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May 25, 2023 • Banner feature, Institute for Health Disparities “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities”, 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities, Dr. Benjamin Kligler, Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Specialized Centers of Excellence, Texas Center for Health Disparities, Whole Health initiative,
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…
May 24, 2023 • Center for Health Policy National Rural Telementoring Training Center, Rural Telementoring Training Center, telehealth, The Rural Telementoring Quality Measure Toolkit App,
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…
May 17, 2023 • Banner feature, Institute for Health Disparities SRIP, Summer Multicultural Advancement Research Training, Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program,
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…
May 16, 2023 • HSC Innovates business owner’s wish list, entrepreneurs, HSC Next, U.S. Economic Development Administration grant,
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…
May 10, 2023 • TCOM Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, HEAL, Health Equity Alliance of Tarrant County, social determinants of health, Texas Obstetrics & Gynecology Association of Students,
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…
May 5, 2023 • School of Health Professions 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…
April 17, 2023 • Sustainability Earth day, HSC Sustainability, Mind Your Garden Urban Farm,
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…
March 29, 2023 • Featured, Whole Health social determinants of health, treating the whole person, Whole Health, Whole Health initiative, whole person,
The elderly woman always asked for a sandwich. She arrived at the hospital by ambulance, alone every time and grateful to see familiar faces — and very hungry. Back when Jessica Rangel, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s executive vice president of Health Systems, was a nurse on clinical rotations,…
March 28, 2023 • Institute for Health Disparities Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha, High school students in STEM, medical school, P-TECH, School of Biomedical Sciences, STEM, Texas college of osteopathic medicine,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Institute for Health Disparities hosted nearly 100 freshmen from Bowie High School in Arlington ISD on Friday, March 24 as part of its “Coaching Up” Mentor Program. In partnership with AISD, Coaching Up is an initiative to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering and math higher education…
February 28, 2023 • Campus Annoucement, College of Nursing College of nursing, Dr. Charles Taylor, Dr. Michael R. Williams, Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, Jack Frazee, nursing education, nursing school,
The UNT System Board of Regents voted at its February meeting to help address the shortage of nurses in Texas by approving the creation of a College of Nursing at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. HSC is in the early stages of a nationwide search for a dean to…
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