- Patient Care
Hepatitis C clinic shows future of pharmacy
By:Jan Jarvis The medications cost close to $100,000, but they cure hepatitis C in 12 weeks or less. And yet, some patients leave this costly prescription unused in their medicine cabinet. A phone call from pharmacist Jennifer Fix, PharmD,...
- Education
Health disparities conference to focus on precision medicine
By Alex Branch Personalized medicine is a rapidly-emerging approach to disease prevention and treatment but too often research participation is not reflective of our country demographics. Ensuring that the racial and ethnic, minority, socioeconomically-disadvantaged and rural populations that disproportionally share...
- Our People
UNTHSC student honored with prestigious U.S. Public Health Service Award
By Sally Crocker Marissa Tan, who graduated from UNTHSC last week with both a DO degree and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH), has received the U.S. Public Health Service Award in recognition of her work to promote health equity...
- Research
Partnership explores using HDL as a tool for delivering drugs
By Jan Jarvis UNT Health Science Center has joined with the international biopharmaceutical company Cerenis Therapeutics to develop HDL-based drug delivery systems for treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The joint strategic partnership called the “HDL Drug Delivery Initiative” will...
- Research
CERENIS Therapeutics and University of North Texas Health Science Center announce a strategic initiative to develop new HDL-based pharmaceutical products
CERENIS Therapeutics (FR0012616852 – CEREN – PEA PME eligible),an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of HDL-based innovative therapies for treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases,as well as new HDL-based vectors for targeted drug delivery in the field...
- Education
Faculty award goes to professor with unique approach to teaching
By Jan Jarvis Patrick Clay, PharmD, is known for making his classes so engaging that even the most challenging concepts involving infectious diseases are easily understood. He has used his own version of improvisational theater to train UNT System...
- Education
Medical student awarded prestigious Howard Hughes fellowship
By Alex Branch UNT Health Science Center medical student Sagar Shah has been awarded a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Medical Research Fellowship. Shah, who recently completed his second year at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, is...
- Community
Expect more diseases from ticks, mosquitoes and fleas
By Jan Jarvis Get out the bug repellant and protective clothing. It could be a rough summer. Rickettsiosis, murine typhus and relapsing fever are just a few of the insect-borne diseases that could make area residents sick this summer....
- Community
Public health team tackles infant mortality problem
By Sally Crocker College student Tassanee Harris isn’t planning to start a family anytime soon, but she’s taking steps now to help ensure that when she’s ready, she can be at her healthiest and give her future children the best...
- Education
Students share what ethics mean to them
By Alex Branch Four students earned $1,000 awards for outstanding ethics essays at the Nicholas and Anna Ricco Awards Presentation. The winners were all first-year-students: Prachi Thapar, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Katherine Mankus, School of Health Professions Heily...
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