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March 21, 2024 • College of Public Health mental health, public health, public health crisis, SPH, substance abuse,
More than one in five U.S. adults today are affected by mental health-related difficulties. On average, 130 people die by suicide every day, and during the years from 1999 to 2019, more than 840,000 people died from drug overdoses. In 2019, the World Health Organization said 970 million people globally were living with a mental…
March 4, 2024 • Center for Health Policy, College of Nursing, Institute for Health Disparities Health disparities, nursing, tuberculosis,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting a free, virtual community event Wednesday featuring the author of a book about the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis in New York City’s Sea View Hospital. Maria Smilios, author of “The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped…
February 27, 2024 • College of Health Professions, Physical Therapy aging adults, geriatrics, health professions, older adults, physical therapy,
Dr. Beverly McNeal’s path to becoming a faculty member in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Department of Physical Therapy began when she arrived on campus for training in 2022. HSC hosted the American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Geriatrics’ Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults certification course. There, McNeal…
February 27, 2024 • HSC News #onepillkills, combating the fentanyl crisis, fentanyl, fentanyl crisis, One Pill Kills, overdose,
Noah Scout Burns just wanted to sleep. His dreams had become a place of dread, punctuated by screams, outbursts and violent flailing. The 26-year-old was tormented by crippling and persistent nightmares after a failed attempt on his life — a bullet pierced his neck but miraculously passed through with minimal physical damage. Noah survived a…
February 26, 2024 • College of Nursing Health disparities, nursing, research,
Tonychris Nnaka, associate dean for research at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth College of Nursing, recently was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of its 40 Under 40 for 2024. The program recognizes the health care industry’s rising stars up through age 40 who contribute to a culture of…
February 26, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine medical mission, OMT, ROME, rural medicine, TCOM,
The Office of Rural Medical Education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has received a grant from United Health Care that will support two one-week medical mission trips to provide health care to rural communities in Texas for 2024. The grant, which is for…
February 22, 2024 • College of Nursing
The University of North Texas System Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve two additional undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs expected to be offered starting in fall 2025 at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. A traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a Master of Science in…
February 14, 2024 • College of Public Health community health, community health improvement, Health disparities, Healthy People 2030, public health, social determinants of health,
In a unique collaboration, Texas Health Resources has teamed up with two UNT System schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to work collectively on implementing community health projects. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health is one of those partners working with Texas Health’s Community…
February 14, 2024 • College of Public Health community-based primary care, Health Equity, population health, public health, social determinants of health, team-based care,
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has become a member of The Network: Towards Unity For Health, and Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, SPH dean, has been named to the TUFH international advisory board. TUFH is an official non-state actor of the World Health Organization, founded…
February 7, 2024 • Safercare Texas heart health, heart health awareness, sudden cardiac arrest,
Five years ago, Doug Winkler bent over to get his wife a tissue. The next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed intubated and hooked up to nine IVs. “The doctors told my wife to start looking for nursing home facilities for me because there was a 5% chance I was living through…
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