
- Community
Retirees leave lasting imprint on HSC College of Pharmacy
This month, three College of Pharmacy professors are retiring, but their contributions to the college have made a permanent imprint on the college’s success and...

- Our People
The artists of HSC
By Jan Jarvis Think the soul of an artist and the mind of a scientist cannot co-exist in the same body? Think again. Leonardo da Vinci straddled both worlds. For Salvador Dali, quantum mechanics was as captivating as the canvas. Psychologists say art...

- Our People
Pharmacy student finds universal language through magic
By Arnessa Blanks, Communications Intern Fourth-year pharmacy student, Rohit Sampat, never thought his love of magic would help him in his pursuit to become a pharmacist. Sampat says preparing for magic shows and interacting with different people has helped him tremendously as he prepares...

- Education
Goldman Scholar dreams of owning a pharmacy and helping the underserved
By Krista Roberts Iman Zidan has big aspirations. Her ultimate goal is to own her own pharmacy to serve the less fortunate. “I continue to push myself everyday so that I am one step closer to successfully serving and giving back to my...

- On Campus
Celebrate pharmacists’ contributions to health care this month
It's a great time to thank a pharmacist. October is designated American Pharmacists Month by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and October 19-23 is National Pharmacy Week, hosted by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). The events shine a light on the important contributions pharmacists make to health care and...

- Education
HSC researcher receives $1.8 million grant for work on technology to enhance oral absorption of water-insoluble drugs
Xiaowei Dong, Associate Professor and P1 Curriculum Director at HSC College of Pharmacy, was recently awarded the Maximizing Investigators' Resource Award (MIRA-R35) to continue her research into technologies that improve the effectiveness of oral drugs. Dr. Dong received the five-year, $1.8 million award from National Institutes of General Medical Sciences at the National...

- Education
HSC offers first-ever Certificate in Pharmacometrics
By Diane Smith The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is offering students a new specialty certification that will give them a competitive edge in graduate school and the workforce. The Certificate in Pharmacometrics program, offered...

- Community
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price to HSC students, faculty: ‘Give yourself a pat on the back’
By Diane Smith Students and faculty volunteers from The University of North Texas Health Center at Fort Worth were recognized by Mayor Betsy Price for establishing the first community-based COVID-19 testing site in the city. “To all of you, you...

- COVID-19
HSC System College of Pharmacy examines 4 COVID-19 myths
Compiled by Crystal Howell, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy, UNT System College of Pharmacy MYTH 1: If I don’t have a fever, I don’t have COVID-19. A fever is roughly 100.4° F sustained over an hour, or greater...

- COVID-19
Pharmacists are fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic
By Diane Smith Managing medicines, counseling patients, giving flu shots and checking glucose is the everyday work of pharmacists. But as the nation fights coronavirus, the work of these healthcare professionals has been expanded by the federal government to include...
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