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  • Our People
| March 28, 2024

Physical therapy student lands prestigious role in national organization

When Jonathan Hansen was an undergraduate intern at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, he encountered a man who had just suffered a stroke. The patient’s right side was completely paralyzed. Hansen, now a first-year student in The University of North...

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  • Our People
| March 27, 2024

Personalized Health and Well-Being student repays generosity through advocacy

In 2019, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth student Jacqueline Green said she felt hopeless. She became pregnant while experiencing hard financial times, and she didn’t have insurance. Compounding her stress was terrible grief. Her...

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  • Our People
| March 26, 2024

The first licensed DO in Chile is a TCOM graduate and an unlikely osteopathic physician

If you’re looking for the unlikeliest of people to practice osteopathic medicine, osteopathy, or osteopathic manipulative treatment then look no further than Patrick Wedlake, DO. So, how did a self-described “hippie from California,” end up becoming the first licensed osteopathic...

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  • Our People
| March 25, 2024

Six from HSC are honored as Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice

Six of the best from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth were inducted as Distinguished Fellows from the National Academies of Practice on Saturday, March 16. Provost and executive vice president, Dr. Charles Taylor, Dr....

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  • Community
| March 22, 2024

HSC honored with Institutional Investor Award at DEC’s State of Entrepreneurship

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s innovation wing, HSC Next, was recently named the Institutional Investor of the Year at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s State of Entrepreneurship, presented by Bank of America. This recognition highlights...

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  • Our People
| March 21, 2024

SPH dean Dr. Shafik Dharamsi named to ASPPH global engagement and partnerships advisory committee

Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, dean of the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been selected to serve on the Global Engagement and Partnerships Advisory Committee of the Association of Schools and...

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  • Community
| March 21, 2024

SPH students gain skills, certification through mental health first aid training course

More than one in five U.S. adults today are affected by mental health-related difficulties. On average, 130 people die by suicide every day, and during the years from 1999 to 2019, more than 840,000 people died from drug overdoses. In...

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  • Our People
| March 19, 2024

TCOM’s Latino Medical Student Association named Southwest Regional Chapter of the Year for the second straight year

For the second straight year, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Latino Medical Student Association has won the LMSA Southwest Chapter of the Year Award. The award illuminates the student...

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  • Research
| March 19, 2024

Research unites TCOM, School of Health Professions and School of Public Health

Two second-year students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine connected with professors from the School of Public Health and the School of Health Professions. The collaboration among schools of The...

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  • Our People
| March 18, 2024

March 2024 marks significant honors for SPH faculty member, Dr. Teresa Wagner

March 2024 has been a significant month for Dr. Teresa Wagner, associate professor of health administration and policy at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health. During the National Academies of Practice...