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  • Our People
| August 13, 2019

Public Health grad pays it forward to inspire others

By Sally Crocker As Beatle Ringo Starr once wrote, “You know, it don’t come easy.” For Dr. Carolyn Bradley-Guidry (DrPH ’19), the turning point came midway through her UNT Health Science Center public health doctoral degree program. The first in...

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  • Our People
| August 12, 2019

TCOM graduate starts unique pediatric fellowship

By Steven Bartolotta   Nationwide, interest in the study of pediatric nephrology, which focuses on kidney disease in children, is declining. In 2017, 40 percent of the available fellowships in the specialty went unfilled. That didn’t faze Dr. Kim Piburn,...

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  • Patient Care
| August 7, 2019

Coming home to change health care

By Alex Branch Jeff Beeson, DO, grew up with UNT Health Science Center. As a kid, he watched Fourth of July fireworks with his father Don, the school’s long-time police chief, from a rooftop when it was just a medical...

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  • Our People
| August 5, 2019

The Migala Chronicles

By Alex Branch Imagine...

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  • Research
| August 2, 2019

A generous boost to dementia research

By: Alex Branch A generous estate gift from a longtime community volunteer whose family was impacted by dementia will establish a $3 million endowed chair to support groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease and other translational research projects at UNT Health...

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  • Research
| July 31, 2019

Research shows TCOM and osteopathic approach making a difference

By Steven Bartolotta  Osteopathic medicine’s emphasis on physician empathy and understanding leads to higher patient satisfaction, a study by researchers at UNTHSC’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine indicates.  The 2 ½ -year study, conducted by the PRECISION Pain Research Registry...

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  • Education
| July 26, 2019

UNTHSC student, JPS Trauma Services find the perfect match

By Sally Crocker A UNT Health Science Center student found the perfect match and mentor when she was connected to JPS Health Network, Tarrant County, for her professional internship. Now one year later, 2019 UNTHSC graduate Ashley Lamar, MPH, CPH,...

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  • Education
| July 19, 2019

student spends eye-opening rotation in rural Montana

By Jan Jarvis student Rychlend Martin-Horne never imagined she would come face-to-face with a huge black bear and her cubs. The frightening experience during a 12-mile hike to Cracker Lake in Montana was not exactly what she expected from...

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  • Education
| July 18, 2019

Memory of longtime TCOM faculty member honored with endowed scholarship

By Steven Bartolotta UNT Health Science Center recently celebrated the Dr. T. Eugene Zachary Endowed Scholarship with family and friends of the longtime Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty member. The scholarship will be used to assist third and fourth-year...

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  • Research
| July 16, 2019

Researcher to lead national opioid crisis steering committee

By Sally Crocker Scott Walters, PhD, Regents Professor and Chair of Health Behavior and Health Systems at the UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health, has been named Steering Committee Chair of an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific...