HSC’s new College of Nursing hosts ‘The Future of Nursing in Texas’

In the flood of resignations, retirements and shortages that have redefined workplaces across industries these past three years, nothing has been as dramatic or as consequential as the shifts taking place in nursing. The scramble for nurses is tied to everything from how we run our hospitals to the way we value the work of caring…

2023 Faculty Achievement Award winner announced

On Friday, Dr. Erika Thompson, associate professor in the School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, was awarded The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s prestigious annual Faculty Achievement Award – taking home a $10,000 prize in addition to the prestigious award. The Faculty Achievement Award Committee names an…

HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic: Well-Child Exams Are Just the Beginning

Many Tarrant County residents recognize the colorful HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic, but don’t realize all the services it provides. The PMC provides acute care, physicals, vaccinations and more at no charge to the patients and their families. A pediatric office on wheels, the mobile unit visits locations that are at least two bus stops away…

Dr. Janice Knebl goes to Washington

On Wednesday, April 19, Dr. Janice Knebl, chief medical officer at HSC Health, attended the AAMC-led Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition congressional briefing as a panelist. The briefing focused on how the HRSA Title VII and VIII programs shape the workforce and help address health workforce shortages. Invited by the Elder Workforce Alliance, Knebl…

HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic: Vaccinations & Beyond

The HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic is preparing to roll out its summer programming across DFW. With a full-sized van equipped with everything a provider needs for well-child visits, acute visits and vaccinations, this mobile care center travels all over the Tarrant County area to provide meaningful care for uninsured or low-income families. Pediatric Mobile Clinic…

HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic: Partnerships Make Us Better Together

The HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic utilizes a rich network of community resources to approach each patient from a whole health perspective. The PMC is a pediatrician’s office on wheels, equipped with everything a provider needs to perform well-child checks, acute visits, vaccinations and more. This mobile care center travels to areas with limited access to…

HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic: The Significant Impact of Catching Just One

The Catch One program is primed for expansion under the leadership of NP Mandy Mendez and the HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic. The program currently partners with Morningside Elementary School to provide full health screenings, including dental and vision, to students with their parent’s permission. This collaborative event is coordinated by the PMC with assistance from…

SBS alum returns to the lab with his own high school students

Quinton Barnes teaches principles of biomedical science, human body systems, medical interventions, biomedical innovation and practicum in STEM at the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center in Crowley ISD. He’s also a former student of the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. It was Barnes’s enthusiastic…

Student from HSC’s School of Biomedical Sciences is lead author of paper published in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

A team from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, in partnership with the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium, recently published key study results in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Ann Abraham Daniel, a student in HSC’s School of Biomedical Sciences, was the lead author of the article, “Hypermethylation at…

Whole health focus: HSC’s student food pantry

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC's campus.  It’s 6 p.m. and you just got out of class. You remember you need to get gas and a few groceries for the week, but rent was due this morning, and you don’t have enough money to get both gas and…