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July 26, 2021 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Sabri Zooper’s work on a national level for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) and osteopathic medicine is continuing for another year. The fourth-year TCOM student has been re-appointed to the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Board of Directors for a second year as the National Osteopathic Affairs Committee Co-Chairperson. Zooper…
July 26, 2021 • Research, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The American Osteopathic Association has awarded a $100,000 grant to Dr. John Licciardone, Executive Director of the Osteopathic Research Center and its PRECISION Pain Research Registry for the research project entitled “Osteopathic vs Allopathic Physician Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Study of Long-Term Outcomes and the Role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment.” The grant,…
July 22, 2021 • Community, Provost
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) is working with the Fort Worth Independent School District to reward outstanding educators by sponsoring the Chair for Teaching Excellence in Secondary Science. Sponsorships from community partners and local businesses salute great teachers while also giving them an honorarium. An awards luncheon is also held for teachers selected as outstanding educators. “Preparing today’s children to become the doctors,…
July 20, 2021 • TCOM
By Steven Bartolotta The bus in Manchester, England was full of Team USA basketball superstars and waiting for one more to climb aboard. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus Dr. Paul Saenz was sitting next to the last empty seat on the bus and, when the late superstar sat down next to him, he introduced himself: “I’m the team doctor for San Antonio Spurs, nice…
July 19, 2021 • Safercare Texas
By Sally Crocker Imagine trying to safely navigate the COVID-19 pandemic while living in a rural community with limited internet access and being unable to go online to keep up with changing health guidance. Or if English wasn’t your native language and you had to translate urgent health information needed to protect your family. Think…
July 13, 2021 • Community, Public Health, School of Public Health, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney When experts delve into data on infant and maternal mortality, they find troubling trends. In Texas, Non-Hispanic Black mothers and infants “have significantly higher rates in infant mortality preterm birth, low birth weight, pregnancy-related depression and severe maternal morbidity than do other racial or ethnic groups,” according to the Texas Health and Human Services’ 2020 data on mothers and babies. This is…
July 13, 2021 • Diversity and International Programs, Education, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Students
By Gabrielle Saleh The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s (HSC) Center for Diversity and International Programs (CDIP) is working to attract more underrepresented minority researchers into biomedical and behavioral sciences fields. Opening pathways to graduate school for racial and ethnic minority undergraduate students while fostering their love of science are key to building greater diversity in the research sector. That’s why CDIP hosts…
July 9, 2021 • Community, COVID-19, Health Disparities Campaign, Patient Care, Public Health
By Diane Smith-Pinckney People find shelter from their homelessness during the day at the True Worth complex that sits southeast of downtown Fort Worth. They can shower, grab lunch and create a resume. On June 21, the homeless who stopped at True Worth received COVID-19 vaccines. The day shelter’s lobby served as a COVID-19 vaccine clinic staffed by health care providers and employees from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at…
HSC student organization’s summer fundraiser focused on suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ+ youth
July 6, 2021 • Community, Multi School, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Becoming caring doctors and health professionals who ensure LGBTQ+ patients get proper medical attention is a continuing dialog for students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC). That health disparities discussion, along with support of increased pronoun use as personal identifiers, were among topics explored during Pride Month 2021 by HSC students. “Everybody…
July 6, 2021 • Our People, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Dr. John Licciardone of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Director of the Osteopathic Research Center and its PRECISION Pain Research Registry, is the 2021 recipient of the George W. Northup, DO, Medical Writing Award, the American Osteopathic Association has announced. The award is based on the article, “Osteopathic Medical Care With…
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