College of Public Health

UNTHSC’s College of Public Health receives NCI Grant

The College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), has been awarded a $145,000 grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) over the next two years to study community level factors that might contribute to disparities in colorectal cancer screening. Community factors that might influence screening include demographic…

UNTHSC Grant Updates

Raquel Qualls-Hampton, PhD, MS, assistant Epidemiology professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health, has been selected as one of eight recipients for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  (RWJF) grant funding on the New Connections (NC) Program, Vulnerable Populations Team, to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate…

Healthy Communities Podcast

Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, College of Public Health associate professor of Epidemiology and director of the Center for Community Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, recently led a podcast for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discussing the principal factors contributing to racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.…

UNTHSC receives ‘Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies’ Grant

Grant funds totaling $135,372 have been awarded to the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health and Center for Community Health to conduct the first phase of a project called the "Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies Initiative."  Funding is through a payment the Health Science Center received from a foundation that supported…

UNTHSC Professors Honored

Drs. Jim Stimpson, Raquel Qualls-Hampton and Martha Felini (pictured from left with Dean Richard Kurz, far right) were recently honored by the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) College of Public Health as "rising stars" at a recent UNTHSC Faculty Assembly. Dr. Stimpson was recognized in the Research category, Dr. Qualls-Hampton was honored…

UNTHSC College of Public Health welcomes new faculty

The College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, welcomes Youcheng Liu, MD, ScD, MPH, as associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Lakshmi Balasubramanian, PhD, as assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy. Dr. Liu joins UNTHSC from…

Dr. Fernando Wilson recognized by Osteopathic Research Center

Fernando Wilson, PhD, a health economist and assistant professor in the department of health management and policy in the College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, Texas, has been named the director of health services and policy research for The Osteopathic Research Center (ORC) at UNTHSC.…

Dean Richard Kurz appointed to National Board of Public Health Examiners

Dr. Richard Kurz, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, has been appointed by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to serve on the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Board members guide the NBPHE in its mission to increase recognition…

UNTHSC researchers release significant findings on texting while driving

University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) College of Public Health professors Fernando Wilson, PhD, and Jim Stimpson, PhD, have recently released a report in the American Journal of Public Health showing that texting while driving resulted in an estimated 16,000 fatalities in the U.S. from 2001 to 2007.  The report indicates that a…

CPH collaborates on training and learning grants

The UNTHSC College of Public Health (SPH) is part of a consortium with two other schools - Texas A&M Health Science Center's School of Rural Public Health and University of Texas College of Public Health at Houston - on two recent training and learning grants. The Texas Public Health Training Center (TPHTC), a workforce development…