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January 31, 2024 • College of Pharmacy Applied Health Outcomes Research, health care-focused AI/ML, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacy, research,
Studying health outcomes research alongside artificial intelligence/machine learning, allows managed care pharmacists to make real-world decisions that impact medication therapy and cost-efficiency for individuals and health systems. According to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, “Pharmacists in managed health care organizations are responsible for the delivery of health care and prescription drug benefits to more…
January 31, 2024 • Patient Safety, Safercare Texas cardiovascular disease, heart health, heart health prevention, heart month,
February is known as the month of love – a month full of chocolates, flowers and celebrating those people love most. To truly celebrate the month of love, people must first ensure they are properly caring for the vessel everyone is celebrating – the heart. American Heart Month occurs each February. This month-long celebration is…
January 30, 2024 • School of Public Health AAHB, American Academy of Health Behavior, HPV research, School of Public Health, vaccination,
Dr. Erika Thompson, associate professor of population and community health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health, has been elected as secretary for the American Academy of Health Behavior. “It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Thompson has been elected as secretary of AAHB,” said…
January 26, 2024 • School of Health Professions Cancer exercise, Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, Nicole Zurita, Rachael Mouat,
When cancer patients go through chemo, they can develop numbness or painful tingling in their hands and feet. This type of neuropathy can also cause them to lose balance, making it difficult to exercise, which has been shown in multiple studies to benefit cancer patients. Knowing this and other challenges that such patients encounter is…
January 25, 2024 • College of Pharmacy applied outcomes research, managed care pharmacy, pharmacy, southwest academy of managed care pharmacy,
Nearly 150 managed care pharmacists and pharmacy students from Texas and the southwest region will congregate on the HSC campus on Saturday, Feb. 3 for the annual Southwest Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Day of Education. This is the first time the College of Pharmacy is hosting the regional conference - a great opportunity to…
January 23, 2024 • School of Public Health grand rounds, HPV, HPV vaccine, School of Public Health,
Much of Dr. Erika Thompson’s work is focused on HPV research and prevention. Recently, she presented a Grand Rounds talk at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth on “Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccination across the Life Course.” Thompson is an associate professor of population and community…
January 23, 2024 • School of Public Health health literacy, SaferCare Texas, School of Public Health,
“Growing up as a Hispanic girl with a single mother in the 1970s and ‘80s when neither was popular or well accepted, I never dreamed that my life would one day have purpose or make an impact on other people’s lives,” Dr. Teresa Wagner recently shared with graduates from the Texas Woman’s University Department of…
January 23, 2024 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions School of Health Professions
Last year, three students revived The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Chapter, or IHI. An IHI Open School Chapter is a face-to-face group of students who work together to learn and apply skills in quality, safety and leadership. The shared goal of the group…
January 23, 2024 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health #onepillkills
SaferCare Texas, the patient safety department of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and the university’s School of Public Health recently were awarded a $310,339 grant from the City of Fort Worth to provide opioid intervention education to the community. The grant-funded project focuses on community-based intervention, tasking SaferCare Texas…
January 22, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine gynecology, NBOME, OBGYN, TCOM,
A leader in the field, Meaghan Nelsen, DO, MS, FACOOG, IBCLC from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has been selected by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as the COMAT Examination Chair for Obstetrics & Gynecology. Nelsen, an associate professor in…
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