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October 30, 2023 • School of Public Health Gilling’s School of Global Public Health, National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center, Title V,
Dr. Teresa Wagner, associate professor, health administration & policy, at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health, has been selected as a consultant and advisory board member for the National MCH Workforce Development Center MCH Faculty Development Fellowship Program at diverse institutes. Wagner will be co-designing the group’s…
October 24, 2023 • School of Public Health Council on Education for Public Health, higher education resource guide, Intelligent.com, public health,
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has been named among the Best Online Master’s in Public Health Programs of 2024 by Intelligent.com. The SPH was ranked 24th in the nation by this prominent higher education resource guide. This list features some of the best…
October 16, 2023 • Banner feature, School of Public Health covid season, flu season, vaccine,
With the return of fall comes cold and flu season, along with an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the U.S. With kids back in school and people moving indoors for more events and activities, opportunities for spreading viruses become a higher concern. Holidays are fast approaching as well, giving rise to travel plans and indoor…
October 9, 2023 • School of Public Health alcohol consumption, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, sexual assault, sexual violence,
More than 90% of campus-based sexual assaults involve alcohol consumption by one or both parties, according to recent data. In response to this alarming discovery, Dr. Melissa Lewis of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth came together with national colleagues to challenge prevailing myths and seek solutions at a recent…
October 5, 2023 • School of Public Health Cowtown Friends of FWACC, Fort Worth Animal Care & Control, Office of Care & Civility, pets and mental health,
Wagging tails and heartfelt conversations recently lit up The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth campus as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. In a novel collaboration, the HSC Office of Care & Civility joined forces with Cowtown Friends of FWACC, a non-profit fundraising and advocacy partner to Fort Worth Animal…
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September 28, 2023 • School of Public Health grant, One Pill Kills, SAMHSA, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Dr. Kari Northeim, School of Public Health assistant professor of population and community health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been awarded the SAMHSA Rural EMS Training and Education grant in conjunction with HSC community partners, Parker County Hospital District and BEST EMS. BEST EMS is a physician-led medical control…
September 20, 2023 • School of Public Health AIM-AHEAD, Artificial Intelligence, Health disparities, Machine Learning,
Dr. Ashenafi Cherkos, assistant professor at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been awarded the prestigious AIM-AHEAD Fellowship in Leadership for the Fall 2023 cohort. Cherkos serves in the School of Public Health’s Department of Population and Community Health. The National Institutes of Health’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to…
September 14, 2023 • Multi School, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health addiction, addiction research, Alcoholism, intervention, One Pill Kills, substance-involved overdose,
According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 29.5 million people aged 12 or older experienced alcohol use disorder in the previous year. In 2019, 20.4 million people in the United States were diagnosed with substance use disorders, an NSDUH survey found. More than 106,000 persons in the U.S. died from substance-involved…
September 6, 2023 • School of Public Health alcohol abuse, alcohol misuse prevention, Alcoholism, college students, College Working Group, National Institutes of Health, sexual assault,
Dr. Melissa Lewis has been invited to join the new College Working Group of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Lewis, an associate dean for research and professor in the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, adds her expertise to NIAAA’s focus on…
September 5, 2023 • School of Public Health “The Perfect and the Good: Engaging People around Harm Reduction and Non-Abstinence Based Goals”, ATTC Network, harm reduction, Mountain Plains Addiction Technology and Transfer Center, NIH HEALing Communities Study/NIH Heal Initiative, One Pill Kills, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Dr. Scott Walters, Regents Professor at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health, recently presented an online training for substance use providers through the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology and Transfer Center. “The Perfect and the Good: Engaging People around Harm Reduction and Non-Abstinence Based Goals” focused on…
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