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April 24, 2020 • College of Pharmacy, COVID-19, Research
By Jan Jarvis In the evening, Kelly Peterson parks his car in a vacant lot and walks across an empty campus into a dark building with no one around. Sometimes the HSC research specialist arrives at 6 p.m., midnight or even later. “I have just always worked off hours, but since COVID-19 it’s a little…
April 24, 2020 • COVID-19, Patient Care, Pediatrics, Students, TCOM
By Jan Jarvis Infants, toddlers and teens are among the latest victims of Covid-19 as a spike in abuse cases triggers alarms across the country. Unemployment, health worries, mounting bills, social isolation and closed schools – on top of potty training, tantrums and family tension – sometimes can push parents to the edge. “There’s just…
April 23, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Earlier this year, HSC alumnus Witold Migala, PhD, MPH, was busy wrapping up his leadership year as President of the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA), typically culminating in the organization’s annual conference and passing of the gavel to a new slate of officers. This year, however, was very different. As alerts about…
April 20, 2020 • COVID-19, TCOM
By Steven Bartolotta It started with a simple social media post about volunteering time to help with the childcare needs of healthcare professionals. Several weeks later, it has blossomed into DFW COVIDsitters. Last month, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine third-year student Lexy Kindt was working at Cook Children’s Hospital as COVID-19 was rapidly spreading, shutting…
April 17, 2020 • COVID-19, School of Biomedical Sciences, Sleep Medicine
By Jan Jarvis All those lost commuter hours are being put to good use during the pandemic as more people sleep in. “People are definitely getting more sleep because they don’t have to drive to work,” said Brandy M. Roane, PhD, DBSM, Associate Professor of Physiology and Anatomy and board-certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist. “They’re…
April 17, 2020 • Clinical Practice Group, COVID-19
By Jan Jarvis A team of social workers in the Center for Geriatrics is raising the spirits of older patients in the Clinical Practice Group who are isolated at home. The Cheer over Fear campaign was designed to support older adults through handmade cards, letters and artwork. The idea came from the social workers’ interactions…
April 16, 2020 • COVID-19, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker One recent afternoon, HSC Regents Professor Dr. Scott Walters was working from home like most North Texans who are socially distancing right now as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was leading a Zoom meeting when things really heated up in his closed-door office, not because Dr. Walters was sparking new…
April 15, 2020 • College of Pharmacy, COVID-19, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, Students, TCOM
By Diane Smith Kristina Fraser sees COVID-19 as an enemy that spreads sickness while creating a new reality – one filled with fear and isolation. She’s fighting back. Fraser, a medical student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, is part of a team of student and faculty volunteers helping…
April 15, 2020 • COVID-19, Family Medicine, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Jan Jarvis The minute Dana Litt saw her mother on FaceTime she had no doubts about why she was calling. “My mom was crying and I just knew,” Dr. Litt said. “I was hearing some pretty shattering news, and there was literally nothing I could do.” The feeling of helplessness that Dr. Litt endured…
April 14, 2020 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health, Students
By Alex Branch Dozens of HSC Fort Worth Public Health students will join the fight against COVID-19 at Tarrant County Public Health by helping gather information about people who may have been exposed to the virus. The students will answer phone lines and help support investigators in the field who perform contact tracing and other…
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