School of Public Health News

SPH doctoral student receives national workplace safety award
Posted: 05/16/2012
At the recent American Association of Occupational Health Nurses conference in Nashville, Tennessee, SPH doctoral candidate Joyce Hood, MPH, RN, COHN-S, was presented with the national UL PureSafety ...

Three SPH Faculty Receive Awards
Posted: 05/08/2012
Three School of Public Health (SPH) faculty members have been recognized for outstanding service, teaching and research.

Pictured with SPH Dean Richard S. Kurz, PhD, (from left to right) ar...

Tour de Fort Worth benefits Healthy Moms Healthy Babies
Posted: 05/03/2012
The Tour de Fort Worth area bike ride, to be held Wednesday, May 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m., has been designated by Mayor Betsy Price as an event that will donate proceeds to "Healthy Moms - Healt...

Physician-ownership of Cardiac Hospitals Linked to Wide Disparities in Mortality Following Angioplasty
Posted: 04/25/2012
Physician owners tout the lower mortality rates and higher quality ratings in their own cardiac specialty hospitals. Yet a recent study published in the April 2012 issue of the journal Health Affairs ...

SPH professor named to Leading Edge
Posted: 01/17/2012
Dr. Erin Carlson, assistant professor of Health Management and Policy, has been selected to participate in Leading Edge, a program of Leadership Fort Worth, Texas, for young leaders in their 20s and 30s