Innovate Fort Worth podcast: Charlie Lass of Dallas.Inc, Fort Worth.Inc and Humble.Inc

The average startup takes 12 months to get to market, costing $250,000 — and 95% of those companies fail, according to information published on Dallas.Inc, a startup focused on the success of other entrepreneurs. Charlie Lass is the CEO of Dallas.Inc, its sister site, Fort Worth.Inc, and newly formed Humble.Inc. He recently sat down for…

The dynamic duo of TCOM faculty sworn in as presidents of TOMA and the Texas Chapter of ACOFP

Hail to the Chiefs! Not one, but two faculty members from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine were sworn in as the presidents of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, respectively. Dr. Damon Schranz, an associate professor in TCOM’s Department of Family and Osteopathic…

HSC College of Pharmacy to host ‘The Future of Pharmacy in Texas’

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Pharmacy will host “The Future of Pharmacy in Texas” on Thursday to address opportunities and solutions for bridging the future of the pharmacy profession with workforce needs. The event will feature regionally and nationally regarded experts in pharmacy education and practice as…

HSC Center for Health Policy to host Change Makers for Health Summer Camp

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Center for Health Policy is hosting the Change Makers for Health Summer Camp at Weatherford College (225 College Park Dr., Weatherford, Texas) June 12-16, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This camp is designed for high school students in rural areas in grades 9…

SBS graduate is exploring vaccines to stop the spread of cancer

A recent School of Biomedical Sciences graduate wants to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients by stopping the spread of tumors throughout the body. Michael Donkor, PhD, created a vaccine that stops the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. The project, which he conducted for his dissertation research, was successful in mouse…

More than three decades of training and counting, TCOM hosts Chief Residency Skills Conference

Chief residents from across the nation came to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Faculty Development Center’s Chief Resident Leadership Skills Conference. Thirty-eight chief residents and three coordinators came to The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth from Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas to participate in a conference on a variety…

SaferCare Texas takes students to IHI Patient Safety Congress

Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…

Ensuring mom’s safety: Why maternal mental health matters

The U.S. has the highest maternal death rate among the world’s developed nations — a rate that has continued to rise while remaining stable or falling in other developed countries. SaferCare Texas’ Interim Director, Dr. Teresa Wagner, is helping educate the community on the importance of maternal mental health. Wagner has developed a maternal mortality…

Innovate Fort Worth podcast: Altman of CX Precision Medicine

Danguole Altman, the CEO of CX Precision Medicine, recently sat down for an interview on the Innovate Fort Worth podcast, produced by HSC Next at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. During the podcast, Altman discussed her company's work in the field of Alzheimer's disease diagnostics and the novel technology…

HSC to host free Latinos en Medicina Camp

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting a free, weeklong Latinos en Medicina Camp for Fort Worth and Tarrant County children. The camp, which starts Monday and ends June 9, is for children ages 10-13 and aims to raise awareness about careers in health care in the Latino community.…