School of Public Health News

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 […]

By Sally Crocker Dr. Emily Spence, associate dean for community engagement and health equity at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health, has been elected as incoming chair for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s practice section. Spence will serve in this role from […]

By Sally Crocker More than 377 local patients were served, at a private health care value of $1.5 million, by Remote Area Medical (RAM) – a nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering high quality dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured individuals – in partnership with The University of North Texas Health Science […]