- Patient Care
HSC Experts: Flu vaccine is ‘essential component of prenatal care’
By Kathryn Lytton and Diane Smith Traci Benson is matter-of-fact about protecting herself from the flu. This year, there is added incentive - she is an expectant mother trying to protect her baby. “It’s 100% important, especially with COVID happening right now,” said...
- Our People
50 Heroes: Senator Jane Nelson
You can’t walk far across campus without seeing Senator Jane Nelson’s impact on HSC. Since taking office in 1993, she has helped the university double in size, expand to six schools and lead a culture change around safety in health care with the founding of...
- Our People
HSC Regents Professor Dr. Scott Walters and colleagues share progress addressing nation’s opioid crisis
By Sally Crocker A special issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence has been released, profiling the efforts of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to address the nation’s opioid crisis. $350 million in funding has been committed to this program between 2019-2022 in what is notably the largest implementation science study...
- Our People
student finds universal language through magic
By Arnessa Blanks, Communications Intern Fourth-year pharmacy student, Rohit Sampat, never thought his love of magic would help him in his pursuit to become a pharmacist. Sampat says preparing for magic shows and interacting with different people has helped him tremendously as he prepares...
- Education
Goldman Scholar dreams of owning a pharmacy and helping the underserved
By Krista Roberts Iman Zidan has big aspirations. Her ultimate goal is to own her own pharmacy to serve the less fortunate. “I continue to push myself everyday so that I am one step closer to successfully serving and giving back to my...
- Our People
50 Heroes: John H. Harakal, D.O.
Students in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate with a thorough, hands-on knowledge of the musculoskeletal system – a knowledge that is hugely beneficial regardless of practice specialty or research focus. While that knowledge is foundational to osteopathic medicine, the driving force behind its teaching and practice at TCOM was John H. Harakal,...
- Our People
TCOM faculty, students and alumni honored by AOF
By Steven Bartolotta A top-flight career of quality, compassion and excellence received an exclamation point as the American Osteopathic Foundation named Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Dr. Janice Knebl the 2020 Physician of the Year. Dr. Knebl, TCOM’s Interim Chair of...
- Our People
MHA Program Director Dr. Stephan Davis contributes to national diversity, equity and inclusion report
By Sally Crocker The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, with contributions from the HSC School of Public Health, has released a set of recommendations for building a culture of fairness, respect and inclusion in health professions learning environments. SPH Assistant Professor and MHA Program Director Stephan...
- Community
Taking away the pain
By Diane Smith Seven heroin users walked into Fort Worth’s Recovery Resource Council on the Monday after Thanksgiving looking for help. They wanted to stop injecting. Case workers know when to expect spikes in traffic by people who don’t want to take pills or heroin anymore. They show up after holidays, when celebrities overdose or after police bust a “pill mill.” Family gatherings often include urgent pleas from fathers, mothers and siblings. “‘Either...
- Our People
50 Heroes: Dr. Ronald Blanck
Ronald R. Blanck, DO, was a born leader. Before serving as President of the Health Science Center from 2000 to 2006, Dr. Blanck spent three decades in the U.S. Army. The Army’s Surgeon General and commander of the U.S. Army...
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