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August 23, 2013
David Sterling, PhD Tarrant County children are more than twice as likely to suffer from asthma as children in other parts of Texas, and UNT Health Science Center is doing something about it. David Sterling, PhD, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, is teaming with the Health Science Center's Professional and Continuing…
August 22, 2013
David Lar, MD A UNT Health Science Center physician says prevention is not only the best defense but just about the only one for measles, a contagious disease that has seen an unexpected resurgence in Tarrant County. Tarrant County Public Health reported 15 cases of measles this week, including eight in which the patients were…
August 20, 2013
The first class on the first day at the first pharmacy college in North Texas, also the first to be located on the campus of an academic health science center, began August 19 with a pledge."We only have you for four years, but the relationship we will form isn't just for four years," said Lawrence…
August 20, 2013
Their pedometers continue to count their steps as they bound into the room at Cook Children's Northside Neighborhood Clinic, followed by proud parents.They are participants in FitTeens, a motivational and family-based weight management program for kids ages 9 to 15 - led primarily by UNT Health Science Center students.One teenager proudly shows her pedometer. "I…
August 15, 2013
Doug White, who has guided development and fundraising efforts for large health care institutions and major universities, today was named Vice President of Institutional Advancement at UNT Health Science Center and the Executive Director of the UNTHSC Foundation.White will direct a comprehensive philanthropic program to support UNT Health Science Center's educational, clinical and research efforts.…
August 15, 2013
Left to right: UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson and Board Secretary Julia Boyce swear in Regent Glen Whitley and Regent James “Rusty” Reid Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Fort Worth businessman James R. "Rusty" Reid and Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley to the UNT System Board of Regents. Gov. Perry also reappointed Regent Gwyn…
August 15, 2013
Volunteers from the UNT Health Science Center Department of Pediatrics will provide free childhood immunizations from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at The Morningside Middle School Extravaganza.The back-to-school event will take place at the Morningside campus at 2751 Mississippi Ave. in Fort Worth. The community-wide event is open to the public.All incoming 7th graders…
August 14, 2013
Students will train in a state-of-the-art Pharmacy Skills Laboratory Classes at the new UNT System College of Pharmacy begin Monday, making it the first pharmacy school in North Texas and the only one in the state situated on the campus of an academic health science center.The College of Pharmacy's location in the middle of UNT…
August 14, 2013
The first students in the new UNT System College of Pharmacy will receive their white coats on Saturday. Classes begin Monday. What's unique? This is the first pharmacy school in North Texas and the only in Texas situated on a health science center campus. Why white coats? Students in health care professions traditionally receive white…
August 13, 2013
Pre-teens of Mexican descent seem to be particularly prone to obesity and diabetes. To better care for this population, researchers at the UNT Health Science Center want to know if risk factors for type 2 diabetes in pre-teens of Mexican descent differ between those living in Mexico and those in North Texas.With that in mind,…
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