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| August 29, 2019

White Coat Ceremony ‘lights a fire’ in new students

By Alex Branch   Olivia Selby began her journey to becoming a physician assistant with a few steps onto the stage at Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium. Onstage, the first-year UNT Health Science Center student was cloaked in a white...

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| August 28, 2019

Professorship focuses on health disparities faced by South Asians

By Jan Jarvis As soon as he was settled in the United States after moving here from India, Naresh Vashisht arranged for his mother back home to join him. But the move brought heartbreak. Giving to UNTHSC UNTHSC relies on...

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  • Education
| August 21, 2019

Dr. Paul Saenz to receive Mary E. Luibel Distinguished Service Award

By Alex Branch Paul S. Saenz, DO, a graduate of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and Team Physician for the San Antonio Spurs, has been named the 2019 recipient of the...

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  • Education
| August 20, 2019

College of Pharmacy awarded four-year accreditation

By Jan Jarvis The UNT System College of Pharmacy at UNT Health Science has reached another milestone just eight years after it was founded in 2011. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education has granted the college a four-year accreditation term,...

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  • Education
| July 26, 2019

UNTHSC student, JPS Trauma Services find the perfect match

By Sally Crocker A UNT Health Science Center student found the perfect match and mentor when she was connected to JPS Health Network, Tarrant County, for her professional internship. Now one year later, 2019 UNTHSC graduate Ashley Lamar, MPH, CPH,...

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| July 19, 2019

Pharmacy student spends eye-opening rotation in rural Montana

By Jan Jarvis Pharmacy student Rychlend Martin-Horne never imagined she would come face-to-face with a huge black bear and her cubs. The frightening experience during a 12-mile hike to Cracker Lake in Montana was not exactly what she expected from...

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  • Education
| July 18, 2019

Memory of longtime TCOM faculty member honored with endowed scholarship

By Steven Bartolotta UNT Health Science Center recently celebrated the Dr. T. Eugene Zachary Endowed Scholarship with family and friends of the longtime Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty member. The scholarship will be used to assist third and fourth-year...

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| July 12, 2019

TCOM students spend the day giving back

By Steven Bartolotta   The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Class of 2023 got their chance to lend a helping hand to the Fort Worth community as 236 medical students fanned out all across Fort Worth for a Day of...

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| July 10, 2019

Williams urges students to reclaim human element in health care

By Alex Branch The human element of the doctor-patient relationship is too often taken for granted in modern health care, UNT Health Science Center President Dr. Michael R. Williams told the inaugural class of Fort Worth’s new medical school. For...

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| July 5, 2019

The transforming power of medical education

By Jeff Carlton There was a time when Linda Siy, MD, was a Missouri girl through and through. She was born and raised in Independence, Mo., famous as the home of President Harry Truman and the launching point for covered-wagon...