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September 20, 2023 • School of Public Health AIM-AHEAD, Artificial Intelligence, Health disparities, Machine Learning,
Dr. Ashenafi Cherkos, assistant professor at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been awarded the prestigious AIM-AHEAD Fellowship in Leadership for the Fall 2023 cohort. Cherkos serves in the School of Public Health’s Department of Population and Community Health. The National Institutes of Health’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to…
September 14, 2023 • Multi School, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health addiction, addiction research, Alcoholism, intervention, One Pill Kills, substance-involved overdose,
According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 29.5 million people aged 12 or older experienced alcohol use disorder in the previous year. In 2019, 20.4 million people in the United States were diagnosed with substance use disorders, an NSDUH survey found. More than 106,000 persons in the U.S. died from substance-involved…
September 6, 2023 • School of Public Health alcohol abuse, alcohol misuse prevention, Alcoholism, college students, College Working Group, National Institutes of Health, sexual assault,
Dr. Melissa Lewis has been invited to join the new College Working Group of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lewis, an associate dean for research and professor in the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, adds her expertise to NIAAA’s focus on…
September 5, 2023 • School of Public Health “The Perfect and the Good: Engaging People around Harm Reduction and Non-Abstinence Based Goals”, ATTC Network, harm reduction, Mountain Plains Addiction Technology and Transfer Center, NIH HEALing Communities Study/NIH Heal Initiative, One Pill Kills, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Dr. Scott Walters, Regents Professor at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health, recently presented an online training for substance use providers through the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology and Transfer Center. “The Perfect and the Good: Engaging People around Harm Reduction and Non-Abstinence Based Goals” focused on…
August 15, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health accessible learning, AIM-AHEAD, hybride online, learning certificate, Shafik Dharamsi, Teresa Wagner, Texas Department of State Health Services Certified Community Health Worker Training Center,
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently became the new home of the Texas Department of State Health Services Certified Community Health Worker Training Center. The center provides essential certification and education to the rapidly growing workforce of Community Health Workers, known as CHWs,…
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August 7, 2023 • School of Public Health Dr. Scott Walters, Housing insecurity, mission trip, public health, School of Public Health,
How do School of Public Health faculty, staff and students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth spend their summers? Often, you will find them volunteering time in neighborhoods across the U.S. doing the hands-on work that builds healthier communities. Numerous studies show that housing quality and safety are key…
August 3, 2023 • Banner feature, School of Public Health animal health, Cowtown Friends of Fort Worth Animal Care & Control, Dr. Dana Litt, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control, public health, Shafik Dharamsi,
A faculty member of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health has merged her passions for both human and animal health. Associate professor Dr. Dana Litt co-founded Cowtown Friends of Fort Worth Animal Care & Control in 2020 to provide support to the local municipal animal shelter through fundraising,…
July 25, 2023 • School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has launched a new academic department structure to advance its efforts to train a critically needed workforce in the fields of public health, health administration and health policy for Texas and beyond. The revised structure will include the…
June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Age Friendly Emergency Services, Asthma 411, Brenda Godoy, Folasade Fashina, Institute for Health Improvement, Olivia Hurst, Patient Safety Congress, School of Public Health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, The Patient Safety Congress, Transforming Rural Healthcare with Health Literacy,
Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…
May 4, 2023 • School of Public Health eye care clinic, eye clinic, free eye exam, OneSight Essilorluxottica Foundation,
During The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s celebration of Public Health Week in April, student organizers from the university’s School of Public Health wanted to offer free eye exams and glasses to anyone in need. The organizers reached out to the OneSight Essilorluxottica Foundation, an international nonprofit committed to improving lives through better…
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