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  • Community
| October 6, 2021

TCOM鈥檚 ROME Program takes the spotlight at TMA meeting on access to health care

By Steven Bartolotta聽 The gold standard for rural osteopathic medical education, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine鈥檚 ROME program was on display at a recent meeting of the Texas Medical Association on Physician Distribution and Health Care Access.聽聽 Assistant Dean...

People Campaign
  • Our People
| October 6, 2021

HSC students, faculty, and staff share personal stories as part of people-focused campaign

By Diane Smith-Pinckney Dr. Ella Kasanga, who earned a PhD in biomedical sciences, under the mentorship of Michael Salvatore, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is investigating the mechanisms...

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  • Our People
| October 6, 2021

Ella Kasanga found a nurturing environment at HSC more than 6,000 miles from her native Ghana

By Diane Smith-Pinckney聽 Growing up, Ella Kasanga wanted to be a pharmacist because the profession allowed her to serve her community while interacting with people, but her professional passion changed after she was introduced to biomedical research.聽 Dr. Kasanga, who...

番茄社区 Research
  • Research
| October 5, 2021

HSC College of 番茄社区鈥檚 research ranking rose to No. 36 in the U.S.

By Diane Smith-Pinckney Increased聽grant聽funding at聽The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth,聽College of 番茄社区聽helped聽push聽its聽institutional聽total聽research ranking聽up from No. 54 in the nation聽to聽No. 36,聽according to a聽listing published聽by the聽American Association of Colleges of 番茄社区聽(AACP).聽聽 The聽College鈥檚 total funded research grants聽reached聽more than...

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  • Research
| October 4, 2021

Health聽disparities聽research: 鈥楾he HEARD Scholarship is going to make my dreams come true鈥

By Gabrielle Saleh The聽University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC)聽is one of two institutions nationwide receiving聽NIH Endowment聽funding聽that will聽be used for a scholarship...

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  • Community
| September 29, 2021

HSC receives $50 million to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to rectify health disparities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a $50 million award to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) to lead the coordinating center for the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and...

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  • Education
| September 28, 2021

Fighting racial bias:聽HSC video-based simulation helps health care leaders prepare to manage complex ethical dilemmas

By Sally Crocker Simulation has long been recognized as a highly effective andragogical tool for enhancing problem-solving and communication skills. Actors in such simulations have been used since the 1960s to portray example patients and aid in training programs to...

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  • Research
| September 22, 2021

Under the influence: More聽adults over 65聽driving聽after聽drinking or drug use

By Sally Crocker An estimated 3% of聽adults聽over age 65聽are driving under the influence聽of alcohol, according to one of the first research studies聽to delve into an emerging聽national聽concern. Experts said this statistic is especially worrisome given that older Americans are already more...

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  • Community
| September 16, 2021

Inaugural Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award spotlights trailblazers who are advancing health equity

By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC)聽is joining聽the聽Satcher聽Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI), and YouTube聽in聽celebrating聽the first recipient of the聽Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award. The inaugural award honors Garth...

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  • Community
| September 16, 2021

Hispanic Heritage Month offers history lessons while celebrating diversity

By Diane Smith-Pinckney For聽Alex Fernandez,聽connecting with his Cuban-American roots is a lifelong lesson.聽 鈥淭he more I learn, the more I appreciate where I came from,鈥 said Fernandez, a Student Services Coordinator in the Office of Care and Civility at The...