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April 5, 2022 • Community
The City of Fort Worth and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formalize the two entities’ commitment to working together, leveraging resources to advance Fort Worth public health, especially as it relates to issues of disparities in health care. The agreement…
April 4, 2022 • College of Health Professions, Community, Safercare Texas
During the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that millions of Texans face, from local access to health care to being able to find and navigate accurate health information. One way to help bridge these gaps is through community health workers. Dr. Teresa Wagner is hoping to improve the health of…
March 10, 2022 • Community, Research, Texas Center for Health Disparities
By Libby Maness The Texas Center for Health Disparities, based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, recently was selected to participate in the national Healthy People 2030 program that focuses on decreasing inequities in health care access. “Being chosen to participate in Healthy People 2030 is such an honor.…
February 11, 2022 • Community, Research
The AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center based at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting six free listening sessions to gather information from community members about their health equity experiences in addition to their artificial intelligence and machine learning needs. “We invite anyone interested in promoting health equity, including those from…
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, College of Biomedical and Translational 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, College 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, College 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…
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