School of Public Health
Year: 2020
August 24, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker The last two years had brought small but significant victories to the nation’s opioid crisis, with slow, steady declines in opioid use and deaths marking a positive change to this major public health problem. That was until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, bringing months of an uncertain and unsettling new normal to…
August 20, 2020 • Uncategorized
Sally Crocker, Communications Manager for the HSC School of Public Health, has been recognized with the Grand Prize: Nonprofit Communications Professional of the Year Award in PR Daily’s 2020 Nonprofit PR Awards, for her work this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Sally Crocker was among the many faculty and staff at the University of North…
August 10, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Behind the numbers of COVID-19 are real people. Real stories. Real experiences. In her final term as an HSC School of Public Health student, Sujita Adhikari joined Tarrant County Public Health’s (TCPH) contact tracing team, calling quarantined, COVID-positive patients to track their connections to other community members who may also have been…
July 27, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker The world’s attention has been laser focused on COVID-19 for months, but the current pandemic isn’t an isolated problem threatening the health of communities, points out one HSC public health researcher. “Many other infectious diseases, like tuberculosis, share similar characteristics and present dire health risks, require equal consideration of resources and prevention,…
July 21, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Layer upon layer, a music video is developed, as is a heartfelt message of utmost respect and gratitude. Such was the case when the HSC School of Public Health planned a special tribute to the healthcare industry, recognizing the many challenges that hospitals, providers, staff and support workers have faced over the…
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