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June 16, 2014 • Behavioral and Community Health, College of Public Health
A community health expert from UNT Health Science Center traveled to Mexico last month to address an international conference on the growing problem of childhood obesity and related health concerns. Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, PhD, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health, was a featured speaker at the 1st International Childhood Obesity Forum and Diabetes Conference at…
June 11, 2014 • College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Interprofessional Practice Event Collaborative Solutions to Improve Patient Outcomes June 13, 2014 8 a.m. to noon at UNT Health Science Center Local, state and national leaders in interprofessional health care education and delivery will share their knowledge. CME credit available. Register now The health care model of tomorrow is a team. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physician…
June 9, 2014 • College of Public Health
For the first time, UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health has inducted a community volunteer, Elizabeth A. (Libby) Watson, into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. Delta Omega recognizes students, faculty and professionals who have contributed to the field of public health and made contributions to the health of all people.…
June 4, 2014 • Clinical Practice Group, College of Public Health
Joon-Hak Lee, PhD, and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price The City of Fort Worth and UNT Health Science Center have renewed their mosquito-surveillance partnership, part of a unique effort blending hard science with community outreach to prevent the spread of West Nile virus. Graduate students and a scientist from UNTHSC trap and collect mosquitos…
May 30, 2014 • College of Public Health
Several years ago, when a Washington University scientist was facing certain death from leukemia, his colleagues set out to find the gene that was driving his cancer. By sequencing the genes of his cancer and those of healthy cells, they were able to zero in on the gene and find a new drug that specifically…
May 28, 2014 • College of Public Health
UNT Health Science Center is reaching out worldwide in its student recruiting efforts. Matt Nolan Adrignola, EdD, MBA, Associate Dean of the School of Public Health, recently travelled to India to encourage students to consider a move to Fort Worth to further their public health education. The trip made sense from a demographic point of…
May 23, 2014 • College of Public Health
Susie Ramisetty-Mikler, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching-Research Scholarship (2014-15) to spend 10 months at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ramisetty-Mikler, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at UNTHSC's School of Public Health, will teach a graduate health research/data analysis course in the Department of Family & Community Medicine and will conduct research…
May 22, 2014 • College of Public Health
Elaine Mardis, PhD, the renowned scientist who helped create methods for decoding the human genome, will be the keynote speaker for the Ninth Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities May 29 and 30 at UNT Health Science Center. Dr. Mardis, Professor of Genetics and Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis, will speak at…
May 20, 2014 • College of Public Health
M. Harvey Brenner, PhD An international research team led by a UNT Health Science Center epidemiologist found that a just and socially responsible layoff process is important for the emotional health of workers - a study that occurred during the most severe recession since the Great Depression. The findings could inform how downsizing companies approach…
May 12, 2014 • College of Public Health
The preference of some African American women toward a larger, curvier body type may be a significant barrier to maintaining healthy weight, a key factor in helping prevent chronic illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a new research study has found. The research indicates that measures of what medical standards consider as normal, overweight and…
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