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August 24, 2010 • Archive
In the past few years, law enforcement agencies have ramped up efforts to identify victims from unsolved "cold" cases, and the Center for Human Identification at the UNT Health Science Center was almost overwhelmed with the number of cases that flooded its office. Since 2003, more than 2,700 samples of human remains have been analyzed…
August 23, 2010 • Archive
The University of North Texas Health Science Center recently announced new appointments to its administrative staff. Jennifer Treviño, MBA, has been appointed vice president of Administration and chief of staff. Trevino, who joined the Health Science Center in 2007, earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and management from Texas Tech University and a…
August 19, 2010 • Archive
The University of North Texas System Board of Regents today voted to approve a proposal to develop a new MD degree program at the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC). The MD program will be an independent fifth school in addition to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,…
August 18, 2010 • Archive
The UNT Health Science Center's North Texas Eye Research Institute will partner with the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and other vision experts to host a seminar for people over 55 with vision problems and their families on Aug. 28. The seminar, titled "Living Well and Independently with Vision Loss," will provide information…
August 16, 2010 • Archive
The UNT Health Science Center has been named a Military Friendly School for 2011 by G.I. Jobs magazine - the second year in a row for the designation. The Health Science Center will be included in the 2011 Guide to Military Friendly Schools in September, as well as in a list at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com. To create…
July 26, 2010 • Archive
The Health Science Center's new Physical Therapy (PT) program is scheduled to begin on Aug. 4 with a class of 25 to 30 students who will take part in orientation on July 30. The new program is featured in the July 19 issue of the Fort Worth Business Press. The PT program is part of…
July 22, 2010 • Archive
Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD and dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is in the early stages of developing a technology to encapsulate an anticancer compound called curcumin. This compound, similar to tumeric in curry, has the ability to kill cancer cells and has been used in traditional medicine for many centuries in India and…
July 16, 2010 • Archive
Check out Friday's FOX 4 News report on K2, an herbal smoking blend made of herbs, spices and synthetic cannabinoids. Vicki Nejtek, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, speaks on the after effects of K2.
July 15, 2010 • Archive
The TCOM classes of 2012 and 2013 logged more than 4,700 hours of clinical medicine community service during the Spring 2010 semester. Students are required as a part of the TCOM curriculum to complete ten hours of community service that is medically related, of free or low cost to the community, and supervised by a…
July 13, 2010 • Archive
The Health Science Center will welcome 200 incoming Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) students and 70 incoming Physician Assistant Studies students into the medical profession at the annual White Coat Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, at the Will Rogers Auditorium, 3401 West Lancaster. Students will receive white coats symbolizing their careers…
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