- Research
CERENIS Therapeutics and University of North Texas Health Science Center announce a strategic initiative to develop new HDL-based pharmaceutical products
CERENIS Therapeutics (FR0012616852 – CEREN – PEA PME eligible),an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of HDL-based innovative therapies for treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases,as well as new HDL-based vectors for targeted drug delivery in the field...
- Education
Faculty award goes to professor with unique approach to teaching
By Jan Jarvis Patrick Clay, PharmD, is known for making his classes so engaging that even the most challenging concepts involving infectious diseases are easily understood. He has used his own version of improvisational theater to train UNT System...
- Education
Medical student awarded prestigious Howard Hughes fellowship
By Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center medical student Sagar Shah has been awarded a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Medical Research Fellowship. Shah, who recently completed his second year at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, is...
- Community
Expect more diseases from ticks, mosquitoes and fleas
By Jan Jarvis Get out the bug repellant and protective clothing. It could be a rough summer. Rickettsiosis, murine typhus and relapsing fever are just a few of the insect-borne diseases that could make area residents sick this summer....
- Community
Public health team tackles infant mortality problem
By Sally Crocker College student Tassanee Harris isn’t planning to start a family anytime soon, but she’s taking steps now to help ensure that when she’s ready, she can be at her healthiest and give her future children the best...
- Education
Students share what ethics mean to them
By Alex Branch Four students earned $1,000 awards for outstanding ethics essays at the Nicholas and Anna Ricco Awards Presentation. The winners were all first-year-students: Prachi Thapar, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Katherine Mankus, School of Health Professions Heily...
- Our People
Commencement holds special meaning for Physical Therapy student
By Jan Jarvis Rosie Ruiz’s parents had a middle school education and an unstoppable drive to give their children a better life than the one they had growing up in Mexico. “My parents worked so hard in low-income jobs...
- Research
Helping fighter pilots stay alert on long missions
By Jan Jarvis Compounds that could make it easier for sleep-deprived pilots to stay alert during long missions are being studied by researchers at UNT Health Science Center and Savannah State University. Researchers are also looking at how the...
- Education
Announcing new GME positions with Medical City Healthcare
HCA Healthcare, Medical City Healthcare, and UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) are teaming up to create hundreds of new residency positions in North Texas, a move that helps address the state’s growing physician shortage and improves healthcare across the region....
- Research
Less calories, longer lives
By Jan Jarvis Since 2000, Dr. Rozalyn Anderson has studied aging and how calorie restriction helps monkeys live longer, healthier lives. What she has found is monkeys who eat less than their peers get fewer diseases of aging, such...
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