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May 28, 2021 • Clinical Practice Group, Health Disparities Campaign, Patient Care, Safercare Texas
By Katie Shanklin From limited resources to lack of internet access, living in rural areas can be challenging. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, HSC and one rural North Texas community’s public library teamed up to help keep residents healthy. According to the CDC, about 46 million Americans live in rural areas, experiencing long-standing systemic health and social…
May 28, 2021 • Education, Health Disparities Campaign, Our People, Texas Center for Health Disparities
By Alex Branch The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth will significantly expand a program that creates diversity in the medical and biomedical sciences fields thanks to a $3.9 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Cancer disproportionally affects certain races and ethnicities, creating a disparity in diagnosis and outcomes among…
May 27, 2021 • Education, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
by Steven Bartolotta Summer Beckworth dreams of practicing osteopathic medicine among the stars. The second-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine soon will embark on an exclusive one-year program to earn a Masters of Space Studies (MSS) at the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. The yearlong program runs from September 2021 through May of 2022 and supports students who want to advance their careers…
May 25, 2021 • Patient Care, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Curt Holliday has a rhythm that keeps him moving long distances – run 45 seconds, walk 20 seconds. The 83-year-old Fort Worth resident has been an avid runner since he was about 48. He has participated in The Cowtown Half Marathon about nine times. But this year, as Holliday finished The Cowtown…
May 24, 2021 • College of Pharmacy
By Krista Roberts HSC faculty experienced a year like no other, but they continued to excel during extraordinary circumstances with great determination, resilience and dedication. Each year, Faculty Achievement Award finalists are recognized for exemplary performance in at least three of the following categories: teaching, research/scholarship, service, clinical service and leadership. Nominated by their peers, the five…
May 21, 2021 • Pediatrics
By Kathryn Lytton Since 2014, HSC’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic has provided critical health care resources to underserved children in Fort Worth. Traveling to neighborhoods across the city, the mobile clinic offers wellness visits, school/sports physicals, immunizations, screenings and education at no cost to families. Without the services provided by the Pediatric Mobile Clinic, these children…
May 20, 2021 • Alumni, Education, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker The study of turkeys, fish, native wolves and other wildlife helped one of this year’s HSC commencement award winners find connections to the people side of public health and her future career path. Sydney Manning, Master of Science (MS) in Epidemiology student at the HSC School of Public Health (SPH), was selected as…
May 19, 2021 • Alumni, College of Pharmacy
By Krista Roberts When Samantha Watson was in middle school, she dreamed of becoming a doctor. Through many ups, downs and detours along the way, she realized her dream Friday when she finally held that title, Doctor of Pharmacy, from the HSC College of Pharmacy. “It’s very surreal,” Watson said. “The magnitude of it hasn’t hit me yet.” Her journey is one of sheer determination…
May 19, 2021 • Community, Health Disparities Campaign, Our People, Texas Center for Health Disparities
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) is working with the Texas Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL), the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) to host the 16th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities. The event, titled “Community Approaches to Health Equity,”…
May 18, 2021 • Community, COVID-19, Health Disparities Campaign, Public Health
By Sarah Hopkins When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, HSC sprang into action by offering tangible solutions to Tarrant County’s urgent health care needs. HSC swiftly opened the first COVID-19 testing location in all of Tarrant County for frontline responders. It didn’t stop there — HSC team members also opened several testing and vaccination sites, staffed a COVID-19 information line, performed contact tracing, distributed food to families in need, donated masks, manufactured solutions essential…
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