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Category: It’s in our DNA
At UNT Health Fort Worth, our students are destined to shape the future of health care, research and public health, and our faculty and staff are here to guide them every step of the way. Whether it’s teaching safe patient care, advancing groundbreaking research or improving community health, it’s all second nature. We were born to live out our mission to create solutions for a healthier community. Why? Because it’s in our DNA.
Read more below about the remarkable students, faculty and staff at UNT Health.
September 10, 2025 • It's in our DNA its in our dna, TCOM,
It was practicing two times a day, six days a week plus balancing a full-time load of pre-med classes that showed Savannah Foster’s commitment to being part of the powerhouse rowing team at The University of Texas at Austin That commitment as a Division I athlete also prepared Foster to become a medical student in…
August 19, 2025 • It's in our DNA, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine osteopathic medicine, TCOM,
Haydon and Payton Miller have been together as long as they can remember, which you would expect for identical twins. They went to the same school system in the tiny town of Dimmitt, Texas. They went to Texas Tech for their undergraduate degrees and even were in the same Master of Science in Medical Science…
April 30, 2025 • College of Public Health, It's in our DNA
When Brianna Lewis was a little girl growing up in Fort Worth, she was always curious. “I always wanted to know ‘why,’” she said. “Whatever I wanted to know, I would just research it.” It is a trait that has continued serving her well as she earns a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from…
March 11, 2025 • College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, It's in our DNA AHA, American heart association, Biomedical sciences, cbts,
Nana Kofi Kusi-Boadum, a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, was awarded a prestigious American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship to support his research project exploring the nervous system’s role in nicotine addiction. “A lot of these people are seeking…
February 3, 2025 • Clinical Practice Group, College of Nursing, It's in our DNA, Our People clinic, HSC health, nursing,
Hollin Macklin’s nursing journey began earlier than most. When Take Your Child to Work Day came around, she would accompany her mother to the hospital where she worked as a nurse, leaving Macklin with a lasting impression. “Watching her provide care and compassion to her patients while balancing the demands of being a single mother…
October 3, 2024 • College of Health Professions, It's in our DNA, Physical Therapy college of health professions, DPT, physical therapy, PT, School of Health Professions, shp,
It was Easter Sunday 2023 when Bryce Hackett received a call from his dad that would change everything. The first-year student in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Department of Physical Therapy found out his dad wouldn’t be making it to family Easter events. He was in severe pain and…
August 26, 2024 • College of Pharmacy, It's in our DNA pharmacy, pharmD, TCOM,
Ava Ighani’s ties to The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth run deep, making her journey to become a student in the College of Pharmacy seem predestined. The second-year Doctor of Pharmacy student was born in February 1999 at the Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas when it was still located and…
August 22, 2024 • It's in our DNA, Our People, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine TCOM
It was practicing two times a day, six days a week plus balancing a full-time load of pre-med classes that showed Savannah Foster’s commitment to being part of the powerhouse rowing team at The University of Texas at Austin That commitment as a Division I athlete also prepared Foster to become a medical student in…
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