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April 5, 2022 • Community
The City of Fort Worth and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formalize the two entities’ commitment to working together, leveraging resources to advance Fort Worth public health, especially as it relates to issues of disparities in health care. The agreement…
April 4, 2022 • Community, Safercare Texas, School of Health Professions
During the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that millions of Texans face, from local access to health care to being able to find and navigate accurate health information. One way to help bridge these gaps is through community health workers. Dr. Teresa Wagner is hoping to improve the health of…
April 4, 2022 • Education, Public Health, School of Public Health
April 4 through 10 marks National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2022, a time for celebrating the many ways that public health makes communities healthier, stronger and safer. This year’s theme is “Public Health is Where You Are.” The annual event is an initiative of the American Public Health Association (APHA). APHA, through its members and…
March 30, 2022 • Community, Education, Library, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Amid the buzzing activity of construction inside The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Gibson D. Lewis Library sits the future of frontline health care training. Through virtual reality projection rooms, HSC’s new Regional Simulation Center will offer students, faculty and area medical professionals the opportunity to dive into various real-world…
March 29, 2022 • Education, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care, and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was ranked as the top osteopathic school in the nation. This marks the second time in the last three…
March 22, 2022 • Alumni, COVID-19, Public Health
By Sally Crocker It has been a long, challenging two years for public health professionals working on the front lines of their communities in response to COVID-19. Casie Stoughton, MPH, RN, Director of Public Health for the Amarillo Department of Public Health, understands the challenges well, from the initial months in early 2020 when COVID-19…
March 16, 2022 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Aivien Do was in her first year as a medical student at The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth sitting through a class as different slides of various ailments were shown. First a chest X-ray of pneumonia, plural effusions, and then…
March 15, 2022 • School of Biomedical Sciences, Students
By Kathryn Lytton When graduate students tell someone they are getting their doctoral degree, many times they are met with the response, “What are you going to do with that?” To help answer that question, students involved in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and…
March 10, 2022 • Community, Research, Texas Center for Health Disparities
By Libby Maness The Texas Center for Health Disparities, based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, recently was selected to participate in the national Healthy People 2030 program that focuses on decreasing inequities in health care access. “Being chosen to participate in Healthy People 2030 is such an honor.…
March 8, 2022 • Alumni, School of Biomedical Sciences, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Honoring one of the pioneering families at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, the Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians, Inc. (DSWOP) has endowed a scholarship honoring Drs. Dralves and Jessica Edwards. The fully funded $25,000 scholarship was generously donated by…
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