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PA students develop confidence by using willed bodies for training

Cierra Black chose to attend The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth in part because she wanted the experience of working with willed bodies. Practicing skills on human tissue allows students to gain firsthand experience in manipulating and dissecting human tissues, closely mirroring what they will encounter in clinical practice. The…
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Physical therapy students use art to humanize patients

Natasha Blizzard had never spoken to her father in-depth about his post-traumatic stress disorder. The first-year physical therapy student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Health Professions said her father’s 27 years of military service, including several combat tours, changed aspects of his personality. “He felt so…
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HSC College of Nursing leadership team member receives Dallas College Distinguished Alumni Award

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is thrilled to announce that Tonychris Nnaka, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, associate dean for research in the HSC College of Nursing, was named one of the recipients of the Dallas College 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. Nnaka is an experienced nurse leader and health disparities…
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HSC takes home two awards for public relations, communications

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently won two Awards of Achievement for a video featuring its new College of Nursing and a media event surrounding the opening of its Regional Simulation Center. The awards were presented Nov. 3 at the Annual Worthy Awards Gala put on by the Greater…
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The first officially recognized osteopathic physician in Finland is a TCOM graduate

The practice of osteopathic medicine is rising across the globe and so is its recognition. Dr. Mia D. Eriksson, a 2020 graduate of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, recently became the first licensed and recognized osteopathic physician in Finland. After nearly a…
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| March 20, 2014

Students fit bike helmets to protect children from brain injury

Photo by Spencer Septien Bicycle accidents are the leading cause of sports-related concussions in American children. Yet, only 15 percent of kids wear helmets. Students at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth are working to change that. During...

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| March 19, 2014

HRO conference to focus on how to prepare for the unexpected

Academicians, consultants and practitioners from vastly different fields will share their expertise on how to improve safety, productivity and resilience during the 2014 Eighth International High Reliability Organizing Conference March 28-30 at UNT Health Science Center. Seventy presenters from organizations...

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| March 12, 2014

UNTHSC manages ‘one-stop shop’ for missing person cases

  Click here to watch the video For cold-case detective Stuart Somershoe, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a "one-stop shop" for unsolved cases. "We all have pieces of the puzzle," said Somershoe, who works for the...

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| March 10, 2014

Dr. Amy Raines-Milenkov to serve on maternal mortality task force

Amy Raines-Milenkov, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, has been appointed to a state task force to study pregnancy-related deaths and morbidity. Dr. Raines-Milenkov will serve a five-year term on the...

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| March 10, 2014

UNT Health Science Center holiday on Friday

The UNT Health Science Center will be closed Friday, March 14. All classes, administrative offices and Founders' Activity Center will be closed during this time. UNT Health offices and clinics will be open as usual on Friday. Gibson D. Lewis...

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| February 24, 2014

High school students get a taste of what medical school is like

Rio Velasquez and Rachelle Wanser are still in high school, but they have already experienced what life is like as medical students. As the first participants in the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences Preceptorship, the high school juniors are spending...

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| February 20, 2014

UNTHSC med students guiding blind runners through Cowtown Half Marathon

In the news: NBC 5 Video: Guiding Cowtown Runners to the Finish Scott Hudson is 62 and legally blind, with a degenerative eye condition that leaves him unable to distinguish much of anything beyond light and dark. But that hasn't...

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| February 19, 2014

UNTHSC Foundation Board surprises outgoing chairman with scholarship award

  Allan Howeth Allan Howeth officially has handed over leadership of the UNT Health Science Center Foundation Board to the new chairman, Bob Ferguson. But before he did, Ferguson and other board members announced a surprise for the outgoing chairman...

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| February 18, 2014

UNT Health Science Center is presenting sponsor of the Cowtown Marathon and Expo

The Cowtown Marathon Health & Fitness Expo, sponsored by UNT Health Science Center, will be held Friday and Saturday and will feature free health screenings.The Expo will be located at Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3400 Burnett-Tandy Dr. in Fort Worth....

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| February 13, 2014

Community garden sprouts on UNTHSC campus

UNT Health Science Center is converting an unused piece of land into the campus' first community garden. Groundbreaking will begin at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 15 at 3621 W. Seventh St. Launched by Facilities Management's Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability...