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Scott Carlton with nurse
  • Patient Care
| September 15, 2016

Changing the culture of patient safety

By Jan Jarvis Scott Carlton, 7, with his private duty nurse, Olubunmi Ogundoju. Patient Safety Summit The Institute’s annual Patient Safety Summit is scheduled for Oct. 27-28 in Fort Worth. The conference, “Drive the Difference: Leading Innovation in Patient Safety” will focus...

Antonio Flores
  • Education
| September 7, 2016

TCOM rural scholar named Student Doctor of the Year

By Alex Branch Antonio Flores grew up in the small Texas farming community of Telferner, population 700, where resources are scarce and folks depend on one another for help. If someone in his family got seriously ill, they drove to...

Campus Closed
  • On Campus
| September 2, 2016

Health Science Center to close Sept. 5 for Labor Day

UNT Health Science Center, all clinics staffed by UNT Health physicians, and the Fitness Center will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, for Labor Day. However, the Lewis Health Science Library will be open. It will have abbreviated hours...

  • Community
| September 1, 2016

On the road again

By Jan Jarvis   After being sidelined since May, the Pediatric Mobile Clinic is on the road again providing health care to uninsured children in Tarrant County. The specially equipped Pediatric Mobile Clinic was parked in its usual spot near...

ROME students at UNTHSC
  • Our People
| August 25, 2016

Twenty years of training doctors for rural Texas

By Alex Branch   John Bowling, DO, will miss many things about the nationally recognized Rural Osteopathic Medical Education program he founded about 20 years ago at UNT Health Science Center. He’ll miss the students, whom he personally interviewed each...

Med Students receiving stethoscopes
  • Community
| August 19, 2016

Stethoscopes that carry special meaning

By Alex Branch   Medical students reach many memorable milestones on their journeys to becoming doctors and receiving their first stethoscope is one of them. But the stethoscopes awarded to 232 new Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine students this week...

  • Research
| August 19, 2016

Research initiative brings ASU students to campus

By Jan Jarvis   Four Alabama State University students spent their summer conducting prostate cancer research at UNT Health Science Center as part of a collaborative initiative that benefits both institutions. A $295,481 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense...

Santosh Thapa
  • Education
| August 16, 2016

GSBS student selected to study global disease threats

By Jan Jarvis PhD candidate Santosh Thapa will get a global perspective on Ebola, dengue fever, antimicrobial resistance and other threats when he travels to Sweden to participate in a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control program. The Graduate...

Liam ONeill in China
  • Research
| August 16, 2016

Hospitals with mostly private rooms found to have lower infection risk

By Sally Crocker   Hospitals with mostly private patient rooms experience a lower risk for central-line patient infections, according to a study by a researcher at the UNTHSC School of Public Health. Liam O’Neill, Associate Professor of Health Management and...

Mivielis Rivera at the White Coat Ceremony
  • Education
| August 15, 2016

Pharmacy student dons white coat, grabs onto future

By Jan Jarvis   Mivielis Rivera always knew she wanted a career in health care, she just wasn’t sure which area. When she received her white lab coat on Saturday as a member of the incoming class of the UNT...