Month: April 2013

Three School of Public Health faculty members were honored for their research excellence at the recent UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) President’s Faculty Awards ceremony. Jose Pagan, PhD, professor and chair of Health Management and Policy, received the Gold Award for Research Excellence; Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Epidemiology, was presented the Silver…

For his efforts in helping Texas local public health departments prepare for national accreditation and to recognize his achievements toward reducing infant mortality across the state, SPH Dean Richard Kurz, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) and received the organization’s President’s Award at the recent TPHA 2013 Professional…

Statistics show that 2.5 million children in the U.S. age 12 to 20 are severely obese (weighing more than 100 lbs. over ideal weight).  Some 19 percent of children age two to 14 in Tarrant County are obese, and in the Fort Worth Independent School District, half the children are considered overweight. The life expectancy…

Sharon Homan, PhD, has been named as Chair for the Biostatistics Department in the School of Public Health. Dr. Homan, who had been serving as Professor and Interim Chair for the department since May 2012, has prior experience as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Health Care Leadership for Rockhurst University and as…