- Research
Community invited to free autism event at UNTHSC
By Alex Branch The nation’s largest autism research and advocacy organization will hold a free community science event that is open to the public Wednesday, Oct. 4, at UNT Health Science Center. Autism Research Series: Discovery to Solutions When:...
- Patient Care
An advocate for better geriatric care
By Jan Jarvis Janice Knebl, DO, recently focused attention on the shortage of health care professionals trained to meet the growing elderly population when she testified at the U.S. Capitol before the Congressional Sub-Committee on Health. But Dr. Knebl’s...
- Education
UNTHSC student honored by American Public Health Association
By Sally Crocker Perhaps the main reason that UNT Health Science Center student Shivani Goswami was selected as this year’s Barbara Starfield Medical Scholar by the American Public Health Association (APHA) is because of her desire to build a...
- Education
Editorial questions measurement frequently used in population health studies
By Sally Crocker In a new American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) editorial, a UNT Health Science Center professor challenges a conventional research formula for measuring the health of populations, calling the...
- Research
A better way to treat back pain
By Jan Jarvis Almost everyone suffers low back pain at some point in their lives. The question is how to relieve it. Researchers at UNT Health Science Center are working to find the answer. By analyzing the DNA of low...
- Education
Goldman scholarship ‘means the world’ to driven student
By Jan Jarvis Sarah Edwards has always ridden her bicycle everywhere – to high school classes and later college, to part-time jobs and everywhere else. She has no driver’s license and few options. “We’ve never really had a car,”...
- Research
Examining prevalence of Alzheimer’s in Mexican-Americans
By Jan Jarvis One of the largest and most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the United States involving Mexican-Americans and Alzheimer’s disease is underway at UNT Health Science Center. Interested in learning how to be a study participant? Call 817-735-2963...
- Our People
A passion for public health
By Sally Crocker The School of Public Health was in its infancy when Lilly Ramphal-Naley, MD, MPH, joined as adjunct faculty in 2000. The school had been officially founded just one year before at UNT Health Science Center. Accreditation by...
- Community
Students transform seniors’ lives with art and music
By Cari Hyden Mrs. Jones, a resident at Westmore Senior Living, wouldn’t leave her room and spent her days largely “staring at the walls.” But a class led by a UNTHSC student transformed her life and added a spark...
- Community
Better outcomes for underserved patients
By Sally Crocker UNTHSC grads working at the Center for Outcomes research include, from left to right, Bradford Jackson, PhD; Mandy Burton, MPH, data analyst; Tzu-Chun Chu, MS, MPH, data analyst; Yan Lu, MPH, epidemiologist; Kari...
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