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COVID-19: the importance of keeping up your social connections

By Sally Crocker As more kids find themselves homebound now that families across the country are practicing safe distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it may be important to increase, rather than limit, screen time for children and teens, say two researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth…
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COVID-19: making the most of hunkering down right now

By Sally Crocker So you’ve heeded the warnings about the COVID-19 pandemic that has much of the world in lockdown right now. You have the food and essentials you need. You are set to work remotely, if that’s an option. You’re avoiding large gatherings and listening to officials who advise that social distancing is best…
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HSC introduces new MHA Online degree

By Sally Crocker Stephan Davis, DNP, MHSA, FACHE, knows how it feels to want to be a part of making change happen. The incoming director of the Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) was practicing as a registered nurse and just…
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Dr. Erika Thompson honored with prestigious early-career research award

By Sally Crocker Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, was first drawn to science in the seventh grade, when her class watched and reflected on the docudrama film And the Band Played On, based on a book about people, politics and the AIDS epidemic of the early 1980s. The HSC Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health…
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Forward-thinking MHA students engage others in inaugural ‘Leading Change in Healthcare’ summit

By Sally Crocker   MHA student Paridhi Sheth came up with a big idea that paid off well for healthcare administration students from the Health Science Center and around the North Texas area. Her brainchild was to bring HSC School of Public Health students together with peers from other universities as part of an event…