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  • Community
| May 18, 2021

HSC’s community leadership continues with vaccination effort

By Sarah Hopkins   When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, HSC sprang into action by offering tangible solutions to Tarrant County’s urgent health care needs.   HSC swiftly opened the first COVID-19 testing location in all of Tarrant County for frontline responders. It didn’t stop there — HSC team members also opened several testing and vaccination sites, staffed a...

HSC students volunteer to conduct student eye screenings. (left to right) second-year student pharmacists, Meredith Kenerley, Kelli Mosley and TCOM first-year student, Salma Omar
  • Community
| May 13, 2021

NTERI and HSC students continue critical eye screenings during pandemic

By Krista Roberts  The North Texas Eye Research Institute (NTERI) is making an impact...

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  • Community
| May 5, 2021

HSC launches campaign focused on overcoming health disparities

By Alex Branch Health disparities exist all around us. They exist for the woman working two jobs who delivers a preterm baby after complications caused by chronic stress. The Texas farmer whose high blood pressure goes undetected because he can’t drive two hours to the nearest doctor. The young boy suffering life-threatening asthma attacks and living with a...

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  • Community
| April 22, 2021

City of Fort Worth Recognizes TCOM during National Osteopathic Medicine Week 

By Steven Bartolotta The City of Fort Worth recognized the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine on Tuesday with a proclamation celebrating National Osteopathic Medicine Week. TCOM Dean Dr. Frank Filipetto, along with first-year students Saanji Desai and Alex Frangenberg received the proclamation from City...

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  • Community
| March 15, 2021

TCOM student delivers for his family, now he’s ready to deliver for his community

By Steven Bartolotta Dennis Kulp sat in his car sobbing, his work clothes soaking wet. The TCOM fourth-year student was starting to crumble from what seemed like insurmountable pressure — stress of medical school, financial woes, family struggles and the COVID-19 pandemic.  ...

Opal Lee photo by Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Community
| March 12, 2021

HSC CEAL partnership registers residents for COVID-19 vaccines at YMCA

By Diane Smith-Pinckney   Fort Worth social justice advocate Opal L. Lee has a COVID-19 public health message: “For Heaven’s sake, go get the vaccine.” The 94-year-old...

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| March 9, 2021

New funding to enhance Sparkyard’s ability to support Fort Worth startups and entrepreneurs

  The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) received a $450,000 grant for Sparkyard, a collaborative platform that supports Fort Worth entrepreneurs and startups. Grant funds will significantly expand the initiative’s ability to connect new business owners to resources they need to launch and...

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  • Community
| February 3, 2021

Critical partnerships help keep TCOM students on rotation and vaccinated

By Steven Bartolotta There has always been a unique bond between the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and the JPS Health Network, two medical powerhouses in Fort Worth. Scores of TCOM students roam the hospital on a daily basis doing critical rotations and learning...

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  • Community
| January 27, 2021

HSC’s FitWorth and the Fort Worth Independent School District are promoting student well-being during 2021 Spring Wellness Challenge

By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Independent School District teamed up to build healthier and safer communities in 2021. HSC/FitWorth is working with the school district’s physical education department to introduce the Spring Wellness Challenge to an estimated 84,000 Fort Worth students. “Speaking for the FWISD Health & Physical...

New Logo Hsc Install On February 16th On Ead Building.
  • Community
| January 19, 2021

HSC receives Fort Worth Beautiful Award for 2020-2021

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC Fort Worth) is a recipient of the Fort Worth Beautiful Award for 2020-2021. “I am very proud of the work put in by our Grounds Team which consists...