Diana Cervantes. Assistant Professor Biostatistics & Epidemiology

Dr. Diana Cervantes named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

By Sally Crocker Dr. Diana Cervantes, Assistant Professor and Director of the MPH Epidemiology Program at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health (HSC-SPH) has been named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). This distinction honors infection prevention…
Anna Galvin

Texas nurse follows her heart to public health, where doctoral degree leads to top-ranking postgrad fellowship

By Sally Crocker Graduating PhD student Anna Galvin, MSN, RN, would like more nurses to know how great a fit public health is to their profession. “If I could convince more nurses to build their public health background and perspective, I would - nursing and public health are a perfect combination,” Galvin said as she…

Epidemiology PhD grad heads to top-ranked Sloan Kettering for health disparities fellowship and next exciting career step

By Sally Crocker University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) PhD graduate Noah Peeri is off to an exciting postdoctoral fellowship program with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, one of the world’s leading institutions in patient care, research and education. Peeri graduated from the HSC School of Public…
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How worried should you be about monkeypox?

By Sally Crocker The chances of most Americans contracting monkeypox are slim, says an epidemiology expert at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) School of Public Health. Dr. Diana Cervantes, an Assistant Professor and Director of HSC’s Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate studies program in Epidemiology, has long…
Esther Annan

PhD Epidemiology graduate scores prestigious fellowship to Princeton

By Sally Crocker Esther Annan is moving to Princeton this summer. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) School of Public Health (SPH) student completes her PhD in Epidemiology in June 2022 and will leave for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship where she will teach and advance her research in dengue…