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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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  • COVID-19
| March 31, 2020

Expecting, newborn moms can reach out for help as COVID-19, self-isolation increase stress and anxiety

By Diane Smith Patrice Buffkin’s early worries about COVID-19 were work related. Buffkin, an event-planning manager for The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, wondered if the disease would delay promotional items en route from China...

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  • COVID-19
| March 31, 2020

Remembering Uncle Mark

By Sally Crocker Dr. Dana Litt remembers a lot of special things about veteran stage and film actor Mark Blum, 69, a respected fixture on the New York acting scene for decades who recently died from complications of coronavirus. His...

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  • COVID-19
| March 30, 2020

Less than six weeks till graduation, TCOM students ready to tackle COVID-19

By Steven Bartolotta In just six-weeks, scores of students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine will be joining the ranks of medical professionals. Little did they know just a month ago they would be joining the profession at a...

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  • Our People
| March 30, 2020

50 Heroes: HSC Students and Alumni

As our communities deal with the unprecedented health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, HSC salutes all alumni and students who are serving on the front lines to keep our families safe, counseling those with questions and concerns, and slowing the...

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  • COVID-19
| March 30, 2020

How to help elderly Americans during COVID-19

By Alex Branch and Diane Smith-Pinckney Elderly Americans are at a greater health risk from COVID-19 and likelier to struggle with the isolation of social distancing. How can the rest of us help them? “I grew up in a row...

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  • COVID-19
| March 27, 2020

Should you leave the city during COVID-19?

By Alex Branch Tensions are rising in some communities as New York City residents flee the densely populated city for other areas amid the COVID-19 outbreak. We asked Dr. Ubydul Haque, Assistant Professor of Biostatics and Epidemiology in the HSC...

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  • COVID-19
| March 26, 2020

COVID-19: the importance of keeping up your social connections

By Sally Crocker As more kids find themselves homebound now that families across the country are practicing safe distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it may be important to increase, rather than limit, screen time for children and teens,...

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  • COVID-19
| March 26, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak in U.S. echoes events in Chinese HSC student’s homeland

By Diane Smith Exhausted and stressed are terms Dr. Yu Tao uses to describe how she felt in early 2020 as she monitored the path of COVID-19 as it emerged in her native China and moved across the globe. Dr....

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  • COVID-19
| March 26, 2020

Providers face challenges as COVID-19 puts strains on healthcare system

By Sally Crocker Arthur Mora, PhD, MHA, and his wife are concerned. With two young daughters ages 5 and 3 at home and a new baby on the way in just a few short weeks, the HSC School of Public...

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  • COVID-19
| March 25, 2020

HSC Fort Worth donates 5,000 surgical masks for first responders

By Diane Smith The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is giving the Fort Worth Fire Department 5,000 surgical masks and calling on health organizations across the region to make similar donations to first responders in...