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HSC College of Pharmacy to host ‘The Future of Pharmacy in Texas’

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Pharmacy will host “The Future of Pharmacy in Texas” on Thursday to address opportunities and solutions for bridging the future of the pharmacy profession with workforce needs. The event will feature regionally and nationally regarded experts in pharmacy education and practice as…
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More than three decades of training and counting, TCOM hosts Chief Residency Skills Conference

Chief residents from across the nation came to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Faculty Development Center’s Chief Resident Leadership Skills Conference. Thirty-eight chief residents and three coordinators came to The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth from Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas to participate in a conference on a variety…
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HSC to host free Latinos en Medicina Camp

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting a free, weeklong Latinos en Medicina Camp for Fort Worth and Tarrant County children. The camp, which starts Monday and ends June 9, is for children ages 10-13 and aims to raise awareness about careers in health care in the Latino community.…
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HSC’s Institute for Health Disparities to host ‘Engaging the Whole Person’ conference

The public is invited to learn more about whole health, including the actions and barriers to achieving health equity for minorities, at this year’s 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities” on June 8 and…
Telehealth

New app to focus on telementoring to improve rural health care

The pandemic brought telecommunication technology to the front lines of health care. A growing body of evidence shows that telementoring — the practice of using technology to guide less experienced health care workers from afar — can improve rural health by building local capacity to treat patients, reducing professional isolation, improving access to care and allowing…
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Undergraduate research internship promotes a more diverse future workforce

In the nation’s biomedical sciences workforce, diversity is not just an aspirational ideal but a proven way to increase access to health care and reduce health disparities in historically underrepresented communities. The Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is on a mission to advance the…
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HSC Next’s Sparkyard expands, refines tools for entrepreneurs

Managers of Sparkyard, a free, one-stop collaborative platform for entrepreneurs, recently completed an online economic dashboard of Tarrant County entrepreneurial activity and two other website updates funded by a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. The other updates included an enhanced interactive growth circuit showing users what phase they are in and a translation of Sparkyard…
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HSC to host ‘Quality Perinatal Care Through an Equity Lens’ workshop

Infants born to Black women are more than twice as likely to die compared with those born to white women. The factors driving disparities in maternal and infant health are complex and multifactorial, including differences in health insurance coverage, access to care and a wide range of social determinants of health. In maternal and infant…
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HSC’s School of Health Professions Introduces the Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being

The School of Health Professions is excited to share that the Department of Lifestyle Health Sciences is now the Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being. This significant step reflects SHP’s unwavering commitment to helping individuals achieve optimal health and wellness through customized approaches. “This change has been made through careful consideration to better encompass the…
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10th annual Earth Day event

All HSC faculty, staff and students are invited to attend: From 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, HSC Sustainability will host its 10th annual Earth Day event on the MET lawn. You can recycle old electronics, donate gently used clothing, see a cooking demo from Mind Your Garden Urban Farm, and participate in…