College of Public Health
February 7, 2025
By Maya McMillian After an extensive two-day road trip with her mother and newly-adopted kitten, Dr. Wenshan Han traded the Florida humidity for North Texas winters to begin her appointment with the College of Public Health (CPH). In the final weeks of the 2024 year, Han settled into her new home in Fort Worth ahead…
January 30, 2025
By Maya McMillian Dr. Moses Mulumba, Associate Professor of the College of Public Health (CPH) with a joint appointment with the Center for Health Policy at UNTHSC, was appointed to the Lancet/Preventing Pandemics at the Source (PPATS) Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover. The Lancet/PPATS Commission aims to prevent future pandemics by reducing the risk…
January 21, 2025
By Maya McMillian The College of Public Health welcomes Maya McMillian, MEd, to the team to assume the position of Communications Manager. Maya will lead special projects across the college and manage communications via social media platforms, website content and any HSC collaborative efforts. Maya earned her bachelor’s degree in Communications at the height of…
January 17, 2025
By Sally Crocker What can an ocean spill of millions of LEGOs teach us about cooperation? Dr. Scott Walters, a Regents Professor in the College of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has found a way to make public health messages more relatable and accessible to the…
January 13, 2025
By Sally Crocker An herbal substance called “kratom” that can produce opioid- and stimulant-like effects has exploded in vape shop sales over the last few years. While people report using kratom to manage drug withdrawal symptoms and cravings - especially from opioid use – as well as for pain, fatigue and mental health conditions, there…
January 8, 2025
Congenital syphilis, a devastating yet preventable condition, is on the rise in Texas, prompting urgent action from researchers and public health leaders. Dr. Stacey Griner, a leading researcher in sexually transmitted infections and implementation science, has been awarded a two-year NIH-funded research grant to address this growing crisis. Griner serves as assistant professor of population…
December 17, 2024
By Sally Crocker A University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Master of Health Administration student team recently won first place at the 2024 American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas Chapter’s student case study competition. Winning students Darshan Amin, Philip “PJ” Hamilton, Michael “Justin” Hilton, Alyssa Manzano and Emily Sander worked…
November 14, 2024
By Sally Crocker Dr. Scott Walters, Regents Professor of population and community health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Public Health, with research partners from the University of Oklahoma, has received over $3 million in funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to expand…
November 11, 2024
Esme Anaab, a recent graduate of the College of Public Health Master of Public Health program (MPH Biostatistics and Data Science, Class of 2024) and a Chancellor’s Scholar (2022), is the new Project Coordinator for Project FRESH. Project FRESH is a multi-site randomized clinical trial supported by NIH to implement tech-adapted universal intervention for first-year…
November 4, 2024
By Sally Crocker They came by cars, trucks and busses, nearly 370 volunteers ready to repair homes for families in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Scott Walters, Regents Professor for population and community health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s College of Public Health, was one of the group leaders on this mission…
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