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HSC’s Institute for Health Disparities to host ‘Engaging the Whole Person’ conference

The public is invited to learn more about whole health, including the actions and barriers to achieving health equity for minorities, at this year’s 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities” on June 8 and…
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TCOM celebrates its 50th graduating class of osteopathic physicians

On Monday, June 3, 1974, the legendary pathologist and osteopathic physician Dr. Otterbein Dressler gave the keynote address at the William Edrington Scott Theatre to 18 newly minted osteopathic physicians from the burgeoning Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. Little did Dressler or those 18 physicians know they were laying the foundation for…
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PharmD graduate fuels a passion for community pharmacy

Arturo Herrera II began working in a pharmacy as a cashier in high school. He fell in love with the community pharmacy setting and enjoyed a career as a licensed pharmacy technician for a little more than 20 years with companies like Eckerd, Target, Albertsons and MedSavers Pharmacy. “The passion for community pharmacy never left,”…
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Undergraduate research internship promotes a more diverse future workforce

In the nation’s biomedical sciences workforce, diversity is not just an aspirational ideal but a proven way to increase access to health care and reduce health disparities in historically underrepresented communities. The Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is on a mission to advance the…
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Nurses have helped shape HSC’s culture

Nurses have a reputation for being resilient, compassionate multi-taskers who live at the cross-section of art, science, spirituality and psychology. The profession, one of the oldest in the world, is a language with many accents. Though The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth only recently launched its college nursing, HSC’s culture…
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  • Our People
| May 16, 2023

Innovation leads a team of TCOM students to Sloan SSM Health national case competition

A trio of students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine used tenacity and innovation to advance to the finals of the 3rd Annual Case Competition of Cornell University’s Sloan Program in Health Administration. First-year students Gabriel Kupovics, Navya Peddireddy...

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  • Our People
| May 16, 2023

Integrative versus Traditional Medicine

Dr. Trisha Smith is a world traveler. If you stop by the HSC Health Student Health and Priority Care clinic, she can diagnose an illness and recommend the best dinner spot for your next vacation in Greece in the same...

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  • On Campus
| May 16, 2023

HSC Next’s Sparkyard expands, refines tools for entrepreneurs

Managers of Sparkyard, a free, one-stop collaborative platform for entrepreneurs, recently completed an online economic dashboard of Tarrant County entrepreneurial activity and two other website updates funded by a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant....

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  • Education
| May 11, 2023

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine nation’s 11th-ranked medical school

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care on Thursday, and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth surged to the...

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  • Our People
| May 10, 2023

Whole Health focus: Metabolic and Longevity Clinic

In Dec. 2022, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Clinic, HSC Health, launched the Metabolic and Longevity Clinic. This specialty clinic is for patients who have metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure...

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  • Our People
| May 10, 2023

Student pharmacist receives state-level recognition for leadership

Kaanan Shah, HSC College of Pharmacy third-year student, was recently awarded the Glenda Lawson McRee Pharmacy Student Award, presented at the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists annual conference in Galveston in April. The award recognizes a student who is committed...

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  • On Campus
| May 10, 2023

HSC to host ‘Quality Perinatal Care Through an Equity Lens’ workshop

Infants born to Black women are more than twice as likely to die compared with those born to white women. The factors driving disparities in maternal and infant health are complex and multifactorial, including differences in health insurance coverage, access...

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  • Our People
| May 9, 2023

Whole Health Focus: Dr. Harlan Jones to speak on social determinants of health

Dr. Harlan Jones is no stranger to traveling to promote educational initiatives geared toward eliminating health disparities. As director of the Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, it’s part of...

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  • Our People
| May 8, 2023

TCOM Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society Welcomes new inductees

The humanistic side of medicine is flourishing at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The TCOM Chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation inducted 35 students and three...

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  • Community
| May 8, 2023

Career Readiness Center’s etiquette dinner serves more than food

The primary focus of a business dinner is not the food. Yes, the 40 or so students who attended a recent etiquette dinner hosted by The University...