- Research
A link between legalized marijuana and reduced opioid deaths
By Sally Crocker Opioid-related deaths decreased following the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado, according to a study led by a public health...
- Our People
From personal trainer to PhD candidate
By Justin Sprick, GSBS student I was working as a personal trainer in my hometown of Odessa when an article caught my eye in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. It was about using blood flow restriction exercise,...
- Education
A milestone for new Interdisciplinary Research and Education Building
By Alex Branch University and community leaders marked a major milestone in the...
- Education
IPE event studies lessons of Gotham
By Sally Crocker Incoming School of Public Health graduate students learned how one of the country’s most important and controversial public health campaigns produced ground-breaking results in New York City. The Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) exercise studied lessons from Saving...
- Community
Autism Speaks and UNTHSC team up to meet needs of families affected by autism
By Alex Branch Leaders with Autism Speaks search the country for innovative autism research. They found it in front of a 180-degree virtual reality screen at UNT Health Science Center. There, Thomas Frazier, PhD, looked through glasses containing a tiny...
- Education
Extraordinary Teamwork leads TCOM student to new TB discoveries
By Sally Crocker A collaborative effort between UNTHSC, the CDC and Tarrant County Public Health helped establish more effective information-gathering methods in TB prevention efforts and provided some high-level recognition for fourth-year TCOM student Patrick Crowley. Crowley has been...
- Education
Emphasizing emotional intelligence in medical education
By Alex Branch An interprofessional team at UNT Health Science Center has developed an innovative curriculum that emphasizes development of students’ emotional intelligence, a model that has drawn interest from organizations devoted to medical education. Emotional intelligence and empathy...
- Research
Twenty years of teamwork, then a glaucoma breakthrough
By Jan Jarvis More than two decades of teamwork between researchers at the University of Iowa and UNT Health Science Center has led to a breakthrough for treating a type of glaucoma that damages the eyesight of millions and...
- Research
Community invited to free autism event at UNTHSC
By Alex Branch The nation’s largest autism research and advocacy organization will hold a free community science event that is open to the public Wednesday, Oct. 4, at UNT Health Science Center. Autism Research Series: Discovery to Solutions When:...
- Patient Care
An advocate for better geriatric care
By Jan Jarvis Janice Knebl, DO, recently focused attention on the shortage of health care professionals trained to meet the growing elderly population when she testified at the U.S. Capitol before the Congressional Sub-Committee on Health. But Dr. Knebl’s...
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