UNT Board of Regents approves MD degree program

The University of North Texas System Board of Regents today voted to approve a proposal to develop a new MD degree program at the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC).  The MD program will be an independent fifth school in addition to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,…

North Texas Eye Research Institute hosts vision seminar at UNTHSC

The UNT Health Science Center's North Texas Eye Research Institute will partner with the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and other vision experts to host a seminar for people over 55 with vision problems and their families on Aug. 28. The seminar, titled "Living Well and Independently with Vision Loss," will provide information…

UNTHSC named Military Friendly School again

The UNT Health Science Center has been named a Military Friendly School for 2011 by G.I. Jobs magazine - the second year in a row for the designation. The Health Science Center will be included in the 2011 Guide to Military Friendly Schools in September, as well as in a list at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com. To create…

UNTHSCA€AsAns new Physical Therapy program to begin Aug. 4

The Health Science Center's new Physical Therapy (PT) program is scheduled to begin on Aug. 4 with a class of 25 to 30 students who will take part in orientation on July 30. The new program is featured in the July 19 issue of the Fort Worth Business Press. The PT program is part of…

Curry compound may aid in cancer fight

Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD and dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is in the early stages of developing a technology to encapsulate an anticancer compound called curcumin. This compound, similar to tumeric in curry, has the ability to kill cancer cells and has been used in traditional medicine for many centuries in India and…

UNTHSC featured on FOX 4 News K2 report

Check out Friday's FOX 4 News report on K2, an herbal smoking blend made of herbs, spices and synthetic cannabinoids. Vicki Nejtek, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, speaks on the after effects of K2.

TCOM donates time, service to community

The TCOM classes of 2012 and 2013 logged more than 4,700 hours of clinical medicine community service during the Spring 2010 semester. Students are required as a part of the TCOM curriculum to complete ten hours of community service that is medically related, of free or low cost to the community, and supervised by a…

White Coat ceremony set for July 24

The Health Science Center will welcome 200 incoming Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) students and 70 incoming Physician Assistant Studies students into the medical profession at the annual White Coat Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, at the Will Rogers Auditorium, 3401 West Lancaster. Students will receive white coats symbolizing their careers…

TABS program introduces FWISD students to health, science

Approximately 100 Fort Worth ninth-graders will have the opportunity to graduate high school with more than 60 hours of college credit in the biomedical sciences thanks to a collaboration among the UNT Health Science Center, the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) and the University of North Texas. The program, Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences…

Faculty ‘Academy’ created to further educational excellence

The UNT Health Science Center has created an Academy of Medical Educators (AME) that is dedicated to educational excellence through formal faculty training directed at developing new approaches to organizing curricular activities and instructional methods."We are assisting faculty in the creation of a learning environment that helps students transform declarative knowledge -- knowledge of ‘what'…