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PharmD graduate fuels a passion for community pharmacy

Arturo Herrera II began working in a pharmacy as a cashier in high school. He fell in love with the community pharmacy setting and enjoyed a career as a licensed pharmacy technician for a little more than 20 years with companies like Eckerd, Target, Albertsons and MedSavers Pharmacy. “The passion for community pharmacy never left,”…
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Student pharmacist receives state-level recognition for leadership

Kaanan Shah, HSC College of Pharmacy third-year student, was recently awarded the Glenda Lawson McRee Pharmacy Student Award, presented at the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists annual conference in Galveston in April. The award recognizes a student who is committed to pharmacy through service, practice, education and research. “I was so honored to be this…
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HSC College of Pharmacy course project unlocks creativity and innovation

A pharmacy course project at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is helping students unlock innovative solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing health care. The Innovation Challenge team-based project is part of Dr. Annesha White’s Economic Evaluation and Policy course offered in the fall for second-year student pharmacists.…
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Love is in the air at HSC College of Pharmacy

Most student pharmacists expect to part pharmacy school with their well-earned degree and a new and fulfilling career path ahead. For Class of 2018 alumni Abigail Hulsizer, PharmD, and Oscar Torres, PharmD, their achievement was much sweeter. They found true love. Introduced by mutual friends during their first semester of pharmacy school, Hulsizer and Torres…
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Students from HSC’s College of Pharmacy and TCOM collaborate for simulation training

More than 100 students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and HSC’s College of Pharmacy participated in a joint interprofessional simulation. The goal of the exercise was to promote the kind of teamwork the students will see in real-world emergency departments and intensive care…
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Changing lifestyles and saving lives: How one osteopathic physician might just change health care

Dante Paredes, DO, looked his patient straight in the eye and with a stern tone told him he simply had two choices. He could either make a course correction now or sign the papers for hospice.   “So, is there a way to fix this?” the patient asked.   Dr. Paredes told him if he is…
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HSC researcher eyes NBA finals

Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos was paying particularly close attention to the NBA finals this year. The executive director and endowed chair of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s North Texas Eye Research Institute is a huge basketball fan, but the reason he was watching closer than usual was related to his…
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Retired HSC pharmacy professor named Distinguished Professor

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently named Lawrence J. Cohen, PharmD, a Distinguished Professor at the university. He is only the second HSC professor to receive this designation. As a retired professor of pharmacotherapy in the HSC College of Pharmacy, Dr. Cohen was recognized for his significant contributions to…
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2022 Faculty Achievement Award winner announced

On Wednesday, Dr. Keisa Mathis, assistant professor of physiology and anatomy at the School of Biomedical Sciences, was awarded The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s prestigious Faculty Annual Achievement Award – taking home a $10,000 prize in addition to the prestigious award. The Faculty Senate names an annual winner for…
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College of Pharmacy faculty member inspires greatness, one student at a time

Dr. Emanuel George, III, aka “DrEG3,” is on a mission to impact and serve 1 million people. He is well on his way, advocating for students, alumni and the greater pharmacy community. “I believe that I am a servant to all people,” Dr. George said. “I hope to help people become and live as their…