TCOM’s Chapter of the Texas Medical Association named the 2023 Chapter of the Year

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s chapter of the Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section was selected as the 2023 Chapter of the Year by the organization. The TCOM chapter of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was honored at the TMA-MSS 2023 Chapter of the Year Award at the…

SBS graduate is innovating online education 

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and schools were forced online, many teachers and students were forced to navigate a new world of virtual learning. While classrooms are open again, enrollment in online courses continues to grow. Despite the popularity of virtual learning, research is scarce on how best to teach complex, visually driven courses online.…

HSC military veterans share their stories with the UNT System Board of Regents

They served as military police, medics and even as nuclear and mission operations officers. A trio of military veterans who are now students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth told their stories of service and valor to the UNT System Board of Regents. Edgar Franco, Emma Kiefer and Linda…

Undergraduate research internship promotes a more diverse future workforce

In the nation’s biomedical sciences workforce, diversity is not just an aspirational ideal but a proven way to increase access to health care and reduce health disparities in historically underrepresented communities. The Institute for Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is on a mission to advance the…

Nurses have helped shape HSC’s culture

Nurses have a reputation for being resilient, compassionate multi-taskers who live at the cross-section of art, science, spirituality and psychology. The profession, one of the oldest in the world, is a language with many accents. Though The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth only recently launched its college nursing, HSC’s culture…

Innovation leads a team of TCOM students to Sloan SSM Health national case competition

A trio of students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine used tenacity and innovation to advance to the finals of the 3rd Annual Case Competition of Cornell University’s Sloan Program in Health Administration. First-year students Gabriel Kupovics, Navya Peddireddy and Megana Sundar made it through the initial round of 40 graduate school teams from…

Integrative versus Traditional Medicine

Dr. Trisha Smith is a world traveler. If you stop by the HSC Health Student Health and Priority Care clinic, she can diagnose an illness and recommend the best dinner spot for your next vacation in Greece in the same breath. This exposure to different cultures through travel and years growing up abroad has given…

HSC Next’s Sparkyard expands, refines tools for entrepreneurs

Managers of Sparkyard, a free, one-stop collaborative platform for entrepreneurs, recently completed an online economic dashboard of Tarrant County entrepreneurial activity and two other website updates funded by a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. The other updates included an enhanced interactive growth circuit showing users what phase they are in and a translation of Sparkyard…

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is top-ranked Texas medical school, 11th in U.S.

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care on Thursday, and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth surged to the top as the top-ranked medical school in Texas, the highest-ranked osteopathic school in the nation…

Whole Health focus: Metabolic and Longevity Clinic

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC’s campus.  In December, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Clinic, HSC Health, launched the Metabolic and Longevity Clinic. This specialty clinic is for patients who have metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.…