UNTHSC sees record enrollment again

October 26, 2011

The Health Science Center’s Fall 2011 enrollment expanded to 1,760 students from a record 1,579 set last fall. The Physical Therapy (PT) program is entering its second year, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) has grown to capacity with its incoming class of 230, and the School of Public Health welcomes its first incoming students for the new PhD in Public Health Sciences, all contributing to the Health Science Center’s growth.

TCOM’s Dr. Lisa Nash honored with the 2024 Special Lifetime Achievement Award by AOGME

It has been a lifetime of service to osteopathic medicine and graduate medical education for Lisa Nash, DO, MS-HPEd, FAAFP, and that remarkable career was honored by the Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators as she received their 2024 Special Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Am...

Our People

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Protecting quality of life for senior living residents through HSC’s ICARE initiative

Through HSC’s ICARE – Infection Control Advocate and Resident Education - program, Dr. Diana Cervantes and School of Public Health students are helping to protect the quality of life for residents in nursing home communities. Dr. Cervantes is an associate professor, population and community hea...

Our People

|Apr 12, 2024

Faculty Highlight: Dr. Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen

Dr. Nguyen is an associate professor, population and community health, at The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Public Health. She recently received a new pilot grant and donation from an HSC Foundation donor to support her research. Here, she talks about this new funding...

Research

|Apr 11, 2024

JAMA Network publishes HSC study showing chronic pain favorable outcomes associated with physician empathy

JAMA Network Open this month published an article, “Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes,” based on national data collected by the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation (PRECISION) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at F...

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