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  • Our People
| December 8, 2023

 This is Whole Health: Dr. Emily Spence

“As an example of Whole Health, I have been involved with a project to support the implementation and evaluation of the Faces of Changemakers. This is an interorganizational initiative to promote recovery from trauma and resilience in communities. Initiated by Tarrant County Commission Precinct 1 Executive...

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  • Our People
| December 8, 2023

Physical therapy students use art to humanize patients

Natasha Blizzard had never spoken to her father about his post-traumatic stress disorder. The first-year physical therapy student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Health Professions said her father’s 27 years of...

Supercomputer Conference
  • Education
| December 7, 2023

AIM-AHEAD program featured at supercomputer conference

An HSC program was featured as part of a panel discussion and workshop held at a supercomputing conference in Denver last month. The Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) program, a National Institutes of...

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  • On Campus
| December 7, 2023

HSC’s MHA online program ranked as one of the best in Texas by EduMed.org

EduMed, a leader in supporting students' pursuits of online or hybrid education in the health professions, nursing and medical fields, has named the School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s online...

Matthew Rossheim
  • Community
| December 5, 2023

HSC researcher connects ‘alcopops’ and sexual assault of minors

A researcher at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently discovered a correlation between alcopops and the sexual assault of minors. The fizzy, fruit-flavored alcoholic drinks, which contain the same amount of alcohol as up...

Dr. Trent Adams
  • Community
| December 4, 2023

Techstars Demo Day to showcase 10 innovative companies

The culmination of a three-month accelerator program that promises to revolutionize the physical health industry will take place Wednesday at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Demo Day will...

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  • Community
| November 21, 2023

HSC to hand off operations of Sparkyard

After four years of successful implementation, HSC Next is handing over operations of its Sparkyard platform to Tamara Payne, CEO and cofounder of Ensemble Coworking, a trusted partner in the Fort Worth entrepreneurial ecosystem. The move will allow Sparkyard, a...

Glenn Forister
  • Our People
| November 20, 2023

This is Whole Health: Dr. Glenn Forister

“When working in family medicine, I had a 60-year-old patient with a history of coronary artery disease and prior stent placement. She was a smoker and was frustrated by multiple failed attempts to quit. She felt like a failure and...

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  • Our People
| November 16, 2023

College of ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø announces 2023 Outstanding Achievement honorees in Clinical Care and Research

HSC College of ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø recently announced the 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award recipients for clinical care and research – Dr. Adenike Atanda and Dr. Hongli Wu, respectively. The annual awards celebrate faculty and staff for their substantial, impactful and deliberate achievements...

Maryssa Vasquez
  • Our People
| November 16, 2023

HSC Health social worker streamlines food delivery for needy patients

HSC Health Family Medicine social worker Maryssa Vasquez was frustrated to see so many of her patients go home hungry. Even when clinicians and physicians referred food-insecure patients to the existing food resources, it could take weeks for them to...