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Students at Match Day 2016
  • Education
| March 21, 2016

A milestone moment

By Jan Jarvis Minutes before opening envelopes that would determine their fates, UNT Health Science Center medical students Christine Langner and her boyfriend Matthew Bartow struggled to stay calm. “If we stay along I-35 that would be great,” said Langner,...

Pediatric Mobile Clinic staff with patient
  • Patient Care
| March 17, 2016

Gifts keep Pediatric Mobile Clinic’s wheels turning

By Alex Branch   Obstacle after obstacle kept a 1-year-old Texas boy from getting regular health checkups. He lived with his grandmother, who neither speaks English nor drives a car. His family didn’t qualify for Medicaid, and his grandmother didn’t...

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  • Education
| March 17, 2016

TCU and UNT Health Science Center select dean for new M.D. school

Texas Christian University and UNT Health Science Center have selected Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, as the founding dean of the new M.D. school the two institutions are establishing in Fort Worth....

  • Education
| March 16, 2016

Celebration and anticipation

By Jan Jarvis   Match Day – the annual event where medical students learn which residency programs they will attend after graduating from UNT Health Science Center – is a cause for celebration and anticipation. With the opening of envelopes...

TCOM student
  • Education
| March 16, 2016

Commitment to care earns UNTHSC spot in magazine rankings

By Jeff Carlton   UNT Health Science Center’s dedication to primary care has received national recognition for the 15th consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of medical schools. Among the magazine’s ranked programs, UNTHSC’s Texas College...

Michael Williams
  • Our People
| March 15, 2016

Transforming a hospital in crisis

By Jeff Carlton   When Dr. Michael Williams took charge as CEO of Hill Country Memorial in 2008, the rural hospital in Fredericksburg faced systemic problems. It was losing money every year. Patient satisfaction was low. Employee morale had plummeted....

  • Community
| March 11, 2016

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...

Campus Closed
  • On Campus
| March 11, 2016

March 14: We’re closed for Spring Break

  The UNT Health Science Center will be closed Monday, March 14. All classes, administrative offices and the Fitness Center will be closed. However, UNT Health offices and clinics will be open as usual for patient care. Gibson D. Lewis...

John Licciardone
  • Research
| March 2, 2016

Studies indicate OMT reduces low-back pain

  Researchers at UNT Health Science Center have found that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) reduced pain and improved function in patients suffering from chronic, nonspecific low-back pain. Further, patients reporting the worst pain and higher degrees of disability received the...

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  • Community
| March 1, 2016

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...