School of Public Health
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September 21, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker HSC 2020 graduate Julia Aiken was finishing the last semester of her MPH in Public Health Practice when COVID-19 hit this spring. By May, she had wrapped up her degree and was helping out with Tarrant County Public Health’s (TCPH) contact tracing efforts, to track and help stop community spread of the…
September 15, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Health inequality and systemic racism have long threatened the lives of African Americans. The COVID-19 pandemic and increased awareness of police violence in 2020 have intensified nationwide action toward solutions and change for traditionally underserved populations. For health disparities researchers like HSC Assistant Professor Erica Spears, PhD, who has dedicated her…
August 28, 2020 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Vapers beware, as if the health threats of COVID-19 aren’t enough, there is new evidence linking vaping to a higher risk of getting coronavirus. The risk has been shown to be 5-7 times higher, according to new scientific research, prompting lawmakers around the country to urge the FDA to temporarily clear the…
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…
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