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TCOM Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society Welcomes new inductees

The humanistic side of medicine is flourishing at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The TCOM Chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation inducted 35 students and three faculty members into the Gold Humanism Honor Society during a recent ceremony at the Fort…
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Office of Admissions & Recruitment hosted its 2nd Annual Student Ambassador Pinning Ceremony

Table confetti, charcuterie boards and the musical stylings of DJ Question Mark accented the palpable sense of excitement that filled the first-floor lobby of the Institutional Research & Education Building on Wednesday, April 26, as The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Office of Admissions & Recruitment hosted its 2nd Annual…
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2023 Faculty Achievement Award winner announced

On Friday, Dr. Erika Thompson, associate professor in the School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, was awarded The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s prestigious annual Faculty Achievement Award – taking home a $10,000 prize in addition to the prestigious award. The Faculty Achievement Award Committee names an…
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Dr. Janice Knebl goes to Washington

On Wednesday, April 19, Dr. Janice Knebl, chief medical officer at HSC Health, attended the AAMC-led Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition congressional briefing as a panelist. The briefing focused on how the HRSA Title VII and VIII programs shape the workforce and help address health workforce shortages. Invited by the Elder Workforce Alliance, Knebl…
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SBS alum returns to the lab with his own high school students

Quinton Barnes teaches principles of biomedical science, human body systems, medical interventions, biomedical innovation and practicum in STEM at the Bill R. Johnson CTE Center in Crowley ISD. He’s also a former student of the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. It was Barnes’s enthusiastic…
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Student from HSC’s School of Biomedical Sciences is lead author of paper published in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

A team from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, in partnership with the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium, recently published key study results in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Ann Abraham Daniel, a student in HSC’s School of Biomedical Sciences, was the lead author of the article, “Hypermethylation at…
Dr. April Wiechmann (center, right) Dr. Kate Taylor (far left), and Cynthia Carrol (middle-left) were honored by NAP.

Three HSC employees honored by National Academies of Practice

At a recent ceremony in Washing D.C., Dr. April Wiechmann and Dr. Kate Taylor were both inducted into the National Academies of Practice as Distinguished Fellows. To be eligible to become a Distinguished Fellow, a nominee must have had an exemplary career of 10 years or more; shown a commitment to interprofessional practice and accessible,…
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HSC College of Pharmacy course project unlocks creativity and innovation

A pharmacy course project at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping students unlock innovative solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing health care. The Innovation Challenge team-based project is part of Dr. Annesha White’s Economic Evaluation and Policy course offered in the fall for second-year student pharmacists.…
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TCOM’s Research Appreciation Day winners

Research is alive and vibrant at TCOM and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. It is a long and distinguished list of award winners from TCOM at this year’s Research Appreciation Day. 2023 Medical Student Government Association Best in First-Year Class Title: A Qualitative Histological Comparison of Collagen Deposition Between…
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Inside HSC podcasts discusses public health with Dean Shafik Dharamsi

Bridging the know-do gap is one of the myriad factors that promises to shape the future of public health. In this instance, the know-do gap refers to the global health system’s failure to implement the seemingly endless advances in research among different disciplines into policy and practice. Reconciling this scientific dissonance is a passion of…