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June 10, 2024 • Safercare Texas asthma, Asthma 411, safercare,
Representatives from 10 North Texas organizations will come together Wednesday with one common goal in mind: improving health outcomes for children with poorly controlled asthma. The goal of the North Texas Asthma Summit is to develop community partnerships to help these children who frequently experience asthma symptoms that may impact their ability to attend school…

June 5, 2024 • Pharmacy College of Pharmacy
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Pharmacy is celebrating a remarkable achievement in its short, 11-year history: The program has secured a record-breaking 95% residency match rate for its students who graduated in May with a Doctor of Pharmacy. Twenty of the 21 HSC Doctor of Pharmacy students…

May 13, 2024 • Banner feature, College of Health Professions, Physical Therapy physical therapy, School of Health Professions, shp,
While post-commencement life can be uncertain for many graduating college students, Madelyn Di Orio and Kellan Barry made big plans before this school year ever began. The third-year physical therapy students in The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions will tie the knot in June. The pair met as freshman…

May 8, 2024 • Leadership leadership, operations,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Office of Operations and Business Management, under the auspices of the chief operating officer, is pleased to announce the addition of the Department of Strategic and Operational Transformation. Ms. Laura Squires joined HSC on Monday as associate vice president for strategic and operational transformation.…

May 1, 2024 • Our People College of Pharmacy, Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, faculty achievement, School of Health Professions, TCOM, Texas college of osteopathic medicine,
On Wednesday, Dr. Nicole Phillips, assistant professor, microbiology, immunology and genetics, in the School of Biomedical Sciences was awarded The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s prestigious Faculty Achievement Award. The Faculty Achievement Award Committee annually selects one winner based on a nominee's achievements in teaching, research and scholarship, service and…

April 25, 2024 • TCOM DO, Internal Medicine, internal medicine residency, osteopathic medicine, TCOM,
In a significant move to help address the growing primary care physician shortage in Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and Paris Regional Health are now approved for a new Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved the program…

April 11, 2024 • Blood Donation blood drive, bone marrow, Community, community health, stem cell,
In the United States alone, a patient receives a blood transfusion every two seconds. The average transfusion patient receives 2.5 units of blood — approximately 200 milliliters of red blood cells. Every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer, like lymphoma or leukemia, that requires a stem cell or bone marrow transplant. Among those…

March 22, 2024 • HSC Innovates entrepreneurship, HSC Next, innovation, innovator, investor,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s innovation wing, HSC Next, was recently named the Institutional Investor of the Year at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s State of Entrepreneurship, presented by Bank of America. This recognition highlights the institution's commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship and its significant impact on the dynamic biotech, life…

March 21, 2024 • College of Public Health mental health, public health, public health crisis, SPH, substance abuse,
More than one in five U.S. adults today are affected by mental health-related difficulties. On average, 130 people die by suicide every day, and during the years from 1999 to 2019, more than 840,000 people died from drug overdoses. In 2019, the World Health Organization said 970 million people globally were living with a mental…

March 4, 2024 • Center for Health Policy, College of Nursing, Institute for Health Disparities Health disparities, nursing, tuberculosis,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting a free, virtual community event Wednesday featuring the author of a book about the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis in New York City’s Sea View Hospital. Maria Smilios, author of “The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped…
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