School of Public Health
July 7, 2014
Recent public health graduates and students from across the state are spending their summer helping Texas public health departments prepare for national accreditation. Joining with representatives from the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health are participants from Texas A&M University’s School of Rural Public Health. As part of an accreditation readiness project…
June 26, 2014
Dr. Brad Cannell UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) Assistant Professor Brad Cannell, PhD, MPH, has been selected as one of 50 participants for this year’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) Butler-Williams Scholars Program for emerging researchers, to be held in Bethesda, Maryland, August 4-8. The highly competitive program - formerly called the Summer Institute on…
June 12, 2014
Dr. Elizabeth Trevino Dawson, SPH assistant professor of Health Management and Policy, has been accepted into the 2013-2014 Disparities Leadership Program of the Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Solutions Center, Boston. Launched in 2007, this yearlong program provides executive education and leadership training to develop a national network of professionals dedicated to eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in…
June 11, 2014
UNT Health Science Center’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program is now the first and only North Texas MHA program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). This designation gives UNTHSC School of Public Health (SPH) students a career advantage and assures that the program has met the rigorous review for…
June 10, 2014
Dr. Heather Kitzman-Ulrich with SPH Dean Richard Kurz Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, PhD, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health at UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC), was a featured speaker at the 1st International Childhood Obesity Forum and Diabetes Conference, held May 26-27 at the University of the State of Mexico, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico…
June 9, 2014
This fall, UNT Health Science Center will introduce a new Master of Public Health (MPH) concentration in Maternal and Child Health. “Demand for this program has been high,” explains Dennis Thombs, PhD, Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health and director of the new program. “This program prepares students for a career in…
June 4, 2014
Dean Kurz and Libby Watson with Dr. David Sterling, President of the SPH Alpha Sigma Chapter of Delta Omega For the first time, UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health (UNTHSC SPH) has inducted a community volunteer - Elizabeth A. (Libby) Watson - into Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. Delta Omega recognizes…
May 30, 2014
SPH Commencement Video UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health conferred 119 graduate degrees at this year’s spring commencement ceremonies, held May 17. Degrees presented for the 2013-14 academic year included the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, Master of Health Administration (MHA), Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Sciences (PhD), and the Doctor…
May 30, 2014
After a career that included playing professional football for seven seasons with the Houston Oilers and NFL Europe, Tony Newsom is now a detective with the Dallas Police Department (DPD). A 19-year DPD veteran assigned to the department’s Sex Apprehension Program, he has conducted over 1,400 training and outreach presentations on topics like sex offender…
May 27, 2014
The School of Public Health (SPH) is reaching out worldwide in its recruiting efforts these days. With nearly 13 percent of the school’s current student population coming from India, Associate Dean Matt Nolan Adrignola, EdD, MBA, saw a clear opportunity for growth. Couple that with statistics from the Chronicle of Higher Education showing that graduate…
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