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September 14, 2023 • College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, College of Public Health, Multi School addiction, addiction research, Alcoholism, intervention, One Pill Kills, substance-involved overdose,
According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 29.5 million people aged 12 or older experienced alcohol use disorder in the previous year. In 2019, 20.4 million people in the United States were diagnosed with substance use disorders, an NSDUH survey found. More than 106,000 persons in the U.S. died from substance-involved…
September 5, 2023 • Values pediatric mobile clinic, promoting values, RAM, Stop the Bleed, Values, work culture,
From 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Office of Culture and Experience will host a values showcase in MET 109-111 and the MET lobby. What is the Values Showcase Event? Our new system-wide values, created with input from all UNT System campuses,…
August 30, 2023 • HSC Innovates America’s Seed Fund, Department of Defense, Dr. Adrian Denvir, Lex Keen, microchip, Nicole Keen, SBIR, SecureFoundry, semiconductors, Small Business Innovation Research grant, Tarrant County small businesses,
After leaving his job as technical director for U.S. Cyber Command, Lex Keen found himself at the intersection of innovative technology, geopolitics and big business. His Tarrant County-based company, SecureFoundry, entered the microchip manufacturing business just before the U.S. government took drastic steps to boost domestic production of semiconductors. Despite having possession of a much-needed…
August 28, 2023 • Center for Health Policy HIV/AIDS training, HSC SC-AETC, Ryan White HIV/AIDS, South Central AIDS Education Training Center, U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Center for Health Policy has received a new round of federal funding to improve the quality of and access to HIV/AIDS health care and support. The grant is from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration. HSC’s Center for Health Policy is a sub-grantee…
August 17, 2023 • College of Nursing College of nursing, Master of Science in Nursing in Nursing Practice Innovation, MSN, Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing, RN to BSN, The University of North Texas System Board of Regents,
The University of North Texas System Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve new undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, marking the next step in the rollout of HSC’s new College of Nursing. A new Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing…
August 2, 2023 • College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences biomedical science workforce, Biomedical sciences, jobs in life science, life science industry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute,
Victoria Ford, president and CEO of the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute in Austin, will be the featured keynote during the next event in HSC’s 2023 Health Care Workforce & Education Series on Aug. 10. The public is invited to attend the free event co-hosted by the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of…
July 20, 2023 • Institute for Health Disparities Health disparities, HEARD Scholars, John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment, MiHERO Ph.D. Scholars program, Minority Health, National Institutes of Health, NIMHD Specialized Centers of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was recently awarded the $10 million John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment by the National Institutes of Health. This is now the second time the institution has been awarded this endowment to strengthen research into minority health and…
July 19, 2023 • Safercare Texas, Whole Health financial literacy, health literacy, maternal health, One Pill Kills, Scott Walters, teressa wagner, Whole Health,
In the face of a nationwide opioid epidemic, a patient’s health literacy can be the difference between life and death. One out of four patients prescribed opioids to treat chronic pain misuse them because they don’t understand the often dense, jargon-filled language of medicine, according to data from the National Institutes of Health. To address…
June 26, 2023 • Safercare Texas AIM-AHEAD, disaster relief, disaster relief training, emergency management training, FEMA training, organizing disaster relief, Texas Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters,
In response to the growing need for quick, effective disaster responses in Texas communities, SaferCare Texas is hosting a state emergency preparedness and response collaborative. The training is designed to help integrate community health workers into preparedness and response teams and activities around the state. The event will take place from 2 to 4 p.m.…
June 15, 2023 • HSC Innovates entrepreneur mental health, entrepreneurs, HSC Next, hustle culture, inno, podcast, success only culture,
The average startup takes 12 months to get to market, costing $250,000 — and 95% of those companies fail, according to information published on Dallas.Inc, a startup focused on the success of other entrepreneurs. Charlie Lass is the CEO of Dallas.Inc, its sister site, Fort Worth.Inc, and newly formed Humble.Inc. He recently sat down for…
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