School of Public Health
May 13, 2016
During a recent trip to South Korea in which he represented the UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH), Joon Lee, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, presented two of his research studies to scholarly and governmental audiences. He spoke on “An Application of Entomology in Urban Social Environment” at Andong National…
May 2, 2016
As part of National Public Health Week 2016, SPH students were invited to present their ideas for improving the world in this year’s Health Innovations Contest. The national theme for this year’s celebration was “Healthiest Nation 2030,” sponsored by the American Public Health Association, with a focus on building a nation of safe, healthy communities;…
April 27, 2016
National Public Health Week 2016 concluded with the UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH) annual awards ceremony, held at Marquis on Magnolia in Fort Worth, where student, faculty, staff and community special honors were presented. Kwynn Gonzalez-Pons, MPH, Community Health, was presented with the Richard S. Kurz Award, given to an outstanding public health graduate exemplifying…
April 22, 2016
Karen Bell, PhD, and Martin Ostensen, JD, MBA, MHA, each found their passion for public health as UNT Health Science Center students. Now, both have accepted faculty leadership roles within the School of Public Health (SPH), where they will be helping to inspire and teach public health leaders of tomorrow. Dr. Bell has been named…
April 15, 2016
UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH) Adjunct Instructor and Practice Experience Liaison Melissa Oden, DHEd, recently attended the American Planning Association's (APA) national conference in Phoenix, Arizona, to participate in a panel discussion on building collaborations and the Plan4Health grant that she has been involved with for the last 18 months. Dr. Oden was invited…
April 8, 2016
UNTHSC student Courtney Searles decided to study public health because of her dad. Diagnosed with cancer at age 24, her father had grown up close to a chemical plant, where environmental factors may have contributed to his illness. Her father lost his battle with the disease at 30, inspiring Courtney toward a career where she…
March 11, 2016
Scientists have long recognized the connection between diseases in animals and diseases in people. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and African sleeping sickness, for example, are common infections passed from livestock to individuals in some third-world countries. So when Katherine Fogelberg, DVM, PhD, with the UNTHSC School of Public Health announced a practice experience opportunity in Uganda…
February 16, 2016
When Melissa Oden, DHEd, takes over as Texas Public Health Association (TPHA) President in April, she will celebrate a relationship that has lasted more than a dozen years so far and has impacted both her own career and the futures of many UNT Health Science Center students. “I can’t say enough good things about TPHA,…
January 6, 2016
SPH student Chandler Sparks and his wife, Emily, found a most special way to give back over the holiday season. Chandler is pursuing his Master of Public Health degree through the SPH in tandem with his TCOM medical degree. Read more about the family's special story here. This holiday season, an abandoned newborn boy has…
January 6, 2016
Professor Emeritus Terry Gratton, DrPH, remembers his years of teaching for the UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health as one of the most rewarding times of his career. He cares so much about students and furthering work in Environmental and Occupational Health that he and his wife of 42 years have found a way…
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