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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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  • Research
| December 19, 2014

Schmoozing with a purpose

Faculty from the School of Public Health (SPH), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Texas Prevention Institute took networking to a new level when they recently hosted a UNT Health Science Center "Research Schmooze" at Mama's Pizza. Almost 30 professors...

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  • Research
| December 18, 2014

Research into nanoparticle delivery of cancer drugs receives CPRIT funding

A drug-delivery system that targets and destroys ovarian cancer cells is one step closer to improving the outcome for women diagnosed with the often deadly disease. A $742,000 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant will be used...

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  • Patient Care
| December 17, 2014

Experts predict intense year for the flu

When Ebola was diagnosed in Dallas, it set off a tidal wave of fear that left health officials scrambling to stave off a communitywide crisis. It ended with three confirmed cases, including one death. A less exotic, but no less...

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  • Patient Care
| December 16, 2014

Helping seniors reduce the risk of falling

From the moment he got out of bed in the morning, Wayne Yancy feared he would lose his balance and hit the floor. "There were times when I would just be walking along and fall down," said the 67-year-old retiree,...

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  • Education
| December 15, 2014

A bandage to treat skin cancer

Sun lovers are bombarded daily by warnings about the cancer dangers posed by their passion. But researchers now are offering hope to patients with skin cancer that they could be treated one day with a radioactive bandage containing exactly the...

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  • Education
| December 15, 2014

TCOM gives medical students unique training in patient communication

Medical students learn far more about how disease changes a life when they talk to real patients. That's why UNTHSC's  Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine invites people with various health conditions to its Fort Worth campus to be interviewed by...

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  • Research
| December 15, 2014

SPH team member named to national research administrators board

Robyn B. Remotigue, Research Manager of the UNTHSC School of Public Health, has been named to the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). NCURA serves its members and advances the field of research administration through education and professional development...

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  • Community
| December 14, 2014

Health Science Center to close for winter break

UNT Health Science Center will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Friday, Jan. 2, for the winter holiday. All classes and administrative offices will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume on Monday, Jan. 5, at 8 a.m....

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  • Research
| December 12, 2014

Public Health professor advises students in Japan about importance of data

Students at the University of Tokyo recently gained valuable insight into statistics for research from a UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health guest lecturer. Sumihiro (Sumi) Suzuki, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, taught five lectures and five workshops...

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  • Research
| December 11, 2014

Helping amputees live more mobile lives

After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever regain her mobility with a prosthetic foot that felt stiff and awkward. But her experience wearing a more technologically advanced prosthesis under the eye...