UNTHSC sponsors Cowtown health fair, races

The UNT Health Science Center is proud to be the presenting sponsor for the annual Cowtown Marathon Saturday, Feb. 27. The Health Science Center's faculty physician practice, UNT Health, will sponsor a health fair from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26, in the medical tent at 4th and Main in the Flying Saucer parking…

Nash named TCOM associate dean

Lisa Nash, DO ('91), has been named associate dean for Educational Programs at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. She replaces Don Peska, DO, who was named dean in September. Before joining the Health Science Center, Nash was a faculty member and program director for the AOA/ACGME certified Family Medicine Residency Program at the University…

Three from UNTHSC named HealthCare Heroes

Anuja Ghorpade, PhD, Robert Richard, DO, and Paul Bowman, MD, were named as 2010 HealthCare Heroes by the Fort Worth Business Press. They were honored at an awards dinner Thursday evening at the Fort Worth Club.Ghorpade, chair of Cell Biology and Anatomy, joined the Health Science Center in December 2007 to establish new research programs…

UNT Health Science Center’s Roby helps identify bodies of Chile’s Patio 29

Rhonda Roby, PhD, MPH, associate professor and project coordinator for the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification at UNT Health Science Center, was instrumental in recently identifying three murder victims of the Chilean Pinochet coup, buried in the Patio 29 cemetery.The Chilean government contacted Roby in 2006 to be the lead geneticist for…

UNTHSC closed Friday for inclement weather

The UNT Health Science Center and all UNT Health clinics will be closed Friday, Feb. 12, due to inclement weather. All university and clinic operations are planned to resume at 8 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 15.

County Judge B. Glen Whitley visits UNTHSC

Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley visited the UNT Health Science Center last week to discuss H1N1 and other Tarrant County health concerns with President Scott Ransom and School of Public Health Dean Richard Kurz.In the photo: (left to right) Scott Ransom, B. Glen Whitley and Richard Kurz. 

Health Science Center supports new Cowtown program for children

The Health Science Center once again is sponsoring The Cowtown multi-event road race, with an expanded children's running program in 2010. The new C.A.L.F. (Children's Activities for Life & Fitness) Program educates children about and promotes the importance of creating a healthy life style through physical fitness and nutrition.Although the Health Science Center and The…

DNA lab profiled for work with PROKIDS

Check out the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this weekend for an article featuring the UNT Center for Human Identification and it's involvement in DNA-PROKIDS. Reporter Alex Branch interviewed Arthur Eisenberg, PhD, professor and director of the DNA Identity Lab, about the program and the work being done in Haiti to deter human trafficking of children and…

Medical assistance provided by TCOM students in Haiti

Look in the Jan. 23 edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for an article about Haiti relief efforts and the TCOM students who traveled to provide medical assistance in the wake of the disaster. Reporter Diane Smith spoke with Stephen Miller about his experiences while in Haiti.Miller, along with TCOM students Joanna Gibbons and Bill…

TCOM students help needy in Haiti

Many members of the osteopathic family have mobilized in response to the earthquake in Haiti. TCOM students Joanna Gibbons, Steve Miller and Bill Betz have traveled to Haiti in the wake of the disaster to care for injured on the Caribbean island.  They left this past weekend and should return in the next few days…