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Making the path to a PhD more efficient
By Cari Hyden How can we increase diversity among researchers, decrease the average number of years to get a PhD and help graduates get jobs in the field they studied for? Just ask Meharvan “Sonny” Singh, PhD. He’s already...
- Education
Biochemist honored by American Chemical Society
By Jan Jarvis Laszlo Prokai, PhD, DSc, is the winner of the Wilfred T. Doherty Award, which recognizes significant achievements in research, teaching, and service. The award is given annually by the American Chemical Society and honors a chemist or...
- Education
Helping UNTHSC be ‘the best in pharmacy’
By Jan Jarvis Andrew Weis grew up in a family of pharmacists. His father, mother and brother chose careers in pharmacy, as did he. “ has been in my blood a long time,” Dr. Weis said. “Collectively my parents,...
- Research
A link between legalized marijuana and reduced opioid deaths
By Sally Crocker Opioid-related deaths decreased following the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado, according to a study led by a public health...
- Our People
From personal trainer to PhD candidate
By Justin Sprick, GSBS student I was working as a personal trainer in my hometown of Odessa when an article caught my eye in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. It was about using blood flow restriction exercise,...
- Education
A milestone for new Interdisciplinary Research and Education Building
By Alex Branch University and community leaders marked a major milestone in the...
- Education
IPE event studies lessons of Gotham
By Sally Crocker Incoming School of Public Health graduate students learned how one of the country’s most important and controversial public health campaigns produced ground-breaking results in New York City. The Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPE) exercise studied lessons from Saving...
- Community
Autism Speaks and UNTHSC team up to meet needs of families affected by autism
By Alex Branch Leaders with Autism Speaks search the country for innovative autism research. They found it in front of a 180-degree virtual reality screen at UNT Health Science Center. There, Thomas Frazier, PhD, looked through glasses containing a tiny...
- Education
Extraordinary Teamwork leads TCOM student to new TB discoveries
By Sally Crocker A collaborative effort between UNTHSC, the CDC and Tarrant County Public Health helped establish more effective information-gathering methods in TB prevention efforts and provided some high-level recognition for fourth-year TCOM student Patrick Crowley. Crowley has been...
- Education
Emphasizing emotional intelligence in medical education
By Alex Branch An interprofessional team at UNT Health Science Center has developed an innovative curriculum that emphasizes development of students’ emotional intelligence, a model that has drawn interest from organizations devoted to medical education. Emotional intelligence and empathy...
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