HSC Physical Health opens, expanding FitSteps for Life

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Health Professions has opened HSC Physical Health, an expansion of FitSteps for Life, the only location in Fort Worth offering free individualized exercise therapy to cancer patients and survivors. HSC Physical Health’s new 3,751-square-foot location, 6913 Camp Bowie Blvd., sits within the…

Rising above challenges, members of TCOM’s Class of 2023 ready for Match Day: Rachael Haines

Samantha Hustak remembers the taunts as a little girl. Katie Walter will never forget the day she got the news her athletic career was over. At the age of 45, Raechel Haines, a wife and mother of four, was ready for medical school and Clarence Sparks, a one-time college dropout, is now ready to head…

HSC’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine to celebrate Match Day for Class of 2023

More than 200 medical students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth will gather at the Dickies Arena Pavilion on Friday to open their match letters and find out their residency placement for the next three to seven years. The event will begin…

Rising above challenges, members of TCOM’s Class of 2023 ready for Match Day  

Samantha Hustak remembers the taunts as a little girl. Katie Walter will never forget the day she got the news her athletic career was over. At the age of 45, Rachael Haines, a wife and mother of four, was ready for medical school; and Clarence Sparks, a one-time college dropout, is now ready to head…

Christopher Cross and Air Supply to headline 2023 Legends Concert Series

Genre-defining five-time Grammy Award winner Christopher Cross and platinum-selling rock icons Air Supply will be the featured artists for the 2023 Legends Concert Series — The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s signature fundraising event. This year’s concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. June 9 at Bass Performance Hall, 525…

HSC Researcher found deaths that involved heroin or fentanyl skyrocketed

As the nation finds itself in the grips of an ongoing deadly fentanyl crisis, a recent study involving a researcher at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has revealed an equally staggering drug-related threat to public health. Dr. Andrew Yockey, an assistant professor of biostatistics and epidemiology in HSC’s School…

SPH/TCOM’s Maria Nguyen to present Viet-American Health Pilot Study to national audience

A dual-degree student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is taking an important step toward addressing health disparities in one local community. Maria Nguyen, who is a student at HSC’s School of Public Health and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, will be presenting a poster during the Diversity in…

HSC to host Preclinical Imaging Symposium on March 17

The use of MRI and PET imaging technology is advancing science and enabling novel research in critical areas like neuroscience, diabetes and cancer. On March 17, experts in the field of preclinical imaging will convene at the HSC Preclinical Imaging Symposium at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth to discuss…

HSC to launch College of Nursing

The UNT System Board of Regents voted at its February meeting to help address the shortage of nurses in Texas by approving the creation of a College of Nursing at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. HSC is in the early stages of a nationwide search for a dean to…

A TCOM student group is using their artistic talent to put smiles on faces

Jerry Amomoy’s heart was with art, but he also loved medicine. After his first year as an undergrad, when he worked in an emergency room as a scribe, his heart was pulled toward a career in medicine, but his passion for art never waned.   Now Amomoy, a second-year student at the Texas College of…