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April 14, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health, Students
By Alex Branch Dozens of HSC Fort Worth Public Health students will join the fight against COVID-19 at Tarrant County Public Health by helping gather information about people who may have been exposed to the virus. The students will answer phone lines and help support investigators in the field who perform contact tracing and other…
April 13, 2020 • College of Pharmacy, Students
By Diane Smith Sarah Edwards holds a special title at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth – first-ever recipient of the Carol and Ronnie Goldman Scholarship. Edwards is a third-year pharmacy student at the UNT System College of Pharmacy. She is on the path to becoming a licensed pharmacist specializing…
April 13, 2020 • 50 Heroes
Growing up in the East Texas town of Quitman, Beverly Waddleton might have let her small-town surroundings define her personal dreams. Instead, as the first African American female graduate of TCOM, Dr. Waddleton let her dreams ultimately shape the small town she has since spent her career serving. Touting an outstanding academic record filled with…
April 8, 2020 • COVID-19, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Through innovative thinking in the wake of COVID-19, a Dallas-Fort Worth restaurant supplier set out on a new course, delivering fresh-baked bread products directly to consumers’ doorsteps. The hotel industry has been one of the hardest-hit business sectors during the pandemic, yet Marriott International has been widely praised for sharing updates and…
April 8, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Sustainability
By Oreoluwa Obayan The HSC Fort Worth Community Garden continues to grow fresh organic produce for those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic -- while following guidelines for physical distancing and sanitizing. The garden last year donated 150 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks and the HSC Student Food Pantry. This spring…
April 8, 2020 • COVID-19, School of Biomedical Sciences, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the educational plans of millions, but Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student Grace Pham wasn’t about to allow it to get in the way of hers. Pham, who is pursuing the dual-doctorate degree of DO/PhD, is in the final stages of the marathon race to earn…
April 7, 2020 • Community, COVID-19
By Diane Smith Fort Worth businessman Jim Rosenthal is attacking COVID-19 as it charts a ruthless path across the United States with an army of crafty volunteers. The mysterious disease moved into North Texas communities bringing a sense of helplessness, Rosenthal said, explaining he wanted to counter the dim outlook filling news reports. “What could…
April 6, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The notion of COVID-19 social distancing may seem strange to many of us, but quarantines for the good of public health have been around since the Middle Ages and perhaps even earlier. The practice of separating the sick to keep other populations well is a public health measure credited throughout history with…
April 6, 2020 • COVID-19, Family Medicine, Public Health
By Jan Jarvis A terrible triad – trauma, isolation and lack of structure – is driving more people to drink alcohol and use drugs. Unemployment, lack of health insurance and fear of the unknown are just of few of the traumas people are dealing with amid COVID-19. People are searching for ways to cope with…
April 6, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health
By Alex Branch The COVID-19 pandemic could cause lasting fundamental changes to the U.S. health care system, including how and where patients receive care, said an HSC Fort Worth expert in Health Behavior and Health Systems. “Unlike some countries, we have not experienced a hard reset of our healthcare system,” said Thaddeus Miller, PhD, Associate…
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