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January 24, 2018 • School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker A UNT Health Science Center instructor and students are leading an effort to help small and rural communities prepare for potential disaster situations. With support from the UTA Urban Planning Department, the team, led by Dr. Melissa Oden from the UNTHSC School of Public Health, has developed a rural community disaster…
January 22, 2018 • School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Three nationally known alcohol and substance abuse researchers -- Dr. Melissa A. Lewis, Dr. Dana M. Litt and Dr. Eun-Young Mun – have been appointed to the UNTHSC School of Public Health faculty, underlining the school’s intent to become a national center of excellence in substance abuse education and research. “We welcome…
January 18, 2018 • Patient Care
By Jan Jarvis Forty-six UNT Health Science Center physicians have been recognized as Top Doctors, as selected by their peers for listings in Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Magazine and 360 West. Three UNTHSC physicians from Geriatrics have been recognized as Super Doctors by Texas Monthly. In addition, two physicians from Family Medicine were named…
January 17, 2018 • Education, Our People, Students
By Jan Jarvis As someone who enjoys a good meal, Molly Chang was eager to sample the different dishes that are cooked each week in the Culinary Medicine course. “I love trying out recipes and eating new foods, so cooking with friends and getting a free meal is right up my alley,” she said.…
January 9, 2018 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
By Alex Branch A 2015 School of Health Professions graduate will help put injured Miami Marlins baseball players back on the playing field this summer. Steve Carlin PT, DPT, will treat players throughout the organization as the rehabilitation coordinator at the Marlins spring training facility in Jupiter, Fla. Carlin, 28, is tasked with post-operative and…
January 4, 2018 • Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Jan Jarvis A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can happen to anyone at any age, in any place and under all manner of circumstances. An estimated 1.7 million people in the United States experience loss of cognitive and sensorimotor functions following TBI annually. Those who survive the initial injury often cope with enormous…
January 2, 2018 • School of Public Health
By Alex Branch The purpose of Tonychris Nnaka’s life revealed itself with the death of his sister. He was the youngest of 10 siblings — and the only boy — but his sister, Light, 12, was closest in age. She was his playmate and best friend while growing up in Nigeria. She died of a…
December 21, 2017 • Campus Annoucement
The UNT Health Science Center will close at noon Friday, Dec. 22. UNTHSC will remain closed through Monday, Jan. 1, for the winter holiday. All classes and administrative offices will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at 8 a.m. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians will…
December 20, 2017 • NamUs
By Jeff Carlton On the night of Feb. 16, 1981, Francine Frost went grocery shopping in Tulsa, Okla., and was never seen again. Other than her car keys, found dangling from her car door in the grocery store parking lot of a Skaggs Alpha Beta, there was no trace of this 44-year-old nurse, wife…
December 18, 2017 • College of Pharmacy
By Betsy Friauf Innovation in health care delivery is crucial. For proof, look no further than CVS’ plan to buy Aetna or Amazon’s signal that it may begin distributing prescription drugs. For students in the UNT System College of Pharmacy who are looking to become the providers of the future, a crucial element is…
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