Fort Worth's Medical School and More...
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is one of the nation's distinguished graduate academic institutions, dedicated to education, research, patient care and service.
Our growing 33-acre campus–located in Fort Worth's Cultural District—is home to:
- Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Department of Physician Assistant Studies
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Public Health
- School of Health Professions.
For the past eight consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine one of the top medical schools in the nation for primary care.
Highlights
Groundbreaking research protects brain from traumatic injury
UNTHSC Worth have determined that rapid, estrogen administration can protect the brain following brain injury in animals. These finding are now being tested on human trauma patients in North Texas. Dr. James Simpkins, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, and Jane Wigginton, M.D., of the emergency medicine department at UT Southwestern, are extending their animal study of the protective effects of rapid estrogen treatment to human patients with traumatic brain injury and hemorrhagic shock.
Dr. Paul Bowman leads collaboration with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dr. Paul Bowman, chairman and professor of Pediatrics, is leading a collaboration between Cook Children's Medical Center and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on a pioneering new acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment. For the first time, St. Jude allowed children to participate in the protocol study without being referred to the home base of St. Jude - Memphis.
HPV vaccine acceptability study announces results
Female caregivers of African American girls are reluctant to have their children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new study by the Center for Community Health (CCH) at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fast Facts
Our School of Public Health has a more diverse student body than any other school of public health in the nation.
