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June 30, 2022 • College of Pharmacy, North Texas Eye Research Institute Dimitrios Karamichos, Keratoconus, National Eye Institute, Steph Curry,
Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos was paying particularly close attention to the NBA finals this year. The executive director and endowed chair of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s North Texas Eye Research Institute is a huge basketball fan, but the reason he was watching closer than usual was related to his…
June 30, 2022 • College of Public Health, COVID-19 Dr. Diana Cervantes, Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Prevention Strategist, School of Public Health,
Dr. Diana Cervantes, assistant professor and director of the MPH Epidemiology Program at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health has been named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. This distinction honors infection prevention professionals who are advanced practitioners…
June 29, 2022 • Pediatrics, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Christina Robinson, pediatric mobile clinic,
The Pediatric Mobile Clinic at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is known for being one of the only mobile clinics in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that specializes in pediatrics. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinic was active at community centers, churches and the YMCA — providing well-child and…
June 15, 2022 • Banner feature, College of Health Professions, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Justin Dam, LGBTQ, Pride, Suicide Rates, Vic Holmes,
Justin Dam, a second-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, said that prior to coming out, he feared that friends and family would no longer accept him. “That really made me feel lonely at times,” he said. “It became hard to feel close…
June 14, 2022 • College of Public Health, Institute for Health Disparities , Students epidemiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Noah Peeri, School of Public Health,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Ph.D. graduate Noah Peeri is off to an exciting postdoctoral fellowship program with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York — one of the world’s leading institutions in patient care, research and education. Peeri graduated from the HSC School of Public Health with…
June 13, 2022 • Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Editor's Picks Esther Annan, Princeton, School of Public Health,
Esther Annan is moving to Princeton this summer. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health student will complete her PhD in epidemiology in June 2022. She will then leave for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship, which involves teaching and advancing her research in dengue fever, malaria and other mosquito-borne…
June 13, 2022 • Banner feature, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Editor's Picks, Public Health Dr. Diana Cervantes, mokeypox, School of Public Health,
The chances of most Americans contracting monkeypox are slim, says an epidemiology expert at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health. Dr. Diana Cervantes, an assistant professor and director of HSC’s Master of Public Health graduate studies program in epidemiology, has long been involved in community response…
May 12, 2022 • Banner feature, Education, Entrepreneurship, HSC Innovates
The HSC Next Innovation Challenge is expanding to include employees in the JPS Health Network, and is partnering with Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers, national organizations that will manage and provide additional support and funding to the idea accelerator. Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers will continue The University of North Texas Health Science…
May 4, 2022 • Community, HSC Innovates
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s unique partnership with Techstars and Goff Capital to create the Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator has drawn significant interest from companies that want to participate in the first-of-its-kind collaboration. The interest in the program started when applications opened in late February, and the…
May 2, 2022 • Community, Leadership, Patient Care
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and Remote Area Medical (RAM®) – a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics that deliver free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured communities – are bringing the free clinic to Dallas on Dec. 3 and 4. “It is critical that we…
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