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November 9, 2022 • Our People Innovate Fort Worth podcast, Innovation Awards, Startup Champions Network Summit, Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator, Trey Bowles,
D CEO magazine and Dallas Innovates announced finalists on Tuesday for the fourth annual Innovation Awards, which honor the “disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for North Texas.” The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Cameron Cushman, assistant vice president of innovation ecosystems, was nominated in the category of Innovation…
October 24, 2022 • Our People, Values John Delony, Office of Culture and Experience, Ramsey Solutions, SmartDollar, Smarty Award,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Brittany Brookens recently won a Smarty Award for her on-campus promotion of SmartDollar, a financial well-being tool available at no cost to students, faculty and staff. Recipients of the national award are chosen by the company. Brookens, a project manager for HSC’s Office of…
August 9, 2022 • Editor's Picks, Our People, Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions Doctor of Physical Therapy, Jan Libby, Rafael Saldana-Vazquez, School of Health Professions, Susan Libby,
It was a moment no adult child ever wants to experience with their elderly parent. Susan Libby’s 92-year-old mother had fallen face-first onto Fort Worth’s busy 7th Street, near the HSC campus, during the high-traffic weekday lunch rush. A simple misunderstanding between the elderly mother and her two daughters, Libby and her sister, Jan, led to confusion…
August 4, 2022 • Our People, School of Public Health School of Public Health, Shafik Dharamsi,
An educator with more than 25 years of transdisciplinary and international teaching, research and leadership experience will join The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Aug. 15 as the new dean of the School of Public Health. Dr. Shafik Dharamsi was hired after a national search for a new leader for…
April 22, 2022 • Our People, School of Public Health
Sally Crocker knew immediately when she heard her “ah-ha” moment. While the associate director of academic communications for the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was interviewing Dr. Scott Walters — steering committee chair of a National Institutes of Health opioid crisis initiative — about…
April 20, 2022 • Our People, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) recently honored The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (TCOM) Damon A. Schranz, DO, FACOFP, with its 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award during the ACOFP 59th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars. Dr. Schranz, a 1998 TCOM…
April 19, 2022 • Our People, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences
When patients are diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer, the treatment course is typically surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiation therapy or a combination of these. Now, two researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are working toward a future where patients can be cured in a matter of days…
April 19, 2022 • HSC Health, HSC Health, Our People
Earlier this month, doctors at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth continued a long tradition of campus excellence with 26 of them named among the best doctors in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Magazine recognized the doctors in the outlet’s April issue. Each year, the magazine invites area physicians to nominate…
March 1, 2022 • Our People, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, PhD, MPH, has taught as an adjunct faculty member for the HSC School of Public Health (SPH) since 2014, and last fall she was presented with an outstanding national honor that adds to her considerable portfolio of academic and career achievements. Dr. Baptiste-Roberts, who teaches courses in Epidemiology for the…
February 21, 2022 • Clinical Practice Group, Leadership, Our People
Jessica Rangel recently was promoted to Executive Vice President of Health Systems at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) after serving for five years as the university’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Innovation. “Jessica has been a tremendous asset to HSC, and I look forward to seeing her expand…
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