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April 17, 2023 • Safercare Texas Cynthia Carrol, Distinguished fellow, Dr. April Wiechmann, Dr. Kate Taylor, FNAP, National Academies of Practice, PNAP, Professional Member,
At a recent ceremony in Washing D.C., Dr. April Wiechmann and Dr. Kate Taylor were both inducted into the National Academies of Practice as Distinguished Fellows. To be eligible to become a Distinguished Fellow, a nominee must have had an exemplary career of 10 years or more; shown a commitment to interprofessional practice and accessible,…
April 17, 2023 • Sustainability Earth day, HSC Sustainability, Mind Your Garden Urban Farm,
All HSC faculty, staff and students are invited to attend: From 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, HSC Sustainability will host its 10th annual Earth Day event on the MET lawn. You can recycle old electronics, donate gently used clothing, see a cooking demo from Mind Your Garden Urban Farm, and participate in…
April 14, 2023
Robert “Bob” Luedtke Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience in the School of Biomedical Sciences, and pioneer in the research of dopaminergic pathways in the brain, passed away on Sunday, March 19. Dr. Luedtke received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and did postdoctoral studies in immunogenetics at the Institute…
April 13, 2023 • Banner feature, Sustainability Cowtown Farmers Market, food deserts, microgreens, Office of Sustainability, Sprouting change,
At a recent Cowtown Farmer’s Market, a group of volunteers from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up a booth to hand out free sprouting kits. The package included a five-salad microgreen seed mix, a sprouting jar with a lid, and an educational booklet. The HSC volunteers were there…
April 13, 2023 • College of Pharmacy Alexis Richardson, Dr. Annesha White, Economic Evaluation and Policy, HSC Next, Innovation Challenge, Kevin Pham, Mathew Reyna, McLain and Patrick Pithua., Sahar Ghorbani,
A pharmacy course project at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping students unlock innovative solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing health care. The Innovation Challenge team-based project is part of Dr. Annesha White’s Economic Evaluation and Policy course offered in the fall for second-year student pharmacists.…
April 13, 2023 • Banner feature, Safercare Texas control bleeding, school shootings, Stop the Bleed certification, surviving injury,
Recent school shootings in Dallas and Arlington have some school officials discussing what precautionary steps they can take to prevent further loss of life. These are just two of 14 school shootings this year that have resulted in injuries or death, according to data from Education Week. SaferCare Texas is continuing its mission of eliminating…
April 11, 2023 • HSC Health Mammograms, mobile mammography clinic, UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute,
From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 27, HSC is hosting the UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute mobile mammography clinic for all faculty, staff and students who do not have known breast problems. Early detection can stop breast cancer before it spreads. It only takes 20 minutes of your time. Mammograms are for women…
April 11, 2023 • TCOM Research, research appreciation day, TCOM,
Research is alive and vibrant at TCOM and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. It is a long and distinguished list of award winners from TCOM at this year’s Research Appreciation Day. 2023 Medical Student Government Association Best in First-Year Class Title: A Qualitative Histological Comparison of Collagen Deposition Between…
April 6, 2023 • Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Whole Health Medical mission trip, Office of Rural Medical Education, ROME, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, Texas Rural Health Association, underserved communities,
The Texas Rural Health Association chapter at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth partnered with the Office of Rural Medical Education to run free medical clinics in one of the most medically unserved areas in the state. The TRHA student leaders from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine worked with…
April 5, 2023 • School of Public Health global health, Know-do gap, public health, Public Health Week, Shakif Dharamsi,
Bridging the know-do gap is one of the myriad factors that promises to shape the future of public health. In this instance, the know-do gap refers to the global health system’s failure to implement the seemingly endless advances in research among different disciplines into policy and practice. Reconciling this scientific dissonance is a passion of…
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