Month: January 2013

Make plans now to attend the 6th annual North Texas Health Forum, sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health. This year's theme is "Childhood Obesity: Accomplishments and Challenges." The event will be held on the UNTHSC campus during National Public Health Week on April 4 and 5, 2013, and is…

Dr. Jose Pagan, professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, collaborated on a paper, published in the December 2012 issue of HealthAffairs, titled, "Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening is Likely to Require More than Access to Care." To read this article, click here. Congratulations to Dr. Sumi…

Two UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health domestic tuberculosis researchers have received one of four new $100,000 grants to enable emerging researchers to explore the effect of public health services on population health. Principal Investigator Thad Miller, DrPH, assistant professor, Department of Health Management and Policy and the Department of Medicine, and his mentor, José…