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Physical therapy professor completes top leadership program
By Alex Branch Nicoleta Bugnariu, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, has become the first physical therapist to graduate from a respected national leadership program dedicated to women in academic medicine. Dr. Bugnariu, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy,...
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Improving access to trustworthy health information
By Jeff Carlton A UNT Health Science Center team is working to improve access to authoritative health information for 40 million Americans who live in Texas and surrounding states after securing a vital new role in a national network...
- Education
Lessons to keep kids safe
By Jan Jarvis After listening to a presentation on over-the-counter medicine safety, 10-year-old Kamila Allen was confident she could make the right choices the next time she needed relief from a cold. “You should never take over-the-counter drugs by...
- Education
Student’s inspiration leads to WHO internship
By Sally Crocker UNTHSC student Courtney Searles decided to study public health because of her dad. Her father, diagnosed with cancer at age 24,...
- Research
A discovery that could protect the eye and the brain
By Jan Jarvis UNT Health Science Center eye researchers have discovered a chemical that may help prevent irreversible vision loss caused by glaucoma and other retinal diseases. Nerves in the inner retina carry signals through the optic nerve to the...
- Research
Teaming up for women’s health with the Laura W. Bush Institute
By Alex Branch Scientists from UNT Health Science Center teamed up with former first lady Laura W. Bush at a symposium focused on groundbreaking research that improves the health of women. The Health Science Center collaborated with the Laura W....
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Photos: Research Appreciation Day 2016
By Jan Jarvis Photos by Jill Johnson Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher (left) said he took special interest in research projects focused on children’s health during his tour of poster displays at UNT Health Science Center’s annual Research...
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Recognizing the best in research
By Jan Jarvis Retired U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, whose career also includes posts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Morehouse School of Medicine, will be the keynote speaker during Research Appreciation Day (RAD)....
- Education
Medicine in the wild
By Alex Branch A group of UNT Health Science Center students are helping classmates and community members learn to survive medical emergencies in the wilderness. The Wilderness Medicine Student Interest Group has organized camping trips and free weekend workshops...
- Research
Research projects help medical students become better physicians
By Jan Jarvis As a second-year TCOM student, Charles Maloy has no doubt that doing research now will make him a better physician later. “Research has a way...
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