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Recognizing the best in research
By Jan Jarvis Retired U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, whose career also includes posts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Morehouse School of Medicine, will be the keynote speaker during Research Appreciation Day (RAD)....

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The last-place finishers of the Cowtown 5K
By Alex Branch This is the story of how the last-place finishers of the Cook Children’s 5K at Cowtown Marathon were actually the day’s biggest winners. Tekeshia Herring‘s 9-year-old son Judah was born with a condition that made his left...

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Public health champion prepares for TPHA presidency
By Sally Crocker When Melissa Oden, DHEd, takes over as Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) President in April, she will celebrate a relationship that has lasted more than a dozen years and has impacted...

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Students launch ‘unprecedented’ effort to teach CPR in Texas
By Alex Branch Would you know how to react in a cardiac emergency? About 70 percent of Americans say they would feel helpless because they do not know how to perform CPR. UNT Health Science Center medical students are...

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Innovation that’s worthy of recognition
By Alex Branch The announcement that UNT Health Science Center and Texas Christian University will create a new MD school together reflected the institutions’ shared vision of teamwork in education and caregiving that will benefit patients. This innovative project, so...

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Health Science Center to close for winter break
UNT Health Science Center will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 1, for the winter holiday. All classes and administrative offices will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume on Monday, Jan. 4, at 8 a.m....

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Accolades for helping our community breathe cleaner air
By Betsy Friauf The Health Science Center supports cleaner air with several initiatives, including helping employees get to and from work with as little air pollution as possible. These efforts...

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A Valubility-style pep rally
UNT Health Science Center threw itself a party Thursday that included a DJ, balloons and a team of employees tearing through a homemade sign. It was a fitting culmination of a year-long effort to highlight, recognize and honor members of...

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Health Science Center to close for the Thanksgiving holidays
The UNT Health Science Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27. Administrative offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30. All clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians also will be closed Nov. 26-27...

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