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HSC’s Institute for Health Disparities to host ‘Engaging the Whole Person’ conference

The public is invited to learn more about whole health, including the actions and barriers to achieving health equity for minorities, at this year’s 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities” on June 8 and…
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TCOM celebrates its 50th graduating class of osteopathic physicians

On Monday, June 3, 1974, the legendary pathologist and osteopathic physician Dr. Otterbein Dressler gave the keynote address at the William Edrington Scott Theatre to 18 newly minted osteopathic physicians from the burgeoning Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. Little did Dressler or those 18 physicians know they were laying the foundation for…
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PharmD graduate fuels a passion for community pharmacy

Arturo Herrera II began working in a pharmacy as a cashier in high school. He fell in love with the community pharmacy setting and enjoyed a career as a licensed pharmacy technician for a little more than 20 years with companies like Eckerd, Target, Albertsons and MedSavers Pharmacy. “The passion for community pharmacy never left,”…
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Undergraduate research internship promotes a more diverse future workforce

In the nation’s biomedical sciences workforce, diversity is not just an aspirational ideal but a proven way to increase access to health care and reduce health disparities in historically underrepresented communities. The Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is on a mission to advance the…
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Nurses have helped shape HSC’s culture

Nurses have a reputation for being resilient, compassionate multi-taskers who live at the cross-section of art, science, spirituality and psychology. The profession, one of the oldest in the world, is a language with many accents. Though The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth only recently launched its college nursing, HSC’s culture…
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Aleesia Isom
  • Community
| May 25, 2023

Alumna Aleesia Isom found purpose in HSC’s School of Health Professions

A passion for education and empowerment took recent The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate Aleesia Isom from the classroom to the clinic. In 2014, Isom began her elementary education career...

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| May 23, 2023

TCOM celebrates its 50th graduating class of osteopathic physicians

On Monday, June 3, 1974, the legendary pathologist and osteopathic physician Dr. Otterbein Dressler gave the keynote address at the William Edrington Scott Theatre to 18 newly minted osteopathic physicians from the burgeoning Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort...

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| May 17, 2023

Nurses have helped shape HSC’s culture

Nurses have a reputation for being resilient, compassionate multi-taskers who live at the cross-section of art, science, spirituality and...

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| May 8, 2023

Career Readiness Center’s etiquette dinner serves more than food

The primary focus of a business dinner is not the food. Yes, the 40 or so students who attended a recent etiquette dinner hosted by The University...

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| May 4, 2023

SPH students bring eye care clinics to campus

During The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s celebration of Public Health Week in April, student organizers from the university’s School of Public Health wanted to offer free eye exams and glasses to anyone in need. The organizers reached...

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| April 28, 2023

HSC’s new College of Nursing hosts ‘The Future of Nursing in Texas’

With an eye toward the future and the opportunity to help change the landscape of nursing, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is taking bold steps. At its...

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| April 26, 2023

HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic: Partnerships Make Us Better Together

The HSC Pediatric Mobile Clinic utilizes a rich network of community resources to approach each patient from a whole health perspective. The PMC is a pediatrician’s office on wheels, equipped with everything a provider needs to perform well-child checks, acute...

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| April 18, 2023

Whole health focus: HSC’s student food pantry

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC's campus.  It’s 6 p.m. and you just got out of class. You remember you need to get gas and a few groceries for the week, but rent...

Dr. Bob Luedtke News Story
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| April 14, 2023

Remembering Dr. Robert “Bob” Luedtke 

Robert “Bob” Luedtke Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience in the School of Biomedical Sciences, and pioneer in the research of dopaminergic pathways in the brain, passed away on Sunday, March 19.   Dr. Luedtke received his Ph.D. from the University of...

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| April 13, 2023

Sprouting Change at Cowtown Farmers Market

At a recent Cowtown Farmer’s Market, a group of volunteers from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up a booth to hand out free sprouting kits. The package included a five-salad microgreen seed mix,...