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  • Our People
| May 7, 2018

Students win first place in emergency medicine simulation competition

By Sarah Jane Grisham Left to right in photo above are first-place team members Reese Allen, Tavisty Tarkenton, Michael Baillio, Colin Bumann and Brooke Beck; and Kate Phillips, who competed last year and this year was...

Library Fc
  • Education
| May 4, 2018

Historic effort to accelerate research and improve health

By Dan Burgard The medical library at UNT Health Science Center is assisting a historic national effort to gather health data on 1 million people...

Velarde Fc
  • Community
| May 3, 2018

Student devotes spare time to ensuring kids are safe in cars

By Sally Crocker   UNTHSC public health student Elizabeth Velarde – a busy mom juggling graduate school, a job and community volunteer work – understands the challenges that parents face when time is at a premium and it’s important to...

Price Fc
  • Community
| May 2, 2018

UNTHSC honors Mayor Price as public health champion

By Sally Crocker   Mayor Betsy Price has been a tireless advocate for improving the health and well-being of Fort Worth residents, from backing the Blue Zones and FitWorth initiatives for a healthier community, to supporting a Smoke-Free Fort Worth...

Mills Fc
  • Our People
| May 1, 2018

Prestigious honor for UNTHSC physician

By Alex Branch A UNT Health Science Center Associate Professor who oversees the university’s correctional medicine program was awarded the prestigious W. Kenneth Riland Memorial Lecture by the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine. John Mills, DO, MPH, delivered...

Cox Fc
  • Education
| April 30, 2018

Residencies offer specialized training for future pharmacists

By Jan Jarvis   The e-mail that Brittany Cox had been anticipating arrived exactly on time. “I woke up at 7 and it came right after that,” she said. “It was such a relief to finally know what I’ll be...

Idig Fc
  • Community
| April 25, 2018

Students offer expertise, compassion in screenings for hepatitis

By Alex Branch   A group of UNT Health Science Center students is putting its interest in infectious diseases to work in charity clinics and among high-risk populations in North Texas. Members of the Infectious Disease Interest Group student organization...

Reunion Fc
  • Education
| April 23, 2018

Empathy in action

By Alli Haltom   Evonne Kaplan-Liss was struggling with the effects of ulcerative colitis, recovering from surgery and feeling hopeless. “I sank into a deep depression,” said Kaplan-Liss, now a physician and Assistant Dean of Narrative Reflection and Patient Communication...

Namus Fc
  • Community
| April 18, 2018

A last chance for families with missing loved ones

By Jeff Carlton   The databases of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) contain files on more than 1,000 active missing person cases in Texas and about 14,000 nationwide – each one a tragedy for the families involved....

Rita Fc
  • Education
| April 16, 2018

Professor honored for outstanding contributions to field of biomedical engineering

By Alex Branch   Rita Patterson, PhD, a UNT Health Science Center Professor, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, one of the highest professional distinctions for medical and biological engineers. Dr....