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June 23, 2022 • Banner feature, Editor's Picks, Education, Patient Simulation Laboratory, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Amogh Krishnagiri, Dr. Michael R. Williams, health care training, immersive virtual reality, Jessica Rangel, Leonard Firestone, Michael Crain, Regional Simulation Center, Virtual Reality,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth made history on Thursday with the opening of the first immersive virtual reality simulation center in Texas. A ribbon-cutting ceremony — featuring Dr. Michael R. Williams, chancellor of the UNT System and HSC president, as well as HSC students, faculty and staff — took…
June 22, 2022 • Administration, Editor's Picks, Leadership Ruth Roman
To say Ruth Roman has been at the center of high-level decisions would be an understatement. In her role as the executive officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, her leadership produced positive outcomes that have rippled across the world, including orchestrating Phase II of the coordination of Human Health and Services’…
June 21, 2022 • School of Public Health, Students Anna Galvin, Cizik School of Nursing, health behavior research, School of Public Health, UT Houston,
Graduating Ph.D. student Anna Galvin, MSN, RN, would like more nurses to know how great a fit public health is to their profession. “If I could convince more nurses to build their public health background and perspective, I would. Nursing and public health are a perfect combination,” Galvin said, as she reflected on the Ph.D. in…
June 21, 2022 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Alex Thomas, Caleb Reagor, Cooper Warne, Destinie Settlemyre, Didi Ebert, Gregory Dick, Guntash Khasria, Jonathan Sweeney, Jonathan Tune, JPS Research and Quality Symposium, Marie Crompton, Matthew Biggerstaff, Original Research Poster, Saqeeb Ali,
When Destinie Settlemyre got the news, she knew she was in the right place doing the right thing. Settlemyre, a rising third-year student with the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine won first place in the Original Research Poster competition at the JPS Research and Quality Symposium. Her poster, “Assessing Social Determinants of Health in Women…
June 15, 2022 • Banner feature, School of Health Professions, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Justin Dam, LGBTQ, Pride, Suicide Rates, Vic Holmes,
Justin Dam, a second-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, said that prior to coming out, he feared that friends and family would no longer accept him. “That really made me feel lonely at times,” he said. “It became hard to feel close…
June 14, 2022 • Institute for Health Disparities , School of Public Health, Students epidemiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Noah Peeri, School of Public Health,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Ph.D. graduate Noah Peeri is off to an exciting postdoctoral fellowship program with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York — one of the world’s leading institutions in patient care, research and education. Peeri graduated from the HSC School of Public Health with…
June 13, 2022 • Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Editor's Picks, School of Public Health Esther Annan, Princeton, School of Public Health,
Esther Annan is moving to Princeton this summer. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health student will complete her PhD in epidemiology in June 2022. She will then leave for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship, which involves teaching and advancing her research in dengue fever, malaria and other mosquito-borne…
June 13, 2022 • Banner feature, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Editor's Picks, Public Health Dr. Diana Cervantes, mokeypox, School of Public Health,
The chances of most Americans contracting monkeypox are slim, says an epidemiology expert at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health. Dr. Diana Cervantes, an assistant professor and director of HSC’s Master of Public Health graduate studies program in epidemiology, has long been involved in community response…
May 27, 2022 • Banner feature, Editor's Picks, Students Charlie Cid, College of Pharmacy, commencement, Daniel De La Cruz, Deborah Reddout, Noah Peeri, School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, Taylor Orcutt, TCOM,
More than 680 students celebrated commencement day Wednesday for The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. For a select few, the path to the Dickies Arena stage was wrought with unique obstacles and divergent trails. The stories below feature snippets of a few students’ perseverance and their unwavering devotion to their…
May 27, 2022 • School of Public Health
Ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic introduced in 1962 and FDA-approved under limited conditions for humans in 1970, has made its way into today’s nightclub and festival scenes. The drug has even been used in unauthorized circumstances by law enforcement for its mistakenly perceived calming effects during arrests. Often called various street names like K, special K,…
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