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January 25, 2022 • Campaign: People
By Libby Maness Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD, strives to embody the values at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, so it’s not surprising that he made it his mission to put an end to health disparities. As Vice President of the Institute of Health Disparities at HSC, Dr. Vishwanatha’s road to…
January 18, 2022 • Campaign: People One Pill Kills
He didn’t know it at the time, but when Dr. Scott Walters was growing up in San Diego in the mid 1980s, a next-door neighbor was concealing a homemade meth lab just across the fence and mere steps away from his bedroom window. For some time, concerned parents in his family’s quiet cul-de-sac had reached…
January 13, 2022 • Campaign: People
Charles Taylor, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Provost and EVP of Academic Affairs, began his journey in higher education earlier than most as he spent the first five years of his life living in a modified dorm room with his parents on the campus of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama where his dad worked in admissions. At five, his…
January 11, 2022 • Campaign: People, School of Biomedical Sciences
By Sally Crocker Over the years, Bruce Budowle, PhD, has been recognized in various ways for his lifelong dedication to uncovering mysteries, bringing long-sought answers to families and communities, and developing novel ways to improve the science behind forensic medicine. After spending 26 years with the FBI, he joined the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), becoming one of…
January 6, 2022 • Campaign: People, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Katie Pelch, PhD, wants you to know what’s in our environment and how the chemicals we’re exposed to every day may affect our health. Dr. Pelch is a part-time School of Public Health (SPH) Assistant Professor, where she teaches courses in environmental health. In 2021, Dr. Pelch and a collaborative group of scientists from universities and non-profit agencies around the U.S. released the PFAS-Tox Database, a public health…
January 4, 2022 • Campaign: People, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Dr. Erika Thompson was honored with the first-ever Hope Award from the Center for Transforming Lives (CTL) in 2021, recognizing her work as a researcher and community volunteer whose extraordinary efforts make a difference in the lives of women and children and Tarrant County’s most vulnerable families. CTL provides housing, early childhood education, economic mobility and clinical counseling services to address…
December 29, 2021 • School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The rates of driving under the influence are of high concern for communities at any time but especially during the holidays. Injuries, hospitalizations and road-related fatalities jump significantly during the holiday party season leading up to New Year’s Eve. For older drivers, the risks are compounded, whether during the holiday party season or at any other time during the year. Given the challenges that drivers older than 50 already face with performance on the road related…
December 21, 2021 • Texas Center for Health Disparities
By Gabrielle Saleh Over twenty thousand individuals across the nation are now harnessing the National Research Mentoring Network's (NRMN) online platform MyNRMN for mentoring and professional development. NRMN is a National Institutes of Health grant-funded initiative founded to provide researchers across all career stages in Science, Technology, Math, and Medicine (STEMM) fields with evidence-based mentorship…
December 10, 2021 • Community
With support from leadership at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and HSC’s RISE Team, HSC has been designated a National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) Campus Affiliate. HSC joins only 32 other campuses, including Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Georgia Tech. Most notably, HSC is one of three…
December 2, 2021 • Campaign: People, College of Pharmacy
Dr. Emanuel George, III, aka “DrEG3,” is on a mission to impact and serve 1 million people. He is well on his way, advocating for students, alumni and the greater pharmacy community. “I believe that I am a servant to all people,” Dr. George said. “I hope to help people become and live as their…
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