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July 8, 2022 • College of Pharmacy, HSC Health, Institute for Healthy Aging, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Dante Paredes, HSC health, James Aston, Maria Crompton, Megan Wesling,
Dante Paredes, DO, looked his patient straight in the eye and with a stern tone told him he simply had two choices. He could either make a course correction now or sign the papers for hospice. “So, is there a way to fix this?” the patient asked. Dr. Paredes told him if he is…
June 30, 2022 • College of Pharmacy, North Texas Eye Research Institute Dimitrios Karamichos, Keratoconus, National Eye Institute, Steph Curry,
Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos was paying particularly close attention to the NBA finals this year. The executive director and endowed chair of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s North Texas Eye Research Institute is a huge basketball fan, but the reason he was watching closer than usual was related to his…
June 30, 2022 • COVID-19, School of Public Health Dr. Diana Cervantes, Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Prevention Strategist, School of Public Health,
Dr. Diana Cervantes, assistant professor and director of the MPH Epidemiology Program at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health has been named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. This distinction honors infection prevention professionals who are advanced practitioners…
June 29, 2022 • Pediatrics, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Christina Robinson, pediatric mobile clinic,
The Pediatric Mobile Clinic at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is known for being one of the only mobile clinics in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that specializes in pediatrics. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinic was active at community centers, churches and the YMCA — providing well-child and…
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…
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