Insider email. Tarrant County residents have a unique opportunity to contribute to medical breakthroughs and health research this month when...
- Research
Study: Progesterone protects the brain during stroke
By Jan Jarvis HSC Insider Learn more about UNTHSC’s people and programs by signing up for the weekly HSC Insider email. Time is critical when someone has a stroke – especially the first three to four hours. That’s how...
- Education
For physician assistant students, Friday lessons are hands-on and lecture-free
By Alex Branch The physician assistant students huddled around Davey, a 5-year-old boy who wheezed and struggled to breathe. Students studied his medical history chart and leaned down to talk to him on the exam table. They calmed Davey’s...
- Our People
Fun on the Bun’s Mac Thompson to retire
By Alex Branch After more than 11 years of serving charbroiled steak burgers to a hungry Health Science Center, Mac Thompson is hanging up his red apron. Thompson will retire from Fun on the Bun this month. Beloved for his...
- Research
A glaucoma treatment that skips the poke in the eye
By Jan Jarvis One of the ways researchers are exploring treating the optic nerve damage of glaucoma is an injection directly into the eye. But Suchismita Acharya, PhD, is studying a different approach that not only takes the pain...
- Our People
Forensic DNA pioneer Arthur Eisenberg passes away at 62
By: Jeff Carlton Arthur Eisenberg, PhD, a pioneer in the field of forensic genetics who helped thousands of families identify their missing loved ones, died Thursday. He was 62. Dr. Eisenberg, known as Art to his friends and colleagues, helped...
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