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HSC to host community event honoring Black Angels’ legacy of nursing innovation

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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Department of Physical Therapy to host Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults certification course

Dr.  Beverly McNeal’s path to becoming a faculty member in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Department of Physical Therapy began when she arrived on campus for training in 2022. HSC hosted the American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Geriatrics’ Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults certification course. There, McNeal…
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HSC nursing professor loses son to fentanyl

Noah Scout Burns just wanted to sleep. His dreams had become a place of dread, punctuated by screams, outbursts and violent flailing. The 26-year-old was tormented by crippling and persistent nightmares after a failed attempt on his life — a bullet pierced his neck but miraculously passed through with minimal physical damage. Noah survived a…
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HSC College of Nursing associate dean for research earns recognition from national health care magazine

Tonychris Nnaka, associate dean for research at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth College of Nursing, recently was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of its 40 Under 40 for 2024. The program recognizes the health care industry’s rising stars up through age 40 who contribute to a culture of…
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TCOM’s Office of Rural Medical Education receives grant from United Health Care for medical mission trips

The Office of Rural Medical Education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has received a grant from United Health Care that will support two one-week medical mission trips to provide health care to rural communities in Texas for 2024. The grant, which is for…
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UNT System Board of Regents approves fall 2025 HSC College of Nursing degree programs

The University of North Texas System Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve two additional undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs expected to be offered starting in fall 2025 at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. A traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a Master of Science in…
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THR teams up with UNT System on unique student internships to improve community health

In a unique collaboration, Texas Health Resources has teamed up with two UNT System schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to work collectively on implementing community health projects. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health is one of those partners working with Texas Health’s Community…
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SPH joins The Network: Towards Unity For Health, Dean Dharamsi named to organization’s international advisory board

The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has become a member of The Network: Towards Unity For Health, and Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, SPH dean, has been named to the TUFH international advisory board. TUFH is an official non-state actor of the World Health Organization, founded…
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A second chance: cardiac arrest survivor raises heart awareness

Five years ago, Doug Winkler bent over to get his wife a tissue. The next thing he remembered, he was in a hospital bed intubated and hooked up to nine IVs. “The doctors told my wife to start looking for nursing home facilities for me because there was a 5% chance I was living through…
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TCOM’s Quincey Quinn named TOMA Student Doctor of the Year

Quincey Quinn of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has been named the Student Doctor of the Year by the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. Quinn, a third-year student at TCOM, was honored Saturday, Feb. 3, during an awards ceremony at TOMA’s MidWinter Conference in Southlake.…