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TCOM student, SBS graduate and TCOM alum go the extra mile for a man who’s...

Lindsey Hudson is a mother of three beginning medical school, Scott Hudson is 72 years old and legally blind, but the two have become forever linked and tethered, in more ways than one could possibly imagine. Lindsey, a 2024 graduate of the School of Biomedical Sciences Medical Science program at The University of North Texas…
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HSC pro bono physical therapy program offers hope

For 70-year-old Beverly Rozanski, the journey to improved health has been long and challenging. Raised in Michigan, Rozanski spent her childhood and early adult years struggling with physical challenges that made even the simplest tasks seem insurmountable. However, her discovery of a pro bono physical therapy program through The University of North Texas Health Science…
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TCOM’s Owen Saenz selected for the prestigious ElevateMeD scholarship program

Paying it forward, sacrificing and serving has been at the core of who and what Owen Saenz is, now, it’s paying him back. The rising fourth-year student at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was selected for the ElevateMeD scholarship program. Saenz, who…
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Physical therapy students to wed after commencement

While post-commencement life can be uncertain for many graduating college students, Madelyn Di Orio and Kellan Barry made big plans before this school year ever began. The third-year physical therapy students in The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions will tie the knot in June. The pair met as freshman…
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From humble beginnings to great endings, how this TCOM graduate defied all odds

Lamont, California, a simple location referred to only as a census-designated place in Kern County in the south-central portion of the state, is where Diana Garcia Garcia grew up with her family, watching them work each day in the lush orange and grape fields. She visited them during lunch hours and saw the hard work…
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Class of 2013 Spreads
  • Education
| May 25, 2014

TCOM Class of 2014 Residencies

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  • Education
| May 23, 2014

Public health professor awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Saudi Arabia

Susie Ramisetty-Mikler, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching-Research Scholarship (2014-15) to spend 10 months at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ramisetty-Mikler, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at UNTHSC's School of Public Health, will teach a graduate health...

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  • Community
| May 22, 2014

Pediatrician honored for leadership role in mobile clinic

A Fort Worth newspaper has recognized Christina Robinson, MD, for her leadership role in UNT Health Science Center's effort to provide health care directly to children in Fort Worth's most underserved neighborhoods. The Fort Worth Business Press named the pediatrician...

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  • Education
| May 22, 2014

Renowned scientist to address Health Disparities Conference

Elaine Mardis, PhD, the renowned scientist who helped create methods for decoding the human genome, will be the keynote speaker for the Ninth Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities May 29 and 30 at UNT Health Science Center. Dr. Mardis,...

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  • Research
| May 20, 2014

Just and socially responsible’ layoffs can mitigate depression among workers

M. Harvey Brenner, PhD An international research team led by a UNT Health Science Center epidemiologist found that a just and socially responsible layoff process is important for the emotional health of workers - a study that occurred during the...

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  • Education
| May 20, 2014

World famous biochemist says genetic blueprint will be part of regular medical care

The day is not far off when healthy individuals can get their genetic blueprint analyzed as part of a check-up, world-renowned biochemist J. Craig Venter, PhD, told the audience at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences commencement ceremony. "You and...

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  • Community
| May 19, 2014

Health Science Center to close for Memorial Day

UNT Health Science Center will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday. Regular clinic hours will resume on Tuesday. The Founders' Activity...

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  • Education
| May 16, 2014

First-year TCOM student wins inaugural ethics essay award

Linh Vo, a first-year TCOM student, won the first annual Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Essay Award at the UNT Health Science Center. Vo received the $1,000 award for her essay that examined physicians' duty to give patients full and...

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  • Education
| May 15, 2014

World-famous biochemist-geneticist to speak at GSBS commencement

J. Craig VenterPhoto courtesy Public Library of ScienceBiochemist-geneticist J. Craig Venter, PhD, best known for mapping and sequencing human DNA, will deliver on Friday the commencement address for UNT Health Science Center's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences graduation ceremony. The...

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  • Education
| May 14, 2014

TCOM heralds first African American parent-child legacy

Dralves Edwards, DO, was the first African American on the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine campus. And now he and his daughter, Jessica I. Edwards-Shepherd, MS, are TCOM's first African American parent-child legacy. She graduates Friday as part of the...