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  • Research
| April 10, 2017

CPRIT awards nearly $2.3 million to HSC researchers

By Jan Jarvis Two UNT Health Science Center programs – one aimed at expanding cancer prevention services for refugees and the other focused on supporting oncology research training for medical students - have received grants from the Cancer Prevention and...

Research FC
  • Research
| April 6, 2017

Alcohol prevention strategies effective for American Indian teens and rural youth

By Sally Crocker   A new study published in The American Journal of Public Health indicates that alcohol use among American Indian and white teens living in multicultural rural communities can be significantly reduced by community-based and individual-level prevention strategies....

RAD
  • Research
| April 4, 2017

A showpiece for research

By Jan Jarvis Brent Shell’s work went unrewarded the first time he presented a poster at Research Appreciation Day, but he did not give up. Keynote speaker Bruce Beutler, MD, shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He...

UNTHSC Met Building
  • Education
| April 3, 2017

TCOM ranks among top medical schools for 16th straight year

By Alex Branch For the 16th consecutive year, the medical school at UNT Health Science Center was nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report for primary care. With 60 percent of the class of 2017 TCOM graduates entering primary...

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  • Community
| March 30, 2017

Join HSC scientists for a night at the museum

By Alex Branch The Fort Worth Science and History Museum is great fun for children, but UNT Health Science Center is partnering with the museum on an entertaining social event for adults. Visitors 21 and older can enjoy wine or...

Dr Williams
  • Education
| March 29, 2017

Health Science Center unites to produce the innovative providers of the future

By Betsy Friauf   Extraordinary teamwork will lead the faculty, students and staff of UNT Health Science Center to fulfill their vision of working as one university in training the health professionals of the future, President Michael Williams said Tuesday....

Match FC
  • Our People
| March 27, 2017

We are family: A Match Day story

By Betsy Friauf Match Day 2017 On March 17, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine announced that more than 200 soon-to-graduate medical students will enter residencies in Texas and beyond. 60 % matched to residencies in primary care. 27% have...

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  • Patient Care
| March 23, 2017

Patient safety leader: 59 Texans will die today from medical mistakes

By Thomas Diller, MD Executive Director, Institute for Patient Safety   Strong evidence indicates the number of deaths per year due to medical error approaches 251,000, making it the third-leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart...

Daniels FC
  • Community
| March 22, 2017

Gift from Daniel Drug family will support new building

By Alex Branch   Burl Baker Daniel opened Daniel Drug in 1932 in a long, narrow building at the southwest corner of Montgomery and 7th streets. The world of pharmacy was quite different back then. The Fort Worth pharmacist, who...

HIV RESEARCH FC
  • Research
| March 17, 2017

High price of survival

By Jan Jarvis Nearly three decades ago, HIV threatened John’s life. But instead of killing him, the virus inspired...