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Category: School of Health Professions
January 17, 2024 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions School of Health Professions
When Do Kyung Yun was young, he spoke with a stutter. Throughout his childhood, he attended speech therapy, which he credits as a significant driving factor in his decision to pursue a career in physical therapy. “It was one of the most painful and toughest challenges that I had to go through,” he said. “But…
January 12, 2024 • School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, School of Health Professions,
During a break year before starting college, Bethany Brady developed her passion for nutrition while traveling the world. She witnessed the ravages of malnutrition up close and wanted to learn how to help. Before pursuing her PhD, Dr. Karrie Curry was an endurance athlete, having competed in eight triathlons, seven marathons and several century cycle…
January 4, 2024 • Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions emergency medicine, EMS, EMT, PA, paramedic, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions,
By the time Zach Harmon and his team of paramedics arrived at a crash scene on Interstate 20 in Weatherford, Texas, the man they’d been deployed to help was already unconscious. He was breathing just six times a minute with a dangerously low heart rate. The truck driver was pinned inside the cabin of his tractor-trailer…
December 8, 2023 • Banner feature, Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions art project, art therapy, autism, empathy, first-year projects, PT, PTSD, School of Health Professions,
Natasha Blizzard had never spoken to her father in-depth about his post-traumatic stress disorder. The first-year physical therapy student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Health Professions said her father’s 27 years of military service, including several combat tours, changed aspects of his personality. “He felt so…
November 20, 2023 • School of Health Professions, Whole Health mental health, Physical Health, Self-Care,
“When working in family medicine, I had a 60-year-old patient with a history of coronary artery disease and prior stent placement. She was a smoker and was frustrated by multiple failed attempts to quit. She felt like a failure and was very concerned that her heart condition would worsen. She tried nicotine replacement and varenicline…
November 16, 2023 • School of Health Professions Academic Resilience, Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions, J. warren Perry Award, Journal of Allied Health, physical therapy,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Michael Furtado, PT, DPT, EdD, was recently recognized by the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions with its prestigious J. Warren Perry Award. Dr. Furtado, School of Health Professions associate professor and Department of Physical Therapy chair, received the honor for his paper, “Assessment…
September 19, 2023 • School of Health Professions Erika Jackson, Glenn Forister, Lauren Dobbs, Michael Furtado, Misti Zablosky, School of Health Professions, Tara Jo Manal, Todd Pickard,
Modern medicine is a team sport, and roughly 60% of that team is composed of practitioners who exist outside of the doctor-nurse paradigm. These vital pillars make up the backbone of the $3 trillion health care sector, and they’re among the fastest-growing professions in the world. From 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, The University…
August 25, 2023 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions caring for a sick parent, PA oath, PA studies, physical therapy, White Coat Ceremony,
For first-year physician assistant student Noelia Delgado Rosas, the path to her white coat ceremony began at a young age. When she was in middle school, her mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer and Delgado Rosas attended many appointments with her. Along with the stress and uncertainty of having a sick parent, there were additional…
August 3, 2023 • School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, Lifestyle medicine, plant-based diet, prevent chronic disease, preventative health care, teen health, whole-food,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has launched a first-of-its-kind lifestyle medicine for teens microcredential for high school students. The free certification was developed to encourage students to create healthy habits, backed by science, at a young age. In the 20-hour, self-paced course, students learn about the core concepts of lifestyle medicine:…
June 22, 2023 • Banner feature, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions physician assistant leader, student government, student regents, UNT system,
Adebola “Serah” Sulaiman, a graduate student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, was recently appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to serve as the student regent on the UNT System Board of Regents. The second-year physician assistant graduate student in HSC’s School of Health Professions will serve a one-year…
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