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Helping communities plan for the unexpected

By Sally Crocker Through a CDC grant made possible by the American Planning Association-Texas and the Texas Public Health Association, a UNT Health Science Center instructor and students are leading an effort to help small and rural communities prepare for potential disaster situations. With support from the UTA Urban Planning Department, the team, led by Dr.…

MHA students bring home the gold at North Texas Case Competition

By Sally Crocker A team of UNT Health Science Center MHA students has taken the top prize at this year’s American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas (ACHENTX) Case Competition. Tasked with a real-world challenge, much like projects they will take on in their future careers as health care leaders, teams from UNTHSC and other North…

Old medical bag carries generations of hopes and wishes

By Sally Crocker Thirty-eight years ago, Dr. Lilly Ramphal-Naley received a special gift on her medical school graduation day, and now she has passed it on to a UNTHSC public health graduate who will soon be caring for patients himself. The gift- a doctor’s bag – is probably over 100 years old. It was presented to…

Big idea leads to Grand results

By Sally Crocker When Dr. Thad Miller introduced a different kind of course project to his Health Insurance and Managed Care class, he knew it would be interesting, but he had no idea that it would result in one of the university’s largest and most collaborative Grand Rounds in many years. How did a unique teaching…

MHA graduate’s career path inspired by people, school and the future of health care

By Sally Crocker Within two months of graduating from the UNTHSC School of Public Health (MHA ’16), Harleen Singh took on a highly selective administrative residency with Baylor Scott & White Health (BS&W), one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the United States. This two-year postgraduate program – which helps prepare future health care…