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HSC’s Performing Arts Medicine offers free clinic

A doctor told flutist Maria Gabriela Alvarado that she would have to give up her passion. Playing her instrument for long stretches caused her shoulder to pop out of its socket and her ribs to dislocate. The University of North Texas graduate’s life changed when she visited Dr. Yein Lee, a physician at HSC Health,…
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Second annual SPH Maternal and Child Health and Health Disparities poster symposium highlights outstanding student work

The School of Public Health hosted its second annual Maternal and Child Health and Health Disparities Poster Symposium, featuring more than 30 graduate student poster presentations from five courses in the public health core curriculum: Introduction to MCH, Introduction to Health Disparities, Human Sexuality and Reproductive Health, MCH Epidemiology and Epidemiology.  These presentations represented a synthesis…
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HSC Health’s Metabolic & Longevity Center helps people ditch medications and achieve health goals

With New Year’s resolutions right around the corner, HSC Health — the clinical practice of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth — has launched the Metabolic & Longevity Center. This new specialty clinic is dedicated to the treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.…
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HSC announces key speakers for Black Men in White Coats event

The global head of health care for Google/YouTube and the founder of the Black Men in White Coats national organization will highlight a youth summit taking place Feb. 18 at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The goal of the Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit (BMWCx), which will…
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HSC awarded $2 million by Tarrant County to spur economic growth

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is the recipient of a $2 million grant from Tarrant County to help emerging technology companies be successful when applying for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding. The grant is part of Tarrant County’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program authorized by the American Recovery Plan…
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Help Project INTEGRATE win the DataWorks! Challenge: vote today

The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Project INTEGRATE, was recently named as one of 20 finalists in the DataWorks! Challenge for the team’s work in alcohol misuse prevention. This challenge is produced by HeroX, a crowdsourcing innovation platform with a global partner network. The goal of competitors in the DataWorks! Challenge is to…
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Wellest Inc. founder Dave Sekowski partners with HSC faculty through Techstars program

For Dave Sekowski, founder and CEO of Wellest Inc., the road to wellness has not been easy. Growing up with limited access to healthy food and education about health and nutrition, he struggled with childhood obesity. “I had to take it upon myself to figure it out,” Sekowski said. “I joined the wrestling team, spent…
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Techstars Demo Day brings innovation to the historic stockyards

For the last 13 weeks, the founders of 10 of the world’s most innovative startups have been in Fort Worth perfecting their new physical health technology. They are part of the world’s first physical health accelerator, and now they are ready to show the fruits of their labor. Techstars Demo Day on Tuesday is the…
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TCOM led initiative opens a newly established Lactation room for breastfeeding mothers across HSC

Breastfeeding mothers at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth now have a private space as the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Medical Student Success has opened the newly established Lactation Room.     The room, located in MET 454, is private and secluded, designed specifically for breastfeeding mothers who need support…

HSC students create evidence-based fact sheets about monkeypox

As a former faculty member at UT Health San Antonio, Dr. Waridibo Allison’s Department of Medicine produced evidence-based information sheets based on the then-new COVID-19 virus. The information helped health professionals stay current and separate myth from reality, and the document was researched and written by medical students and reviewed by faculty. Allison now is…