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Woman of Distinction

Dr. Katie Cardarelli, was presented with the 2013 Discover Award by the Girls Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains at the organization’s recent Women of Distinction Luncheon.

Residency Experiences

DrPH Residency Experiences at UNTHSC in School of Public Health

SPH student presents to United Nations

MPH graduate student was a presenter, at the recent United Nation’s (UN) 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

SPH Faculty Honored at President’s Awards

Three School of Public Health faculty members were honored for their research excellence at the recent UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) President’s Faculty Awards ceremony.

SPH Dean Dr. Richard Kurz

Dean Kurz honored by TPHA

Congratulations to Dr. Richard Kurz, UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health (SPH) Dean, who has been named a Fellow of the Texas Public Health Association (TPHA)

Childhood Obesity Conference

Statistics show that 2.5 million children in the U.S. age 12 to 20 are severely obese (weighing more than 100 lbs. over ideal weight).

Homan named Biostatistics Chair

Sharon Homan, PhD, has been named as Chair for the Biostatistics Department in the School of Public Health.

UNTHSC helps ensure DO recertification standards

TCOM's John Bowling, DO, Professor and Assistant Dean of Rural Medical Education, has helped revamp and computerize the written cognitive certification exam for the American Osteopathic Association (A

Students visit from South Korea

Recently, 11 undergraduate students from Eulji University, South Korea, visited the SPH to learn more about our programs and hear presentations from our noted faculty researchers

TCOM maintains top 50 ranking in Primary Care by US News & World Report

For the 11th consecutive year, US News & World Report ranked the UNT Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine among the top 50 of all medical schools nationally for primary care.

Students learn health needs of rural vets

As students in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Rural Scholars Program know, access to health care can be a challenge in isolated rural areas. Recently, these future physicians learned abo

UNTHSC physicians and researchers honored as Fort Worth HealthCare Heroes

Four from the UNT Health Science Center were honored as HealthCare Heroes for creating healthier communities by the Fort Worth Business Press, two earning special awards.

Medical student saves neighbors from fire

Kyle Sulak, a third-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student, recently demonstrated the clear judgment and life-saving instincts essential to his future profession. Moments from departing wi

Rural medicine students get ‘face-time’ with new group video conferencing

Seven rural Texas communities have something in common besides their small populations - students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Rural Osteopathic Medical Education of Texas (ROME) p

OMM Department receives $121,000 endowment gift

A Dallas osteopathic physician left an anonymous estate gift of $121,000 to TCOM and the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM). The gift helps launch a $1 million endowment for the OMM

D'Agostino named Cowtown medical director

Darrin D'Agostino, DO, MPH, Chair of Internal Medicine at the UNT Health Science Center, has been named Medical Director for The Cowtown. The annual event, to be held February 22-24 at Will Rogers Mem

Video: Continuing the tradition of excellence at TCOM

When he transferred to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) from another medical school, Tyler Kloven (TCOM '13) wasn't your typical new student at the UNT Health Science Center. But it di

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine attracts a record number of applicants

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine now leads all other medical schools in the state of Texas for its percentage increase of student applicants.

TCOM's Academy of Medical Educators: An innovative approach to medical education

An ambitious and unique outcomes-oriented approach to medical education at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is based on providing professors the teaching skills that will impact quality of me

North Texas Health Forum Addresses Childhood Obesity

Make plans now to attend the 6th annual North Texas Health Forum, sponsored by the UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) School of Public Health.

New Papers Published

Dr. Jose Pagan, professor and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy, collaborated on a paper, published in the December 2012 issue of HealthAffairs.

Public health researchers earn Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant

Two UNT Health Science Center School of Public Health domestic tuberculosis researchers have received one of four new $100,000 grants to enable emerging researchers to explore the effect of public hea

Dean Kurz advises on state public health committee

SPH Dean Richard S. Kurz, PhD, attended a recent meeting of the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) in Texas

Public health readiness: state accreditation grant renewed

Continuing the efforts to assess, support and increase the readiness of Texas' local health departments for accreditation, based on standards of the national Public Health Accreditation Board....

Getting to Know You

School of Public Health faculty and staff recently visited the UNT Denton campus, to host breakfast and meet with undergraduate student advisors...

libby watson award

Honoring Outstanding Philanthropy

Libby Watson, volunteer Chair of the Public Health and Prevention Civic Council at UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC)...

SPH starts new AcademyHealth Student Chapter

Twenty-five SPH students are members of the new AcademyHealth Student Chapter on the UNTHSC campus, initiated this fall, and already a number of activities have taken place...

SPH alum receives prestigious award

Congratulations go to SPH alum Cara Hamann (MPH, Spring '06), now pursuing her doctoral degree in epidemiology at the Iowa College of Public Health...

MPH Professional Option Degree Goes Online

To help students manage life, work and educational goals more conveniently, the School of Public Health has introduced online classes...

Two TPI faculty members selected for national CityMatCH CityLeaders program

The Texas Prevention Institute (TPI), housed in the School of Public Health, is a multidisciplinary institute that brings together faculty and research programs...

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