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January 4, 2023 • Safercare Texas Friends of Jeff Davis County Library, Jeff Davis County, Mobile Comunidad, National Rural Telementoring Training Center, Pottsboro, rural medicine, telehealth,
SaferCare Texas is once again helping people in rural Texas communities gain access to health care and other vital services, this time with a new telehealth hub set up in Jeff Davis County. In November, the patient safety-focused program of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up the telehealth…
January 3, 2023 • HSC Health Center for Older Adults, Distinguished fellow, interprofessional, National Academies of Practice, psychology,
Neuropsychologist Dr. April Wiechmann will be inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished fellow in psychology. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth practitioner and professor will be honored during the organization’s annual meeting and forum on the weekend of March 30. The induction ceremony will take place…
December 19, 2022 • School of Public Health epidemiology, Human Sexuality and Reproductive Health, Introduction to Health Disparities, Introduction to MCH, MCH Epidemiology, poster presentation,
The School of Public Health hosted its second annual Maternal and Child Health and Health Disparities Poster Symposium, featuring more than 30 graduate student poster presentations from five courses in the public health core curriculum: Introduction to MCH, Introduction to Health Disparities, Human Sexuality and Reproductive Health, MCH Epidemiology and Epidemiology. These presentations represented a synthesis…
December 16, 2022 • HSC Health diabetes, got off medication, health clinic, high blood pressure, metabolic disease, obesity,
With New Year’s resolutions right around the corner, HSC Health — the clinical practice of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth — has launched the Metabolic & Longevity Center. This new specialty clinic is dedicated to the treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.…
December 15, 2022 • Banner feature, TCOM Health Professions Scholarship Program, HPSP, military matching, military medicine,
Members of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Class of 2023 who are part of the United States Armed Forces received their new assignments, as their Military Matches were revealed. Those students discovered where they will spend their residency upon graduation. Five members of TCOM’s Class of 2023 matched, with specialties ranging from family medicine to…
December 15, 2022 • School of Public Health Healthy People 2030, public health, Public Health in the 21st Century, public health panel,
The power of public health was evident at a recent HSC-hosted event to welcome the new dean of the School of Public Health, Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, and engage with local public health experts to gain their perspectives on building a healthier North Texas community. The highly successful event was well attended and featured a panel…
December 14, 2022 • Banner feature, Campus Annoucement Black Men in White Coats, Dale Okorodudu, Garth Graham, Health disparities, People of color in medicine, Youth mentor, Youth Summit,
The global head of health care for Google/YouTube and the founder of the Black Men in White Coats national organization will highlight a youth summit taking place Feb. 18 at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The goal of the Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit (BMWCx), which will…
December 13, 2022 • Banner feature COVID recovery, federal funding, Grants, SBIR, Small Business Act, Small Business Innovation Research, startups, Tarrant County,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is the recipient of a $2 million grant from Tarrant County to help emerging technology companies be successful when applying for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding. The grant is part of Tarrant County’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program authorized by the American Recovery Plan…
December 13, 2022 • School of Public Health alcohol misuse prevention, crowd-sourcing, NIH, NIH competition,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Project INTEGRATE, was recently named as one of 20 finalists in the DataWorks! Challenge for the team’s work in alcohol misuse prevention. This challenge is produced by HeroX, a crowdsourcing innovation platform with a global partner network. The goal of competitors in the DataWorks! Challenge is to…
December 7, 2022 • School of Public Health Dr. Scott Walters, HEAL Initiative, HEALing Communities Study, One Pill Kills, opioid, opioid crisis,
Four years ago, the National Institutes of Health introduced the unprecedented HEAL Initiative to address the nation’s public health crisis of opioid misuse, addiction and overdose. More than $2 billion has been invested in 1,000 research projects to date, spanning basic and clinical research to prevention and implementation science. For the last three years, Dr.…
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