January 17, 2013
Make plans now to attend the 6th annual North Texas Health Forum, sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health. This year's theme is "Childhood Obesity: Accomplishments and Challenges." The event will be held on the UNTHSC campus during National Public Health Week on April 4 and 5, 2013, and is…
January 16, 2013
Dr. Jose Pagan, professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, collaborated on a paper, published in the December 2012 issue of HealthAffairs, titled, "Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening is Likely to Require More than Access to Care." To read this article, click here. Congratulations to Dr. Sumi…
January 16, 2013
Two UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health domestic tuberculosis researchers have received one of four new $100,000 grants to enable emerging researchers to explore the effect of public health services on population health. Principal Investigator Thad Miller, DrPH, assistant professor, Department of Health Management and Policy and the Department of Medicine, and his mentor, José…
December 11, 2012
Fernando A. Wilson, PhD, assistant professor of Health Management & Policy in the School of Public Health at UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, has recently been awarded two grants. Dr. Wilson's first grant, funded through the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation's Public Health Law Research program, is titled "Electronic Device Use and Distracted…
December 7, 2012
SPH Dean Richard S. Kurz, PhD, (back row, second from left) attended a recent meeting of the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in Texas City, Texas, hosted by the Galveston County Health District. This committee was formed as a result of Senate Bill 969…
December 7, 2012
Continuing the efforts to assess, support and increase the readiness of Texas' local health departments for accreditation, based on standards of the national Public Health Accreditation Board, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has extended the one-year contract for Dean Richard S. Kurz, PhD, UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health, to…
December 4, 2012
School of Public Health faculty and staff recently visited the UNT Denton campus, to host breakfast and meet with undergraduate student advisors, sharing the exciting opportunities of the public health field. During a faculty panel discussion, the SPH discussed different ways that public health complements a range of studies and careers, such as medicine, economics,…
November 27, 2012
Libby Watson, volunteer Chair of the Public Health and Prevention Civic Council at UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC), was recently recognized by the Fort Worth Metro Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for her dedication to advancing the work of the UNTHSC School of Public Health and Texas Prevention Institute. The AFP, in…
November 8, 2012
Twenty-five SPH students are members of the new AcademyHealth Student Chapter on the UNTHSC campus, initiated this fall, and already a number of activities have taken place, with more events planned for the coming months. Along with faculty sponsor Dr. Jose Pagan, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Management and Policy, 22 chapter…
November 7, 2012
Congratulations go to SPH alum Cara Hamann (MPH, Spring '06), now pursuing her doctoral degree in epidemiology at the Iowa College of Public Health, who has been named the recipient of the highly competitive Best Student Paper Award by the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) section of the American Public Health Association. Her…
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