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New Undergraduate Health Sciences Major Creates Opportunities for Careers in Health Care
Health care is one of the largest sectors of the U.S. and global economies with job growth expanding at rates much faster than other industries. TCU’s Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences is continuing to meet the critical need for health care professionals through its newest undergraduate major, the Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Sciences.
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An Occupational Therapy Program is Coming to TCU
The new OTD program will meet a critical need for rehabilitation professionals in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the state and the nation.
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Singer to Lead Center for Collaborative Practice, Fellowship
The TCU Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Fellowship and the TCU Center for Collaborative Practice are now under combined leadership. Diana Singer, Ph. D., was named director of the Center for Collaborative Practice, as well as the coordinator of the EBP Fellowship.
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Harris Frog Blog: Athletic Training
You see us on the sidelines of the football field and on the bench of the basketball court. To some, we are the “water girls,” but we are so much more than that. We are student athletic trainers.
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TCU's Athletic Training Program: 'No Timeout, No Halftime, No Offseason'
What does touring with Disney on Ice have in common with working in the NFL with the New England Patriots or the professional soccer team Kansas City Current? All are jobs that TCU students have earned after graduating from Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences’ athletic training program within its kinesiology department.
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Dementia Buddies
Dr. Earl Hampton, a retired pediatric doctor, was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2019. This is also known as dementia with Lewy bodies and is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s.
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Class of 2023 Senior Spotlight: Kyndal Smith
The Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences proudly celebrates the accomplishments of our students, like Kyndal Smith, a TCU Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders speech pathology major and child development minor. She spoke with Harris College about her undergraduate and post-graduate endeavors.
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Horned Frogs in The News: TCU Professors Help Revitalize Local Park
Fort Worth Report recently told the story of how volunteers celebrated Earth Day by picking up litter at Glenwood Park in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside neighborhood.
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Class of 2023 Senior Spotlight: Diana Singer
The Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences proudly celebrates the accomplishments of our students, like Diana Singer, a Ph.D. in Health Sciences candidate. She spoke with Harris College about her undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral experience and post-graduate endeavors.