School of Public Health
October 29, 2013
North Texas researcher says college drinkers learn more from some mistakes than others College freshmen who drink too much learn more from some mistakes than others, reports a faculty researcher at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s (UNTHSC) School of Public Health. In a large national sample of incoming college freshman, heavy drinkers…
October 3, 2013
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price presented a Resolution to UNT Health Science Center’s (UNTHSC) Center for Community Health on Tuesday, in recognition of the Dallas Cancer Disparities Community Coalition Breast Cancer Prevention Project, which has worked in various Dallas communities since 2007. The CCH, part of UNTHSC’s Texas Prevention Institute,…
September 30, 2013
West Dallas restaurant Babb Bros BBQ & Blues will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraising event on October 12, with proceeds benefitting the Center for Community Health (CCH) at UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC). The event, called “Blues 4 Breast Cancer,” begins at 3:30 p.m. and will feature music by the Tom Cat Blues…
September 26, 2013
Attention SPH Alumni - will you be in Boston during the 2013 APHA Annual Conference and ASPPH meetings? Come meet us at an Alumni Reception on Monday, November 4, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Network with fellow SPH alumni, current students and faculty, and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine from 6:30…
September 26, 2013
The Dallas Business Journal has named Dr. Richard Kurz, SPH Dean, as one of this year’s 25 honorees for the publication’sWho’s Who in Health Care awards. He was selected as a leader who is “making a significant impact on the North Texas health care industry through innovative work.” Dr. Kurz serves in a variety of…
September 16, 2013
If you already have a graduate degree and want to expand your horizons even further in the areas of public health, check into the SPH Master of Public Health (MPH) Professional Option Degree. You can complete this degree completely online and may be able to apply up to 12 credit hours from the graduate degree…
August 21, 2013
Dr. Joon Lee, SPH assistant professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, was featured in an article, along with his graduate students, on their West Nile surveillance work for the City of Fort Worth. To view the Dallas Morning News article from August 21, 2013, click here.
August 12, 2013
More than 600 probationers in two of the country’s largest court systems – Dallas and Baltimore City, Maryland - are testing a new tool for substance abuse treatment developed by School of Public Health professor Scott Walters, PhD, and colleagues from UNT Health Science Center, Wayne State University, University of Virginia and George Mason University.…
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