- Education
SPH launches new academic department structure to meet public health needs of North Texas
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has launched a new academic department structure to advance its efforts to train a critically needed workforce in the fields of public health,...
- Our People
Innovating AI to combat health disparities in breast cancer treatment
Breast cancer is the second-most common form of the disease in women in the United States. However, it does not affect everyone equally. While Black women make up a smaller proportion of breast cancer cases compared to white women, they...
- Community
Administrative professional team spearheaded toiletry drive
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s administrative professional team organized a toiletry drive for items on campus during the month of June. HSC Health’s senior executive assistant Karen...
- Our People
An HSC executive serves near the frontlines of Texas fires
Last year, an open trash container whose contents ignited sparked a fire that destroyed five homes and charred more than 1,800 acres in Palo Pinto County. This year, the same area 80 miles west of Fort Worth that houses Possum...
- Our People
HSC hires two new leaders
A vice president at Texas Woman’s University and a current employee at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth were announced Thursday as new top administrators at HSC. Kimberly Russell, vice president for University Advancement at...
- Our People
Whole Health focus: mental health
This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC’s campus. When a patient is diagnosed with a life-altering chronic illness, that person’s emotional state can plummet. Roughly 37 million Americans have diabetes, for example, and they are...
- On Campus
HSC awarded $10 million federal endowment to impact health disparities
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was recently awarded the $10 million John Lewis National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Endowment by the National Institutes of Health. This is now the second...
- On Campus
SaferCare Texas to host Health Literacy Conference
In the face of a nationwide opioid epidemic, a patient’s health literacy can be the difference between life and death. One out of four patients prescribed opioids to treat chronic pain misuse them because they don’t understand the often dense,...
- Our People
This is Whole Health: Amanda Mendez
“Through the Pediatric Mobile Clinic, I have seen our most vulnerable patients receive health services they are unable to obtain otherwise. Through everything from vaccines that allow our children to attend school, to physical and emotional support for their previous...
- Our People
TCOM-affiliated dermatology residency program begins in July
The rise in physician shortages across the United States has left many specialties scrambling for answers, but the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is addressing the shortfall with a new dermatology residency program that is set to begin in July....
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