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Dell Medical School Taps Medical Informatics Expert to Lead Population Health Department

Dr. William Tierney, an internationally recognized leader in medical informatics and health services research who has devoted his career to creating innovation, value and efficiency in health care delivery, will be the inaugural Chair of Population Health for the Dell Medical School at UT Austin.
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Dell Medical School Health Sciences Summer Camps Introduce Austin Students to Medicine & Health Professions

The Dell Medical School at UT Austin won’t open for nearly a year. But its first group of students — more than 50 Austin Independent School District (AISD) high schoolers — has already started with Monday’s launch of the Dell Medical School Health Sciences Summer Camp.
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UT Austin Receives Final Approval for New Doctorate for Nurses

UT Austin’s School of Nursing has received final approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to launch a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree program, a professional doctoral program designed to prepare graduates for today’s increasingly complex health care practice and clinical leadership roles.
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“Very Light” Smoking Popular Among Young Adult Women, Study Finds

“Very light” smoking, defined as five or fewer cigarettes per day, is common among young adult women in the United States, according to researchers at UT Austin.
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Seton and UT Austin Launch Innovative Research to Improve Healthcare Services Delivery

Seton Healthcare Family and UT Austin’s Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs have announced the funding of seven new health care research studies aimed at resolving critical health and health care services delivery problems in Central Texas.
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Marijuana Use is Down and Disapproval is Up Among Young Teens

Since 2002, the proportion of adolescents reporting marijuana use has decreased, and more younger adolescents report strong disapproval of marijuana use initiation.
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UT Game Changers: Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Researchers in the College of Education are making an impact in the field of Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
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UT Game Changers: Kids and Physical Activity

Researchers in Kinesiology and Health Education are studying children’s activity and its effects on behavior.
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Dell Medical School Receives Accreditation, Will Welcome First Class Next Year

The Dell Medical School has received preliminary accreditation — a major milestone that allows the school to begin recruiting its first class, implementing its innovative academic programs and curriculum, and creating a model healthy city and community.
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Medication May Stop Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Researchers have successfully stopped cocaine and alcohol addiction in experiments using a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat high blood pressure.
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Authoritarian Parenting Can Lead to Depression and Other Disorders Among Latino Children

Authoritarian parenting can lead to depression and somatization in young Mexican American and Dominican American children, according to new research from UT Austin’s School of Social Work.
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Study Links Heartbeat to Female Libido

Sexual dysfunction in women can be linked to low resting heart rate variability, a finding that could help clinicians treat the condition, according to a study by psychologists from UT Austin.