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Opal Lee photo by Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Community
| June 8, 2021

Commemorating Juneteenth

By Diane Smith-Pinckney On June 19 1865, Major General Gordan Granger marched into Galveston with a critical message: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United...

Dr. Scott Walters
  • Community
| June 8, 2021

The realities of ‘breaking bad’ and how one HSC researcher is attacking the opioid crisis

By Sally Crocker He didn’t know it at the time, but when Dr. Scott Walters was growing up in San Diego in the mid 1980s, a next-door neighbor was concealing a homemade meth lab just across the fence and mere...

MET Building at UNTHSC
  • Education
| June 8, 2021

HSC Health Diabetes Education Service Merits ADA Recognition

The prestigious American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) service was recently awarded to the HSC Health Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Program. ADA believes that this service offers high-quality education...

Hsc Project Echo Health Disparities Fc
  • Patient Care
| June 4, 2021

HSC’s Project ECHO provides training and resources to underserved areas

By Steven Bartolotta A unique and innovative program called “Project ECHO” is allowing HSC experts to provide training, mentoring and support to physicians who practice specialty care in rural and underserved communities. The program, which started through part of the...

Dr. Didi Ebert Blackburn
  • Our People
| June 3, 2021

TCOM faculty member lands coveted CDC Fellowship

By Steven Bartolotta Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Dr. Didi Ebert, an Associate Professor in Family Medicine and OMM, is passionate about to closing the gap on racial, ethnic and social disparities in health care. Her passion, combined with compassion,...

Kate Russell Tcom Student
  • Community
| June 2, 2021

TCOM to host first Walk with a Doc on June 12

By Steven Bartolotta The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is inviting Fort Worth residents of all ages to participate in “Walk with a Doc” at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12. The event, which will...

School of Public Health Class of 2021 Graduate and SPH Leon Brachman Community Service Award, Joanna Li.
  • Education
| June 1, 2021

Nutrition, service and lessons of public health drive, motivate SPH honors graduate in her work

By Sally Crocker Working as a Public Health Nutritionist in the Greater New York area is a big job. School of Public Health (SPH) 2021 honors graduate Joanna Li understands the job well from experience, having spent three years traveling through different boroughs and neighborhoods to deliver nutrition counseling and services to women and children....

Exterior photo of Pottsburo Library
  • Patient Care
| May 28, 2021

When pandemic hit, HSC and rural library joined forces to protect a community

By Katie Shanklin From limited resources to lack of internet access, living in rural areas can be challenging. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, HSC and one rural North Texas community’s public library teamed up to help keep residents healthy. According to...

The following people are on the team:; J.K.Vishwanatha; Harlan Jones; Riyaz Basha; Al Yurvati; Michael Smith; Bruce Bunnell; Stephen Mathew; Rance Berg; Thank you.; jk; Jamboor K. Vishwanatha; Ph.D.; Regents Professor and Vice President; Founding Director; Texas Center for Health Disparities; PI; National Research Mentoring Network; Texas CEAL Consortium
  • Education
| May 28, 2021

HSC receives $3.9 million grant to expand program that increases diversity among cancer researchers

By Alex Branch The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) at Fort Worth will significantly expand a program that creates diversity in the medical and biomedical sciences fields thanks to a $3.9 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.  ...

Second-year TCOM student Summer Beckworth
  • Education
| May 27, 2021

TCOM student earns once-in-a-lifetime chance to earn Masters of Space Studies

by Steven Bartolotta Summer Beckworth dreams of practicing osteopathic medicine among the stars.   The second-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine soon will embark on an exclusive one-year program to earn a Masters of Space Studies (MSS) at the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. The yearlong program runs from...