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Nicoleta Bugnariu
  • Our People
| May 5, 2016

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,...

Lisa Smith, Dan Burgard, Myriam Martinez-Banuelos
  • Education
| April 29, 2016

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...

pharmacy students teach kids about medication safety
  • Education
| April 28, 2016

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...

Courtney Searles at WHO headquarters
  • Education
| April 27, 2016

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
| April 22, 2016

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...

Laura W. Bush
  • Research
| April 20, 2016

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....

  • Research
| April 18, 2016

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...

David Satcher
  • Community
| April 11, 2016

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)....

Wilderness medicine students
  • Education
| April 11, 2016

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...

TCOM Research Students
  • Research
| April 8, 2016

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...