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May 29, 2014 • School of Biomedical Sciences
Laszlo Prokai, PhD, DSc Katalin Prokai-Tatrai, PhD A new protocol that helps scientists identify a protein that is changed by nitroxidated stress in the body has been developed by UNT Health Science Center researchers. Previously there was no effective way to study nitroxidative stress, according to Laszlo Prokai, PhD, DSc, and Katalin Prokai-Tatrai, PhD,…
May 28, 2014 • School of Public Health
UNT Health Science Center is reaching out worldwide in its student recruiting efforts. Matt Nolan Adrignola, EdD, MBA, Associate Dean of the School of Public Health, recently travelled to India to encourage students to consider a move to Fort Worth to further their public health education. The trip made sense from a demographic point of…
May 27, 2014 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Every footstep is a risk for diabetics like Rudolph Blancarte. Because diabetes can cause people to lose sensation in their feet, they often don't feel pain from a developing wound. Something as innocuous as a pebble in their shoe can lead to a serious infection. "The first time it happened, my foot swelled like a…
May 27, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gerald "Jerry" Korty, MS Christopher D. Vera Gov. Rick Perry has appointed two students in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine to the governing boards of statewide institutions. Gerald "Jerry" Korty, MS, a TCOM second-year student, will serve as the student member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, a nine-member body tasked with improving…
May 26, 2014 • Community
The farmers market returns to the Health Science Center campus on Thursday, May 29. A half-dozen vendors will set up shop in a small parking lot near the Camp Bowie Boulevard and Clifton Street intersection (Lot 15 on the campus map) and will be open for business from 3 to 7 p.m. The market, an…
May 23, 2014 • School of Public Health
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 research/data analysis course in the Department of Family & Community Medicine and will conduct research…
May 22, 2014 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
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 to its annual "40 Under 40" list, intended to recognize people "destined for striking accomplishments…
May 22, 2014 • School of Public Health
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, Professor of Genetics and Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis, will speak at…
May 20, 2014 • School of Public Health
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 most severe recession since the Great Depression. The findings could inform how downsizing companies approach…
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