School of Public Health News

The UNTHSC School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Parker County Hospital District, SaferCare Texas and BEST EMS, is launching an impactful public health video for February’s Heart Health Month. The video is part a larger UNTHSC campaign to raise awareness about heart health. The campaign video features real footage of a dramatic rescue […]

By Sally Crocker Dr. Erika Thompson, associate professor of population and community health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health, has been elected as secretary for the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB). “It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Thompson has been elected […]

By Sally Crocker “Growing up as a Hispanic girl with a single mother in the 1970s and ‘80s when neither was popular or well accepted, I never dreamed that my life would one day have purpose or make an impact on other people’s lives,” Dr. Teresa Wagner recently shared with graduates from the Texas Woman’s […]

By Sally Crocker Much of Dr Erika Thompson’s work is focused on HPV research and prevention. Recently, she presented a Grand Rounds talk at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth on “Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccination across the Life Course.” Thompson is an associate professor of […]

By Sally Crocker The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has released its new strategic plan – IMPACT 2030: Commitment to Community – to steer the course of the school into the future. “The completion of this plan represents months of tireless effort, inclusive collaboration […]