- Education
UNTHSC student honored by American Public Health Association
By Sally Crocker Perhaps the main reason that UNT Health Science Center student Shivani Goswami was selected as this year’s Barbara Starfield Medical Scholar by the American Public Health Association (APHA) is because of her desire to build a...
- Education
Editorial questions measurement frequently used in population health studies
By Sally Crocker In a new American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) editorial, a UNT Health Science Center professor challenges a conventional research formula for measuring the health of populations, calling the...
- Research
A better way to treat back pain
By Jan Jarvis Almost everyone suffers low back pain at some point in their lives. The question is how to relieve it. Researchers at UNT Health Science Center are working to find the answer. By analyzing the DNA of low...
- Education
Goldman scholarship ‘means the world’ to driven student
By Jan Jarvis Sarah Edwards has always ridden her bicycle everywhere – to high school classes and later college, to part-time jobs and everywhere else. She has no driver’s license and few options. “We’ve never really had a car,”...
- Research
Examining prevalence of Alzheimer’s in Mexican-Americans
By Jan Jarvis One of the largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the United States involving Mexican-Americans and Alzheimer’s disease is underway at UNT Health Science Center. Interested in learning how to be a study participant? Call 817-735-2963...
- Our People
A passion for public health
By Sally Crocker The School of Public Health was in its infancy when Lilly Ramphal-Naley, MD, MPH, joined as adjunct faculty in 2000. The school had been officially founded just one year before at UNT Health Science Center. Accreditation by...
- Community
Students transform seniors’ lives with art and music
By Cari Hyden Mrs. Jones, a resident at Westmore Senior Living, wouldn’t leave her room and spent her days largely “staring at the walls.” But a class led by a UNTHSC student transformed her life and added a spark...
- Community
Better outcomes for underserved patients
By Sally Crocker UNTHSC grads working at the Center for Outcomes research include, from left to right, Bradford Jackson, PhD; Mandy Burton, MPH, data analyst; Tzu-Chun Chu, MS, MPH, data analyst; Yan Lu, MPH, epidemiologist; Kari...
- Our People
Lesa Roe named UNT System Chancellor
The University of North Texas System Board of Regents has selected Lesa Roe, Acting Deputy Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as its new Chancellor. Ms. Roe’s formal selection was approved by the board on September...
- Education
Supportive community helps TCOM Class of 2019 excel
By Alex Branch The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Class of 2019 earned the highest scores on a national board exam since the medical school expanded in 2011. The students achieved a 99.1 percent pass rate and a mean...
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