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March 1, 2022 • Our People, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH, has taught as an adjunct faculty member for the HSC School of Public Health (SPH) since 2014, and last fall she was presented with an outstanding national honor that adds to her considerable portfolio of academic and career achievements. Dr. Baptiste-Roberts, who teaches courses in Epidemiology for the…
February 28, 2022 • Physician Assistant Studies, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students
By Sally Crocker Anniversaries are a time for celebration, reflection, honoring the past and looking to the future. This spring, students, faculty and staff of HSC’s School of Health Professions Physician Assistant Studies (PA) program did just that as the Class of 2022 and the 1,000th graduate stepped forward to receive recognition and awards signifying…
February 21, 2022 • Clinical Practice Group, Leadership, Our People
Jessica Rangel recently was promoted to Executive Vice President of Health Systems at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) after serving for five years as the university’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Innovation. “Jessica has been a tremendous asset to HSC, and I look forward to seeing her expand…
February 18, 2022 • Education, Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) has received $4.8 million in funding from The City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County to start a physical therapy-focused accelerator program with Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs. The Techstars…
February 17, 2022 • Entrepreneurship, HSC Innovates, Our People
By Libby Maness Kendel Rogers is a storyteller. She brings people’s ideas and inventions to life. As the Outreach Specialist for HSC Next, she regularly engages with an impressive roster of innovators – students, scientists, clinicians, educators and entrepreneurs – from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the Fort…
February 17, 2022 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (TCOM) Imran Rashik was one of just 13 medical students from across the nation to be selected for the prestigious National Medical Students Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Fellowship. Rashik will spend eight weeks this summer at the UNC School of Medicine’s Center for Aging and Health,…
February 14, 2022 • Our People, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, has achieved a level of professional recognition considered rare and outstanding for early career scientists in their field. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) School of Public Health (SPH) and Program Director for the…
February 11, 2022 • Community, Research
The AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting six free listening sessions to gather information from community members about their health equity experiences in addition to their artificial intelligence and machine learning needs. “We invite anyone interested in promoting health equity, including those from…
February 9, 2022 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta After completing a very comprehensive semester of research training, journal club presentations and examinations, TCOM second-year student Ryan Craig was selected as the recipient of the TCOM Honors Research Practicum Award. Craig contributed to an excellent journal club presentation involving a large-scale cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry, had the highest level…
February 8, 2022 • Public Health, School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Four HSC School of Public Health Master of Health Administration (MHA) students have received fellowships to pursue their career interests with top institutions around the country following graduation. Adeola Adelabu has been named as an incoming 2022-23 Administrative Fellow at PeaceHealth, a Vancouver, Washington, based not-for-profit health care system serving urban…
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