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July 22, 2021 • Community, Provost
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) is working with the Fort Worth Independent School District to reward outstanding educators by sponsoring the Chair for Teaching Excellence in Secondary Science. Sponsorships from community partners and local businesses salute great teachers while also giving them an honorarium. An awards luncheon is also held for teachers selected as outstanding educators. “Preparing today’s children to become the doctors,…
July 20, 2021 • TCOM
By Steven Bartolotta The bus in Manchester, England was full of Team USA basketball superstars and waiting for one more to climb aboard. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus Dr. Paul Saenz was sitting next to the last empty seat on the bus and, when the late superstar sat down next to him, he introduced himself: “I’m the team doctor for San Antonio Spurs, nice…
July 19, 2021 • Safercare Texas
By Sally Crocker Imagine trying to safely navigate the COVID-19 pandemic while living in a rural community with limited internet access and being unable to go online to keep up with changing health guidance. Or if English wasn’t your native language and you had to translate urgent health information needed to protect your family. Think…
July 9, 2021 • Community, COVID-19, Health Disparities Campaign, Patient Care, Public Health
By Diane Smith-Pinckney People find shelter from their homelessness during the day at the True Worth complex that sits southeast of downtown Fort Worth. They can shower, grab lunch and create a resume. On June 21, the homeless who stopped at True Worth received COVID-19 vaccines. The day shelter’s lobby served as a COVID-19 vaccine clinic staffed by health care providers and employees from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at…
June 28, 2021 • School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Coming home from the hospital with a new baby can be hard, whether you’re a first-time parent or an experienced pro. But for teenage moms, the challenge can be especially daunting. Most teens don’t plan to get pregnant, although some do. While U.S. rates of teen pregnancy have declined in recent decades,…
June 25, 2021 • Community, Safercare Texas
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Bryce Schilling credits bystander CPR with his second chance at life. The Dallas accountant, 27, collapsed after participating in The Cowtown Half Marathon on May 8. His memory is foggy, but he remembers crossing the finish line and dropping to the ground. “Everything went black,” Schilling said. John Sims, director of The…
June 23, 2021 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta In 2007, TCOM’s Dr. Rita Patterson and Dr. Jennifer Wayne, a professor at Virginia Tech, recognized the need for women in the field of bioengineering to meet together, network, mentor and increase the representation of women in the field. Thus the ASME Bioengineering Women’s Network Group was born, and now it is…
June 21, 2021 • Community, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The embroidery on Vic Holmes’ black scrubs identify him as a physician assistant and an ally to LGBTQ+ patients. The words, stitched under a rainbow-colored Caduceus pin and near his heart, read: “Vic Holmes, PA-C, He/Him/His, Family Medicine.” Pronouns are gracing more white coats, scrubs, business cards, name badges and email signatures…
June 21, 2021 • 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 Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, in the HSC School of Public Health (SPH), where she teaches courses in environmental health. She…
June 8, 2021 • Community
By Diane Smith-Pinckney On June 19 1865, Major General Gordan Granger marched into Galveston with a critical message: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” This was the opening sentence of General Order Number 3, which announced to Texans the end of the Civil War and…
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