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June 22, 2006 • Archive
UNT Health Science Center researchers from the School of Public Health were awarded the top prize for Best Paper in Health Promotion and Prevention at the Business and Health Administration Association’s 2006 conference. The paper, “Disparities in Access to Health Care: The Case of a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Detoxification Treatment Program among Minority Groups…
June 12, 2006 • Archive
The eighth annual Hispanic Wellness Fair will take place Saturday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Amon Carter Exhibits Hall, Will Rogers Memorial Complex. Fair organizers are currently seeking bilingual volunteers who are fluent in both English and Spanish. Volunteers are needed to assist with some of the screening services, and…
May 24, 2006 • Archive
Leticia Davila, a recent graduate from the UNT Health Science Centerâ??s School of Public Health, will be spending six months at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a fellow. Davila, graduated with a masterâ??s of public health degree with a concentration in community health May 20, was an intern at the CDC last…
May 23, 2006 • Archive
Mary-Katherine Sanchez wanted to be a doctor when she was growing up. And now she is. On Saturday, she walked across the stage at the Fort Worth Convention Center and received her doctorate in public health from UNT Health Science Center. But when she was a little girl, Sanchez thought she would be getting her…
May 19, 2006 • Archive
The Texas Legislature sent a bill to the governorâ??s desk on Monday authorizing the sale of tuition revenue bonds to finance capital improvements at institutions of higher education throughout the state. UNT Health Science Centerâ??s request for $42 million for a public health and education building was on the list of 63 projects across the…
May 18, 2006 • Archive
John Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA, professor and director of clinical research at the Osteopathic Research Center, has been named an Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Clinical Research Chair. The ORC is located at UNT Health Science Center. Along with Dr. Licciardoneâ??s title comes funding from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to support him and a research team in…
May 3, 2006 • Archive
Two employees at UNT Health Science Center were named to the Forty Under Forty list by the Fort Worth Business Press. Peter Koulen, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and neuroscience, and Clyde Higgs, MPA, executive director of TECH Fort Worth, were named to the list. Higgs also has an appointment as associate director of entrepreneurship…
May 1, 2006 • Archive
The first Texas Conference on Health Disparities will be hosted by the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth June 2-4. The conference will feature nationally recognized speakers and experts in health disparities who will highlight the strategies that are currently being used to eliminate health disparities in medically underserved areas. The…
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