TCOM’s Dr. Janet Lieto begins role as competency chair with NBOME

One of the leading innovators in the osteopathic profession who also is a faculty member at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently was appointed to a role on the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. Janet Lieto, DO, FACOFP, CMD, CPPS, director of Health Systems Science, Leadership and Innovation…

National pain research registry study finds long-term opioid therapy ineffective

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine has published an article on long-term opioid therapy based on national data from the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation, which is headquartered at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The study findings revealed that LTOT, commonly…

Innovate Fort Worth podcast celebrates 100th episode

Nearly four years since the release of its first episode, Innovate Fort Worth is celebrating its 100th episode. The podcast — sponsored by The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth — was created to inspire and inform the local business community. Since launching, it has become a leading platform for in-depth…

HSC hires Andy North to lead marketing and communications

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is pleased to announce Andy North as vice president of marketing and communications. Andy is an award-winning, bilingual, digital media, marketing and business development strategist leading health system marketing and communications teams for the last 20 years. Prior to coming to HSC, North worked…

HSC professor creates tool to decode online drug market

The learning curve for social media is a moving target for parents. Children of all ages have access to a seemingly endless stream of new apps and platforms, each accompanied by evolving trends, lingo and untold dangers. Now that the holidays are here, those dangers are exacerbated, particularly for teens. Social media has become an…

HSC School of Biomedical Sciences awards its first-ever bachelor’s degrees

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is celebrating its first-ever graduating class of undergraduate students. This month, The School of Biomedical Sciences awarded Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences degrees to the program’s first cohort.  “This is a historic day for the Health Science Center as we celebrate the first…

Big Waves, Little Victims – The Opioid Crisis’s Effect on Our Most Vulnerable Population – Children

“Help my child!” a frantic mother calls out in the Emergency Department, holding her limp toddler. The medical team rushes to her side to see a child who is not breathing. They quickly assist the child by forcing oxygen into his lungs and soon his color returns. “Mom, what happened before this? Was he sick?…

TCOM set as pilot site for NBOME’s Core Competency Capstone

The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners has selected The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine as a pilot site for Phase 2 of their Core Competency Capstone for Osteopathic Medicine project. The project, known as C3DO, is studying the feasibility of on-campus standardized assessment of…

TCOM students find their residency homes on Military Match Day

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Class of 2024 students who serve in the United States Armed Forces learned their military residency assignments during Military Match Day. Four members of TCOM’s Class of 2024, Joshua Baker, Dylan Jacobsen, Emily Lin, and Ryan White, were matched, with specialties ranging from Operational Emergency Medicine to Family Medicine.…

SPH artificial intelligence workforce event draws record attendance

More than 200 guests, both in person and online, participated in the recent School of Public Health workforce event on “Artificial Intelligence, Health Equity and the Future of Public Health” at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Artificial intelligence is expected to bring significant changes to the future of the…