Regional Simulation Center director Karen Meadows shines at IMSH

Since its grand opening in June, 2022 the Regional Simulation Center at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has made a big splash in the world of simulation. Karen Meadows, MSN, RN, director of the simulation center, recently had the chance to attend the International Meeting on Simulation and Healthcare…

Black History Month Events Focus on Alzheimer’s and Health Disparities

In celebration of Black History Month, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is engaging in multiple events throughout DFW to expand the Health & Aging Brain Study, previously known as the Black Alzheimer’s Brain Study, launched in 2021 to address why Alzheimer’s disproportionately impacts Black families. HSC seeks to increase…

TCOM’s Latino Medical Student Association named Southwest Chapter of the Year

A year of hard work, volunteering, and bringing the regional conference to Fort Worth earned the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Latino Medical Student Association the LMSA Southwest Chapter of the Award. The award was an exclamation point on a weekend that saw the chapter bring the LMSA Southwest Regional Conference to the University of…

Innovative small businesses selected for HSC Next SBIR Phase 0 Program

Leaders from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth selected nine business owners this month to receive funding from a program designed to spur local innovation. Articulate Labs, Entvantage Dx, Memsel, Neuro Rehab, PaRxVision, SecureFoundry, Sinclair Digital Services, TerraStor and VaxDome comprise the inaugural cohort of the HSC Next SBIR Phase…

Dennis Burns joins HSC as assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer

Dennis Burns joined the UNT System family on February 1, 2023, as the assistant vice chancellor and chief human resources officer for The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. In this role, he will provide oversight for the human resources team that provides services such as employee relations, benefits, compensation, organizational…

Ishna Sharma named TCOM’s 2023 Researcher of the Year

Driven by a passion for research, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has named fourth-year student Ishna Sharma its 2023 Research of the Year. After a rigorous selection process, Sharma was selected as the winner and will represent TCOM in the American College of Osteopathic Medical Schools Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents National Conference.  …

Panel discussion: ‘Elevating Power and Black Excellence’

In the increasingly complex mosaic of public health and wellness, social determinants play a major role in health disparities. Social determinants of health are the broad range of nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes and health inequities. Some of these include the conditions in which people live, learn, work and play. Studies suggest the lower…

HSC & Rotary Club Welcomed Guests from Poland

HSC hosted delegates from Poland last week as a part of the Open World Program facilitated by the Bedford chapter of the Rotary Club. The campus visitors were here to learn about the U.S. health care system and were given an in-depth look at major systems in North Texas like HSC, John Peter Smith hospital…

HSC to host Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium

Men historically have been used as the standard for health care research, which has led to a delay in discovering the cause, prediction and treatment of countless women’s health issues. One such condition, preeclampsia — a high blood pressure disorder that can occur during pregnancy — will be the subject of an important discussion among a…

SPH Researcher makes key discovery on breast cancer mortality in Black women

The cancer divide between Black women and white women in the United States is as entrenched as it is startling. In the 1980s, breast cancer survival rates for the two were nearly identical. But since 1991, as improvements in screening and treatment came into use, the gap has widened, with no signs of abating. Black women are…