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July 18, 2011 • Archive
The UNT Health Science Center will welcome 240 incoming Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) students, 70 incoming Physician Assistant Studies students and 40 incoming Physical Therapy students into the medical profession at the annual White Coat Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, at the Will Rogers Auditorium, 3401 West Lancaster. Students will…
June 30, 2011 • Archive
Jerry Friedman, DO, assistant professor of Medical Education and Academic Affairs, trundles "Stan," the medical education training mannequin, to his new quarters at the Medical Education and Training (MET) Building.The Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Department of Physical Therapy moved their offices and equipment from the Carl E. Everett Education…
June 15, 2011 • Archive
The 6th annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities focused on vision and its effect on society's most vulnerable populations will be on June 16 and 17 at the UNT Health Science Center. Check-in begins at 9 a.m. at the Medical Education and Training Building.The conference features several nationally known speakers, including keynote speaker Eve Higginbotham,…
June 15, 2011 • Archive
Art Eisenberg, PhD, chair of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, spoke to Daniel Novick with CW 33 News on June 9 about the UNT Center for Human Identification's work at the UNT Health Science Center.Gabriela Aguila from North Richland Hills, Texas and Seattle resident Kerry May-Hardy were recently positively identified, and the work that went into…
June 14, 2011 • Archive
The UNT Health Science Center Institute of Investigative Genetics recently developed new software that could enable law enforcement agencies to generate additional investigative leads. This tool allows the agencies to search DNA profiles obtained from forensic evidentiary samples against DNA databases where no matches had been previously obtained and form a list of possible suspects.This…
June 8, 2011 • Archive
Students from the UNT Health Science Center could soon find themselves surrounded by Horned Frogs when they begin taking selected Master of Business Administration courses at the Neeley School of Business at TCU. Under a new agreement between the two Fort Worth-based institutions, students from the Health Science Center's School of Public Health and TCU…
May 31, 2011 • Archive
The Fort Worth Business Press in May named two from the UNT Health Science Center's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health to its 40 Under 40 Class of 2011: Mathew Avila, PhD, assistant professor, and Christina Burress, MBA, associate director. Avila was recognized for his role in establishing the Byrne Foundation as a means for…
May 24, 2011 • Archive
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved a new Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Health Sciences degree program at the UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health. The program prepares professionals for research, teaching and service to improve the health of populations. The primary focus is on research that advances knowledge and facilitates…
May 19, 2011 • Archive
"Post-menopausal women are two to three times more likely than men to get Alzheimer's disease," said Meharvan "Sonny" Singh, PhD, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the UNT Health Science Center. "Hormones have been proven to be good for the brain if the right type is administered in the right way." Hormone…
May 13, 2011 • Archive
Last year, the UNT Health Science Center added another dimension to its world-renowned Center for Human Identification when it created the Institute for Investigative Genetics. In addition to the Center for Human Identification, the new institute includes the Center for Biosafety and Biosecurity, and the Center for Computational Genomics (CCG), led by Ranajit Chakraborty, PhD,…
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