School of Public Health
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September 14, 2018 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker When the U.S. Surgeon General published a recent health advisory – the first such alert in the last decade - asking for the public’s assistance in tackling the nation’s growing opioid epidemic, Dr. Scott Walters from the UNTHSC School of Public Health made plans to do his part. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save…
August 29, 2018 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Two UNT Health Science Center public health researchers plan to get inside the minds of teens and young adults to learn what influences them to drink, and when they are most apt to use alcohol, through a new $2.6 million, five-year study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism through…
August 20, 2018 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker For nearly 20 years, Dr. Scott Walters has served others in extraordinary ways through research, teaching, scholarship, community service and contributions to the public good. In recognition of his work and its impact, the UNT System Board of Regents has awarded Dr. Walters with a rare academic distinction as Regents Professor. Dr. Walters,…
August 14, 2018 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Dr. Katherine Fogelberg and friends are building a school in Kenya. Their mission is to empower girls, to show them that big dreams are achievable and anything is possible through education and support. The UNT Health Science Center public health professor deeply understands what it means when someone is there to lend a…
August 13, 2018 • Uncategorized
By Sally Crocker Dr. Austin G. Meyer was already working on both a PhD in Biochemistry and a medical degree at other Texas universities when he decided to enroll in UNT Health Science Center’s Master of Public Health online program. Why? “I had thought about it for a long time,” he said. “Medical school focuses primarily…
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