Dr. Amy Raines-Milenkov to serve on maternal mortality task force

Amy Raines-Milenkov, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, has been appointed to a state task force to study pregnancy-related deaths and morbidity. Dr. Raines-Milenkov will serve a five-year term on the Texas Department of State Health Services Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force, created in 2013…

UNT Health Science Center holiday on Friday

The UNT Health Science Center will be closed Friday, March 14. All classes, administrative offices and Founders' Activity Center will be closed during this time. UNT Health offices and clinics will be open as usual on Friday. Gibson D. Lewis Library will have modified hours. Normal operations will resume on Monday, March 17, at 8…

UNTHSC students, faculty earn top honors at state physician assistant conference

  Ashley Waldrop, Jessica Van Noy and Hannah Bereuter Physician Assistant students from the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth swept the Challenge Bowl at a statewide conference in San Antonio. The team of second-year students Ashley Waldrop, Jessica Van Noy and Hannah Bereuter took first place in the medical-quiz competition at the Texas…

Developing a consistent routine will help in adjusting to clock changes

The arrival of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday means more sunshine in our days, but it also means we will lose an hour of sleep, an hour that most of us will have trouble getting back. At least 40 million Americans have a chronic sleep disorder, and 20 million more sometimes have trouble with sleep,…

UNTHSC nurse and student recognized as ‘Health Care Heroes’

  Laura Standish, RN Here are the numbers from 2013 that matter most to Laura Standish, RN: four clinics, nearly 1,300 health education visits and 335 vaccines ­- all free and for the benefit of children living in Fort Worth's most underserved communities. As the director and a driving force behind the new Pediatric Mobile…

Research targets central nervous system disorders

Breakthroughs in brain disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are sorely needed. Six millions Americans live with these conditions, and there's no cure. At the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, researchers like Xiaowei Dong, PhD, are working to change that. With a $146,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and…

Internationally renowned cancer scientist to speak at Research Appreciation Day

Isaiah J. Fidler, DVM, PhD, a pioneer in understanding how cancer spreads to other organs, will be the noon luncheon keynote speaker for the 22nd annual Research Appreciation Day on March 21. Dr. Fidler was instrumental in revealing the origins of metastasis and is recognized worldwide for his contributions to the understanding of how cancer…

The unexpected benefits of medical research trials

For more information about collaborating with NorTex researchers or to participate in a research study, contact Kimberly Fulda, DrPH, at 817-735-0225 or Kimberly.Fulda@unthsc.edu. Santiago Perez assumed he was fairly healthy when he volunteered for the North Texas Healthy Heart Study, a UNT Health Science Center research project conducted from 2006 to 2009. But the free…

High school students get a taste of what medical school is like

Rio Velasquez and Rachelle Wanser are still in high school, but they have already experienced what life is like as medical students. As the first participants in the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences Preceptorship, the high school juniors are spending five weeks shadowing faculty, working with students, attending lectures and learning about UNT Health Science…

UNTHSC med students guiding blind runners through Cowtown Half Marathon

In the news: NBC 5 Video: Guiding Cowtown Runners to the Finish Scott Hudson is 62 and legally blind, with a degenerative eye condition that leaves him unable to distinguish much of anything beyond light and dark. But that hasn't stopped him from downhill skiing, hiking through national parks, or his latest adventure ­- attempting…