School of Public Health
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.…
August 5, 2013
“Treat us with respect. Just because we are homeless, and we have been broken down so low, doesn’t mean we aren’t human.” For two semesters, Emily Spence-Almaguer, MSW, PhD, School of Public Health associate professor of Behavioral and Community Health, has worked with a group of UNTHSC graduate students on a service-learning project to identify…
July 30, 2013
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July 10, 2013
Participants from the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s (UNTHSC) 2012 North Texas Health Forum cheered the results of their collaboration and a huge victory for the state when Governor Rick Perry signed the 83rdTexas Legislature’s House Bill 3105 into effect this June. With the passage of this bill, insurance companies can now negotiate directly…
June 29, 2013
With health officials reporting the second case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state found in Tarrant County in mid-June, the city of Fort Worth is on high alert again this year. Last year, Tarrant County was hit hard by the disease, with 11 deaths and 259 total cases, 105 of which were severe.…
June 24, 2013
UNTHSC professor and Biostatistics Chair Sharon Homan, PhD, has found a way to give her students the BEST in academics and professional experience. Last fall, she created a Biostatistics and Evaluation Services and Training Center called “BEST” within the SPH, to serve as a data analytics resource for researchers and public health practitioners, agencies and…
June 12, 2013
Pictured from left to right are: Bhaavika Patel, Garrett Boland, Andrea Bennett and Karyssa Bowers Four SPH students have been selected to participate in the 4th Annual Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Student Quality Leadership Academy, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundationin Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-14. The four Master of Health Administration…
May 20, 2013
Dr. Katie Cardarelli, associate professor of Epidemiology, was presented with the 2013 Discover Award by the Girls Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains at the organization’s recent Women of Distinction Luncheon. The event honored recipients who characterize three keys to leadership at the heart of the Girl Scout leadership experience, to Discover, Connect and Take Action.…
May 16, 2013
Leadership starts with you and must engage others – that’s what Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program Director Christine Moranetz, PhD, reminds SPH graduate students in the UNTHSC DrPH in Public Health Practice program. This spring, four graduate candidates from the program shared their perspectives on “Public Health Leadership: A Model for the Future” at…
May 1, 2013
Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate student Kun-Ying (Helena) Sung (class of ‘13), in the SPH Department of Health Management and Policy, was a presenter, along with Professor Shang Luan Yan from Shih Chien University, Taiwan, at the recent United Nations (UN) 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The joint presentation…
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