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February 8, 2022 • Public Health, School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Four HSC School of Public Health Master of Health Administration (MHA) students have received fellowships to pursue their career interests with top institutions around the country following graduation. Adeola Adelabu has been named as an incoming 2022-23 Administrative Fellow at PeaceHealth, a Vancouver, Washington, based not-for-profit health care system serving urban…
January 28, 2022 • Public Health, Research, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Last fall felt like a return home of sorts for Dr. Matthew Rossheim, who came on board as a tenured Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Systems in the HSC School of Public Health (SPH). Dr. Rossheim is an HSC alumnus who previously taught for the SPH and served as Director…
January 21, 2022 • Public Health, Research, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker A new article published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), co-authored by HSC Assistant Professor Nolan Kline, PhD, describes how one community-based organization in Florida challenged structural racism and COVID-19 together by imagining the future of public health with a new approach to political engagement, research and a collaborative partnership between academics and…
January 10, 2022 • School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Lives are touched in meaningful ways when hearts and hands come together to serve the community by giving back to others. School of Public Health volunteers worked with the local Habitat for Humanity in Fall 2021 to help provide a new place to call home and a brighter future for an area…
January 7, 2022 • Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Melissa A. Lewis, PhD, has been named as the first Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement at the HSC School of Public Health (SPH). She began this new position January 1, 2022. In this new role, she will provide strategic guidance in identifying and communicating opportunities for public health research funding; provide…
January 6, 2022 • Campaign: People, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Katie Pelch, PhD, wants you to know what’s in our environment and how the chemicals we’re exposed to every day may affect our health. Dr. Pelch is a part-time School of Public Health (SPH) Assistant Professor, where she teaches courses in environmental health. In 2021, Dr. Pelch and a collaborative group of scientists from universities and non-profit agencies around the U.S. released the PFAS-Tox Database, a public health…
January 4, 2022 • Campaign: People, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Dr. Erika Thompson was honored with the first-ever Hope Award from the Center for Transforming Lives (CTL) in 2021, recognizing her work as a researcher and community volunteer whose extraordinary efforts make a difference in the lives of women and children and Tarrant County’s most vulnerable families. CTL provides housing, early childhood education, economic mobility and clinical counseling services to address…
December 29, 2021 • School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The rates of driving under the influence are of high concern for communities at any time but especially during the holidays. Injuries, hospitalizations and road-related fatalities jump significantly during the holiday party season leading up to New Year’s Eve. For older drivers, the risks are compounded, whether during the holiday party season or at any other time during the year. Given the challenges that drivers older than 50 already face with performance on the road related…
December 10, 2021 • Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The 2021 holiday travel season is well underway. More than 2.3 million people were screened at airports around the country on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the busiest air travel day since the start of the pandemic. Millions more are planning to fly by the end of December – with airlines continuing to…
November 23, 2021 • Education, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Nolan Kline, PhD, is the kind of person who can’t sit by when action is needed. A defining moment early in his college experience led Dr. Kline to a career in public health education, research and service, and as a new faculty member in the HSC School of Public Health, he now…
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