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October 30, 2015 • Education, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker A UNTHSC public health student wants to stop international sex trafficking with a simple piece of jewelry. The “Safe Move” bracelet, designed by MPH graduate student Kwynn Gonzalez-Pons, has the potential to save countless lives around the world by helping law enforcement agencies locate missing children and adults. Equipped with a global…
October 27, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch The value of team-based health care is clear to Steven Sanchez inside the auditorium at Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth. That’s where the 2nd-year UNT Health Science Center medical student provides free comprehensive health checks to children twice a month while teamed with student nurses, speech pathologists and oral hygienists from…
October 26, 2015 • Education
By Betsy Friauf When a CareFlite helicopter lands at UNT Health Science Center on Thursday, it’s not an emergency but an informal training session. The chopper fly-in is an annual opportunity for students to get up close with airborne emergency transport. Every minute and a half, somewhere in the U.S. a med-evac helicopter is dispatched.…
October 13, 2015 • Education, Professional and Continuing Education
A failed hip surgery performed elsewhere had left Dr. Anthony Capobianco’s patient with a leg that would not straighten, forcing her to walk painfully on the toes of her right foot for more than 10 years. Learn more: PACE continuing education opportunities Then a technique that the New York family practitioner learned at a workshop…
October 12, 2015 • Education
Dedication to making people’s lives better has earned a UNT Health Science Center genetics expert a rare designation as a UNT System Regents Professor. Jamboor K. “JK” Vishwanatha, PhD, last month became only the fifth Regents Professor at UNTHSC in its 45-year history. The UNT System Board of Regents has named fewer than four dozen…
October 9, 2015 • Education, Patient Care, Research
Top goals for 2020 Positioned as the education and research partner for hospitals/health care systems of Tarrant County U.S. leader in interprofessional education and practice Total research awards increased by 30 percent to $55 million New philanthropic gifts grown by $100 million Nationally recognized as a “Great Place to Work” Seven “high-functioning” schools National reputation…
October 5, 2015
The detailed drawings of physician and illustrator Dr. Frank H. Netter have helped generations of medical students see inside the body with remarkable clarity. Those illustrations and the man behind them will be the focus of a seminar Oct. 6 at UNT Health Science Center. The event is the official launch of UNTHSC’s Center for…
September 29, 2015 • Education, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hospice care for terminally ill patients isn’t easy duty. In addition to patients’ fear and families’ grief, health care professionals must get past a youth-centered cultural bias that denies the reality of death. Yet, dying patients and their families are often in acute need of understanding and support. To meet this need, students in the…
September 22, 2015 • Alumni, Education, School of Public Health
For years, Patrick Moonan has pursued tuberculosis outbreaks across the world, from urban neighborhoods in the United States to remote villages in southern Africa. In September 2014, the senior epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took on a new adversary — the Ebola virus. Though he had never worked in Ebola hot…
September 10, 2015 • Education
Behold a model health care team of the future tasked with caring for an older patient just home from the hospital with a new joint replacement and serious problems getting around. Nurse: Visits the patient at home to monitor vital signs and dress the wound. Occupational therapist: Trains patient to safely bathe, dress and…
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