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For medical students, a sideline view of treating football injuries
By Alex Branch University of North Texas quarterback Mason Fine faked a handoff and threw a perfect 60-yard touchdown pass to a streaking receiver, and the Mean Green sideline erupted. Players leaped off the bench, coaches pumped their fists and the cheerleaders hugged. Everyone instantly reacted except Michael Shaffer, DO, and Chelsea Horn, then a fourth-year medical student at UN...Read more
Sep 18, 2018
PT on leading edge of Parkinson’s care
By Alex Branch A UNT Health Science Center professor is preparing physical students to provide innovative care that can improve the quality of life for the nearly 1 million Americans expected to have Parkinson’s disease by 2020. Howe Liu, PT, PhD, Professor of Physical Therapy, participated in the Parkinson’s Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Program. It brings together educ...Read more
Sep 17, 2018
A prestigious glaucoma prize, again, for UNTHSC eye researchers
By Jan Jarvis In 1998, a team of researchers that included Abe Clark, PhD, won worldwide recognition for its discovery of the first gene that causes glaucoma. Two decades later, the same team has found a possible treatment for this blinding eye disease. “We’ve gone from discovering the first glaucoma gene to finding a way to treat patients with it,” said Dr. Clark, Regents...Read more
Sep 13, 2018
UNT System honors scientist who conducts drug studies
By Jan Jarvis One drug treats hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Another treats complicated intra-abdominal infections. And a third treats skin infections. These are among the many drugs that Jerry Simecka, PhD, has evaluated as part of the discovery process since establishing the Pre-Clinical Services group at UNT Health Science Center a decade ago. The successful program, ...Read more
Sep 12, 2018