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TCOM student, SBS graduate and TCOM alum go the extra mile for a man who’s...

Lindsey Hudson is a mother of three beginning medical school, Scott Hudson is 72 years old and legally blind, but the two have become forever linked and tethered, in more ways than one could possibly imagine. Lindsey, a 2024 graduate of the School of Biomedical Sciences Medical Science program at The University of North Texas…
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HSC pro bono physical therapy program offers hope

For 70-year-old Beverly Rozanski, the journey to improved health has been long and challenging. Raised in Michigan, Rozanski spent her childhood and early adult years struggling with physical challenges that made even the simplest tasks seem insurmountable. However, her discovery of a pro bono physical therapy program through The University of North Texas Health Science…
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TCOM’s Owen Saenz selected for the prestigious ElevateMeD scholarship program

Paying it forward, sacrificing and serving has been at the core of who and what Owen Saenz is, now, it’s paying him back. The rising fourth-year student at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was selected for the ElevateMeD scholarship program. Saenz, who…
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Physical therapy students to wed after commencement

While post-commencement life can be uncertain for many graduating college students, Madelyn Di Orio and Kellan Barry made big plans before this school year ever began. The third-year physical therapy students in The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Health Professions will tie the knot in June. The pair met as freshman…
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From humble beginnings to great endings, how this TCOM graduate defied all odds

Lamont, California, a simple location referred to only as a census-designated place in Kern County in the south-central portion of the state, is where Diana Garcia Garcia grew up with her family, watching them work each day in the lush orange and grape fields. She visited them during lunch hours and saw the hard work…
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  • Education
| October 13, 2015

Putting new skills in providers’ hands

A failed hip surgery performed elsewhere had left Dr. Anthony Capobianco’s patient with a leg that would not straighten, forcing her to walk painfully on the toes of her right foot for more than 10 years. Learn more: PACE continuing...

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  • Education
| October 12, 2015

Genetics expert earns rare honor as UNT System Regents Professor

Dedication to making people’s lives better has earned a UNT Health Science Center genetics expert a rare designation as a UNT System Regents Professor. Jamboor K. “JK” Vishwanatha, PhD, last month became only the fifth Regents Professor at UNTHSC in...

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  • Education
| October 9, 2015

Williams calls for transformative change in next five years

Top goals for 2020 Positioned as the education and research partner for hospitals/health care systems of Tarrant County U.S. leader in interprofessional education and practice Total research awards increased by 30 percent to $55 million New philanthropic gifts grown by...

PASCO students UNTHSC
  • Education
| September 29, 2015

Students help patients face the reality of death

Hospice care for terminally ill patients isn’t easy duty. In addition to patients’ fear and families’ grief, health care professionals must get past a youth-centered cultural bias that denies the reality of death. Yet, dying patients and their families are...

  • Community
| September 28, 2015

Building bridges for new refugees

Hiking at night through the Burmese jungle to avoid soldiers in her war-ravaged country, Emelda Thein prepared to take a step when someone yelled that her foot hovered inches above a landmine. Thein froze, slowly pulled her foot back and...

  • Education
| September 22, 2015

In the Ebola hot zone

For years, Patrick Moonan has pursued tuberculosis outbreaks across the world, from urban neighborhoods in the United States to remote villages in southern Africa. In September 2014, the senior epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took on...

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  • Research
| September 21, 2015

Research project targets interpersonal violence

A UNT Health Science Center project aimed at addressing interpersonal violence has been awarded $2.2 million in funding over the next three years by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. The project – called...

Falls Prevention program UNTHSC
  • Patient Care
| September 18, 2015

Falls prevention takes the stage with UNTHSC helping lead the way

Grandma fell twice. She wasn’t badly hurt, but her family was shaken. Nicoleta Bugnariu knew what to do. She used her physical therapy expertise to create a rigorous exercise program for her...

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  • Community
| September 14, 2015

Helping others despite a shocking diagnosis

Terry Stevenson almost couldn’t believe the words she was hearing about the results of a recent CT scan: “Metastatic cancer ….” But a diagnosis of stage four metastatic lung cancer hasn’t kept her from the job she loves. Stevenson, a...

  • Education
| September 10, 2015

It takes a village to keep people healthy, national expert explains

  Behold a model health care team of the future tasked with caring for an older patient just home from the hospital with a new joint replacement and serious problems getting around....