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  • Community
| August 8, 2018

Sending kids back to school healthy

By Betsy Friauf   This month, hundreds of thousands of Tarrant County children head back to school. And UNT Health Science Center volunteers are pitching in to help make sure they have the necessary health screenings and school supplies. For...

Stoker And Knebl Fc
  • Patient Care
| August 7, 2018

New honor for old cowboy

By Jan Jarvis   J.W. Stoker has spent most of his life either in the saddle or flipping out of it as stunt man and trick rider. But his latest accomplishment has the nonagenarian standing on solid ground. This spring...

Erika Fc
  • Community
| August 6, 2018

School-entry requirements may increase HPV vaccinations

By Sally Crocker A new study led by a UNT Health Science Center researcher suggests that requiring HPV vaccinations for school enrollment may be an effective way for states to improve vaccine rates and meet CDC guidance for health protection...

Research Team Fc
  • Research
| August 2, 2018

Research for the long haul

By Jan Jarvis Scientific breakthroughs once belonged to the young. Or at least that’s what Einstein must have thought when he said that unless a scientist has made a...

Dr. Salem
  • Education
| August 2, 2018

PT professor among select few to complete fellowship

By Alex Branch   Yasser Salem, PHD, PT, is among the first 100 physical therapists in the United States to complete the Education Leadership Institute of the American Physical Therapy Association. The yearlong fellowship is designed to “develop innovative and...

Walters Fc
  • Research
| July 31, 2018

Researchers will use smartphone app to improve alcohol treatment

By Sally Crocker Researchers from UNT Health Science Center and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) have been awarded a two-year, $650,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop and test...

Robyn Fc
  • Our People
| July 26, 2018

National service award honors Remotigue for leadership in research administration

By Sally Crocker Robyn Remotigue has spent more than 20 years in the field of research administration, using her background, talents and enthusiasm since 2013 to develop the Office of Research Services for the...

Homeless Fc
  • Community
| July 25, 2018

Higher purpose

By Jeff Carlton   Frank Newton, 55, an Army veteran with faded military tattoos to prove it, says he knows that living on the streets is unsafe and unhealthy. That’s why the former backhoe operator from outside San Antonio recently...

Savannah Fc
  • Education
| July 23, 2018

Celebrating success in health disparities program

By Alex Branch Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD, and Harlan Jones, PhD, recently visited Savannah State University to discuss a national research mentoring project. They got a big surprise. The Georgia university honored Dr. Vishwanatha, Dr. Jones and the UNT Health Science...

Jerry Simecka
  • Research
| July 19, 2018

Relieving the pain of peripheral arterial disease

By Jan Jarvis For someone with peripheral arterial disease – a condition that causes narrowing of arteries in the limbs - pain is a big problem....