School of Public Health
Month: June 2020
June 29, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker “Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart from others in public. And stay home if you can.” The Texas Governor’s Office issued an updated Executive Order on June 26, closing bars and certain other businesses and reducing indoor restaurant capacity to 50% around the state. In light of…
June 26, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker New HSC faculty member Charlotte Noble, PhD, MPH, and her family moved from Florida to Fort Worth in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when little was yet known about the reach of the virus, its outcomes and how long it would last. Months later, as states like Texas and…
June 24, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker What’s known is that 66% of oropharyngeal cancers are HPV-related. In mid June, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9, for the prevention of certain HPV-related head and neck cancers. What’s still to be explored is why HPV vaccine rates remain low - despite strong public health recommendations in favor of…
June 22, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Dr. Stephan Davis could never have predicted the tumultuous world events that would impact his new leadership role with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) LGBTQ Forum. As the HSC Assistant Professor and School of Public Health MHA Program Director prepared for his incoming year in this important, national position, getting…
June 18, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker There was a big celebration in Kuwait when new HSC graduate Maurico Ripley’s diploma arrived with the daily mail. Ripley is a Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) who has been deployed to the Middle East for most of his graduate program, studying with the HSC School of Public Health online –…
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