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August 14, 2020 • Center for Human Identification, Research
By Jan Jarvis Today’s DNA testing is highly accurate, but errors still occur due to the limited genetic information accessible with current technologies. These errors can have serious impact on people’s lives. New technology has been shown to reduce the chances of false associations and should be more widely used, said Jianye Ge, PhD., Associate Professor and Associate Director…
August 13, 2020 • Leadership, Our People
Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, will join The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, President Michael Williams announced. Dr. Trent-Adams, who served as Acting U.S. Surgeon General from April 2017 to September 2017, will start at HSC in October. “Dr. Trent-Adams will…
August 11, 2020 • COVID-19, School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Behind the numbers of COVID-19 are real people. Real stories. Real experiences. In her final term as an HSC School of Public Health student, Sujita Adhikari joined Tarrant County Public Health’s (TCPH) contact tracing team, calling quarantined, COVID-positive patients to track their connections to other community members who also may have been exposed to the virus. This major community health effort was quickly set up in March as the pandemic…
August 10, 2020 • COVID-19, Patient Care, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta It was mid-March, as COVID-19 was spreading across the world, when Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Dr. Priya Bui, an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, started seeing an even more disturbing trend. Local cases of child abuse were rising, and fast. The stress, anxiety and other factors brought on by the pandemic for adults, was creating even more problems…
August 10, 2020 • Community, Patient Care
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is launching an educational campaign to prevent overdose deaths by teaching families how to properly dispose of unwanted or leftover prescription medications. Through a collaboration with Deterra pouches by Verde, HSC and several community partners will distribute 500 pouches, which destroy drugs when warm water is added to the bags containing deactivating pods. Deterra pouches will also be provided to some…
August 10, 2020 • 50 Heroes
Dr. Thomas Moorman served others every day. Whether helping students replace possessions lost to a house fire or lending a sympathetic ear to students and colleagues facing challenges, Dr. Moorman helped countless people achieve their full potential at HSC. Fittingly, in 2015, Dr. Moorman was the first recipient of the university’s “Valubility of the Year” honor. Many…
August 5, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The world’s attention has been laser focused on COVID-19 for months, but the current pandemic isn’t an isolated problem threatening the health of communities, says one HSC public health researcher. “Many other infectious diseases, like tuberculosis, share similar characteristics and present dire health risks, require equal consideration of resources and prevention, and may, in fact, offer insight into models for…
August 4, 2020 • Alumni, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Dr. April Enard knows the statistics are bad. In the United States, the percentage of active African American physicians is at a meager five percent. That's why Dr. Enard, a 2011 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine alum, has made it her mission to change that figure, and she’s doing it with her own money. In 2016, she began…
August 3, 2020 • School of Public Health
By Diane Smith West Nile virus activities in this year’s mosquito population are higher than 2016 when Tarrant County experienced 27 West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease cases, said Joon-Hak Lee, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. West Nile virus activities in the mosquito…
August 3, 2020 • 50 Heroes
Rep. Charlie Geren has championed HSC for almost two decades. First elected to the Texas House of Representatives District 99 in November 2000, he has advocated tirelessly for the university, its students and programs, and the many benefits HSC brings to Fort Worth. Rep. Geren is a longtime supporter of HSC’s DNA program. His support was critical in the program becoming one of the leading…
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