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HSC Innovation Challenge grows with new partnerships
The HSC Next Innovation Challenge is expanding to include employees in the JPS Health Network, and is partnering with Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers, national organizations that will manage and provide additional support and funding to the idea accelerator....

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Interest in Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator Program rises as May 11 application deadline approaches
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s unique partnership with Techstars and Goff Capital to create the Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator has drawn significant interest from companies that want to participate in the first-of-its-kind...

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HSC and RAM to provide free dental, vision and medical care in Dallas
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Remote Area Medical (RAM®) – a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics that deliver free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured communities – are bringing...

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City, HSC form agreement to advance public health initiatives, address health care disparities in Fort Worth
The City of Fort Worth and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formalize the two entities’ commitment to working together, leveraging resources to advance Fort Worth...

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Dr. Teresa Wagner receives $272,000 grant to certify community health workers
During the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that millions of Texans face, from local access to health care to being able to find and navigate accurate health information. One way to help bridge these gaps...

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Texas Center for Health Disparities chosen for Healthy People 2030
By Libby Maness The Texas Center for Health Disparities, based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, recently was selected to participate in the national Healthy People 2030 program that focuses on decreasing inequities in...

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AIM-AHEAD invites public to Community Building Convention listening sessions
The AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting six free listening sessions to gather information from community members about their health equity experiences in addition to their artificial intelligence...

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Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha: Putting an end to Health Disparities
By Libby Maness Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD, strives to embody the values at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, so it’s not surprising that he made it his mission to put an end to health disparities....

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The realities of ‘breaking bad’ – how one HSC researcher is attacking the opioid crisis
By Sally Crocker He didn’t know it at the time, but when Dr. Scott Walters was growing up in San Diego in the mid 1980s, a next-door neighbor was concealing a homemade meth lab just across the fence and mere steps...

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Provost Taylor: Committed to doing meaningful work in the community
Charles Taylor, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Provost and EVP of Academic Affairs, began his journey in higher education earlier than most as he spent the first five years of his life living in a modified dorm room...
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