School of Public Health
July 19, 2019
School of Public Health & Texas Center for Health Disparities Community Blog Something happened!!!!! The sounds I awoke to coming from the living room were screams. I always had intense dreams, but I know this wasn’t one of them. I knew something bad had really happened. A few weeks earlier, my mom found out that…
July 16, 2019
By Sally Crocker Scott Walters, PhD, Regents Professor and Chair of Health Behavior and Health Systems at the UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health, has been named Steering Committee Chair for the HEALing Communities Study, part of the NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Initiative, an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific…
July 11, 2019
By Sally Crocker A UNT Health Science Center student found the perfect match and mentor when she was connected to JPS Health Network, Tarrant County, for her professional internship. Now one year later, 2019 UNTHSC graduate Ashley Lamar, MPH, CPH, CHES, works full time in the department where she learned the ropes and contributed in…
July 5, 2019
By Sally Crocker Sally Hoger, DrPH, MS, SM(ASCP), is Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health, at Tarleton State University. She has served on the Tarleton faculty for 15 years. In 2012, Dr. Hoger completed the DrPH degree with a concentration in health policy from the UNTHSC School of Public Health.…
June 27, 2019
By Sally Crocker Because a mother’s health is so important to that of her baby, a team from UNT Health Science Center has joined with TCU’s Harris College of Nursing and families across Tarrant County to develop a new online tool for helping postpartum moms take care of their health. This tool, an easy-to-use,…
June 24, 2019
By Sally Crocker UNTHSC School of Public Health graduate Brittany Marshall, DrPH, CPH, CHES, has been recognized by the de Beaumont Foundation as a “40 Under 40 in Public Health” leader who is improving health, changing lives and helping to strengthen communities across the country through creativity and innovation. Founded in 1998, the de Beaumont…
June 20, 2019
By Sally Crocker Ryan Dugan, MHA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is Vice President of Human Resources and Employee Health for Medical City North Hills in Richland Hills, Texas. He was promoted to this position in September 2018 and has been with the Medical City Healthcare system in various recruiting and human resources management roles over the years,…
June 17, 2019
By Sally Crocker Congratulations go to UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH) PhD - Epidemiology student Noah Peeri, who has been awarded First Place in the American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN’s) highly competitive “Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition,” Neuroscience, Cognitive Function and Chronobiology Group, at the organization’s recent annual conference, Nutrition 2019, in Baltimore,…
June 15, 2019
By Sally Crocker Meet Bethany N. Smith, RN, BSN, MPH, MS, a May 2019 graduate of the UNTHSC MPH-Professional Option degree program. Smith is Campus Nurse for a middle school in the Weatherford Independent School District (WISD). Her job covers four main areas. She sees and cares for students with sore throats, cuts and scratches…
June 4, 2019
School of Public Health & Texas Center for Health Disparities Community Blog Linda Fulmer, B.S.W., M. Ed. Executive Director, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration In 2014 we met with the community leaders in East and Southeast Fort Worth to ask what they thought could help make their neighborhoods healthier. They pointed out that while many organizations…
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