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February 8, 2022 • Public Health, School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Four HSC School of Public Health Master of Health Administration (MHA) students have received fellowships to pursue their career interests with top institutions around the country following graduation. Adeola Adelabu has been named as an incoming 2022-23 Administrative Fellow at PeaceHealth, a Vancouver, Washington, based not-for-profit health care system serving urban…
January 11, 2022 • School of Biomedical Sciences, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Dianna H. Nguyen, a DO/PhD candidate at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been awarded the F30 Dual Doctoral-Degree, Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nguyen received the highly competitive fellowship for her research project titled, “The Role of Estrogen Receptors and Neurohypophyseal…
January 10, 2022 • School of Public Health, Students
By Sally Crocker Lives are touched in meaningful ways when hearts and hands come together to serve the community by giving back to others. School of Public Health volunteers worked with the local Habitat for Humanity in Fall 2021 to help provide a new place to call home and a brighter future for an area…
November 18, 2021 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Providing health care to underserved communities is the foundation of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. But sometimes, reaching underserved communities takes some traveling, planning and unusual expenditures. To help meet the needs of far west Texas, TCOM and Amerigroup are partnering to offer free medical wellness clinics on Texas-Mexico border Dec.…
October 19, 2021 • Campaign: People, College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy, Students
By Krista Roberts It is often stated that the most powerful motivation is rejection. Chidi Ekwueme, a third-year HSC College of Pharmacy student, would agree with that sentiment. The first time she applied to pharmacy schools, her only invited interview did not end in an offer. She could have given up or pursued another career, but she chose to regroup and forge ahead. She fought for a second chance with more motivation than ever. “When I…
August 25, 2021 • Community, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta A trio of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student organizations partnered with the Brighter Outlook Community Center and Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church to help host a back-to-school fair for students of all ages. TCOM’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA), Refugee Health Initiative (RHI) and Latino Medical School Association (LMSA) provided free physicals for students. The groups…
August 24, 2021 • Alumni, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta It was another late night in July for Megan Jenkins-Turner, DO, waiting for her husband to get home from work, and surfing the internet hoping to find an open General Surgery residency position. Dr. Jenkins-Turner had graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine months earlier, but was without a job and a residency, all…
August 19, 2021 • College of Pharmacy, Education, Multi School, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) will present white coats to more than 400 students during a rite of passage ceremony for future health care providers at Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium on Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. Students from the Physician Assistant Studies program, Department of Physical Therapy, System College of Pharmacy, and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) will receive coats during…
August 16, 2021 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Sarah Hopkins Kendrick Lim’s white coat carries much symbolism – it is a reminder of a physician’s call to serve and a sign one should never give up on dreams. In 2019, Lim had solid ambitions after graduation from Texas A&M University. He was either going to become a doctor or an engineer who creates medical devices to save lives. Lim applied to graduate programs…
July 30, 2021 • Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Jana Brown and Ashley Boehm are just like sisters. They finish each other’s sentences. They chuckle in unison, both have male Tabby cats and both are second-year physician assistant students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC). “I literally could not go through school without Jana. It would just be impossible,” Boehm said, explaining how these relationships help balance…
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