Influential Nurse Workforce Committee Adds Long-Time Nurse Leader
THOT-member Parkland Health’s Dr. Karen Wright selected for critical role The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee has selected Dr. Karen Wright, senior director of professional practice, nursing research, and clinical education at Parkland [...]
Two THOT members among awardees of new Medicare GME slots
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded 200 additional Medicare-funded graduate medical education slots to 109 teaching hospitals across the country. Three of the 109 institutions are in Texas, and two of those [...]
News Release: Public and Teaching Hospitals Lead the Way in Investments and Innovations to Eliminate Barriers to Behavioral Health Care
November 18, 2024 (AUSTIN, Texas) –– A new series from the Teaching Hospitals of Texas profiles some of the behavioral health care investments and innovations public and teaching hospitals are leading to respond to their communities’ [...]
UT Tyler School of Nursing PhD Student Selected for Perinatal Advisory Council
Dr. Antay Waters, PhD student in nursing at the University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing will begin a three-year term on the state’s Perinatal Advisory Council. She is the only advanced practice nurse on [...]
National Academy of Medicine Selects Physician-Researchers From Texas’ Teaching Hospitals for Membership
Texas’ teaching hospitals continue to lead the way in creating research environments that attract physician-researchers operating at the forefront of advanced research for cancer care and other new treatments for other diseases. Physicians with two Texas [...]
Physician Assistant Week 2024
October 6 – 12 is Physician Assistant Week, an opportunity to celebrate the dedicated physician assistants that make great care accessible for millions of patients every day. Collectively, physician assistants (PAs) see more than 500 million [...]
Parkland Health Cancer Program Receives National Award for Boosting Flu Vaccination Rates and Access
The National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) awarded Parkland Health’s Cancer Program with the 2023-2024 Laura Scott Outstanding Influenza Season Activities Award. This national honor recognizes the hospital’s efforts to improve flu vaccination awareness, access, [...]
UT Southwestern Biochemist Receives “America’s Nobel” for Enzyme Discovery
UT Southwestern (UTSW) biochemist Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D. is the 2024 recipient of the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the country’s preeminent prize for biomedical research and sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobel.” The award [...]
UT Tyler Launches Pharmacy Early Assurance Program to Increase Pharmacist Workforce
THOT member UT Tyler partnered with six local higher education institutions to launch a Pharmacy Early Assurance Program to increase the number of pharmacists locally.The collaboration between UT Tyler’s Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy [...]
Parkland Health Launches Postnatal Nurse Home Visitor Program
THOT member Parkland Health reaches beyond the walls of its hospital to support patients in their communities. The hospital recently launched a postnatal nurse home visitor program, where Parkland nurses visit mothers and their newborns in [...]