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50 Heroes Dr. Myron Jacobson Fc
  • Our People
| July 27, 2020

50 Heroes: Dr. Myron Jacobson

Dr. Myron Jacobson was the right man at the right time. After the UNT System College of was created in 2011, UNTHSC leaders needed someone with the vision and experience to build a high-quality program to train the providers...

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  • Research
| July 24, 2020

COVID-19 Research Reports

COVID-19 Research The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on communities. Rajesh R. Nandy, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatics and Epidemiology, and a data analytics team is studying all...

Covid 19 Drinking Fc
  • COVID-19
| July 20, 2020

New research points to far-reaching public health concerns of pandemic stress drinking

By Sally Crocker There’s a lot of drinking going on during COVID-19. Takeout, home deliveries and curbside pickup of beer, wine, liquors and other alcoholic products have increased significantly – from 40%-50%, according to different sources – over the months...

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  • Our People
| July 20, 2020

50 Heroes: Dr. Albert Yurvati

It’s not often that a surgeon operates on one of the founders of the medical school they attended. But that’s just one of the tantalizing tales from the remarkable career of Dr. Albert Yurvati. TCOM’s Director of Medical Education and...

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  • Education
| July 15, 2020

HSC prioritizes microcredentials to enhance students’ career readiness

By Betsy Friauf At The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), student career readiness is enhanced in myriad ways. One of the latest is microcredentialing. Microcredentials are competency-based, specialized certifications attesting that a student has...

Covid-19 Test
  • COVID-19
| July 15, 2020

What you need to know while awaiting COVID-19 test results

By Sally Crocker As virus rates continue surging nationwide, a growing number of people are getting tested for COVID-19, and many have important questions on what to do while they await results. According to Dr. Diana Cervantes, faculty epidemiologist with...

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  • On Campus
| July 14, 2020

Emerging biotech company to expand from Silicon Valley to The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

By Diane Smith The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth will be a new home and primary area of growth for CAGE Bio Inc., a privately held clinical-stage company, currently a resident company at Johnson &...

Dr. Ralph Willard
  • Our People
| July 13, 2020

50 Heroes: Dr. Ralph Willard

During his tenure at HSC Fort Worth, Dr. Ralph Willard helped establish education, research and community service as the pillars that support the institution’s commitment to finding solutions for a healthier community, preventing disease and fostering a collaborative learning environment....

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  • Community
| July 8, 2020

HSC’s FitWorth providing dairy, produce for Fort Worth’s food insecure families

By Diane Smith The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s FitWorth program is partnering with GoFresh to provide boxes of food to hungry families struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration will supply families with dairy...

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  • Our People
| July 6, 2020

50 Heroes: Dr. Arthur Eisenberg

So many families with missing loved ones received closure thanks to Arthur “Art” Eisenberg. A pioneer in bringing DNA typing into both paternity testing and the field of forensic genetics, Dr. Eisenberg helped establish the UNT Center for Human Identification...