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UNT Health Science Center earns award for water conservation

Conservation measures on the UNT Health Science Center campus save more than 100,000 gallons of water every month. That's enough water to flush a high-efficiency toilet 62,500 times. The Health Science Center is doing its part to respond to Texas' near-record drought and North Texas' water shortages caused by zebra mussels and low rainfall. This…
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Jean Tips, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at UNTHSC, named one of the Great Women of Texas

Jean Tips, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at UNT Health Science Center, has been named one of the 2013 Great Women of Texas by the Fort Worth Business Press for her business, civic and social contributions to the Fort Worth area. Tips, who has led marketing and communications efforts at the Health Science Center…

UNTHSC removes barriers among health care professionals

Sue Sheridan's son has brain damage because his health care team failed to communicate and left his neonatal jaundice untreated. Years later, her husband died after his spinal cancer diagnosis wasn't communicated among specialists. Sheridan now works for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C. Her videotaped story introduced nearly 600 students to a…

25th Annual Pelham P. Staples Jr., MD, Educational Symposium set for Oct. 17-19

The 25th Annual Pelham P. Staples Jr., MD, Educational Symposium will be held Oct. 17-19 in the Sheraton Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Texas. This year's topic for the symposium, conducted by UNT Health Science Center's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the ForHER Institute, will be new trends and controversies in women's health care. The…

Wanted: Blood donations to save lives during Labor Day weekend

Here are some sobering facts: More than 42,000 people will be hurt in traffic accidents this Labor Day weekend, according to the National Safety Council. A car accident victim may need 100 pints of transfused blood. Blood donation is more critical than ever, and you can help. What: Carter BloodCare blood drive, open to the…
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College of Pharmacy classes begin with promise of career-long collaboration

The first class on the first day at the first pharmacy college in North Texas, also the first to be located on the campus of an academic health science center, began August 19 with a pledge."We only have you for four years, but the relationship we will form isn't just for four years," said Lawrence…

White Coat Ceremony at new College of Pharmacy will honor pharmacy pioneers

The first students in the new UNT System College of Pharmacy will receive their white coats on Saturday. Classes begin Monday. What's unique? This is the first pharmacy school in North Texas and the only in Texas situated on a health science center campus. Why white coats? Students in health care professions traditionally receive white…
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Unique program prepares physicians to lead rural prevention efforts

Imagine yourself in a rural setting where you're the only doctor. A patient's flu-like symptoms are getting worse, fast. But it's not flu season. And he has had several mosquito bites.  Tests confirm your fears: He has the West Nile virus. Your first priority is to help him survive a potentially lethal illness. But you…

UNTHSC nurtures scientists at summer research intern program

Twenty-seven undergraduate scientists from across the U.S. have been hard at work this summer learning to conduct biomedical research as part of the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program. The annual summer outreach programs ---Summer Multicultural Advanced Research Training Program (SMART); Summer Training Among Research Scientists Program (STARS); and the HBCU Undergraduate Collaborative Summer…

Farmers market debuts on campus Thursday

The Health Science Center begins hosting a weekly farmers market this Thursday, furthering our mission to improve the health and quality of life for our neighbors, students, faculty and staff.  The Cowtown Farmers Market, open to the public, will offer fresh locally grown produce, beef, artisanal bread, eggs and other farm products to the parking…