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March 11, 2011 • Archive
A record 22,089 runners participated in this year's Cowtown races. The UNT Health Science Center, which founded the race, sponsored the event's half marathon, and 195 UNTHSC faculty, staff and students volunteered in various capacities contributing to the three-day event's success. Volunteers helped by participating on the medical crew, as well as UNT Health Fair,…
March 8, 2011 • Archive
Fifty-five Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine students traveled to Austin on Feb. 23 for DOME Day. DOs for Medical Excellence (DOME) Day is a free advocacy event that unites doctors of osteopathy and students with their elected officials to talk about priority issues. Osteopathic medical students had the opportunity to learn the legislative process firsthand…
March 7, 2011 • Archive
A new report released by the UNT Health Science Center shows that residents of 12 counties in East Texas are breathing a little easier due in part to a year-long education campaign conducted by the Center for Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) regarding the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The report…
March 3, 2011 • Archive
Dallas Cowboy Tashard Choice will speak to UNT Health Science Center students, faculty and staff about physical medicine and rehabilitation on March 7. The event, sponsored by the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Club, will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the Medical Education and Training…
March 1, 2011 • Archive
The UNT Health Science Center will host the inaugural preparatory class of Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences eighth-graders at Research Appreciation Day (RAD) on April 1. Approximately 75 students from the TABS Prep Academy in Fort Worth ISD will wear the white coats given to them by the Health Science Center as they explore poster…
March 1, 2011 • Archive
Adult primary care physicians at UNT Health's Patient Care Center (PCC) will begin seeing patients from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays beginning March 5. The office is located on the second floor of the PCC on the UNT Health Science Center campus at 855 Montgomery Street at Fort Worth. The pediatrics clinic at the…
February 24, 2011 • Archive
National Matching Services, Inc., which coordinates the Osteopathic Match, announced that 74 percent of osteopathic students and graduates who participated this year successfully matched into osteopathic residency or internship positions. Of the 2,212 individuals who participated in the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Intern/Resident Registration Program, 1,640 students and recent graduates successfully matched. Last year, there…
February 23, 2011 • Archive
A recent study published in Addiction Biology revealed that a greater risk of becoming highly intoxicated and driving after drinking may be in your genes. Dennis Thombs, PhD, chair and professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health, analyzed data collected via nighttime, sidewalk interviews and questionnaires,…
February 21, 2011 • Archive
The University of North Texas Health Science Center‘s newest facility, the Medical Education and Training Building which opened in May, has received a LEED Gold designation for meeting strict environmental standards. The Medical Education and Training Building on the Health Science Center's Fort Worth campus is the first UNT System facility to be designated LEED…
February 15, 2011 • Archive
The Center for Human Identification at the UNT Health Science Center recently received a three-year $3.5 million grant from Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a leader in forensic DNA testing systems, to train researchers from around the world in forensic DNA analysis techniques. This first of its kind accelerated academic certification program will train forensic…
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