2015 Strat Plan in Action 18Sept NEW-DEVEL

HEALTH AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
KEY INITIATIVES
1. Established a new College of Nursing and Health Innovation to
enhance the health sciences focus.
2. Develop closer collaborations between UTA and the health
sector through joint projects and appointments.
3. Establish a Center for Engineering in Medicine to enhance
translational research.
4. Enhance research foci in bioengineering, neurosciences, kinesiology,
gerontology, and computational sciences, supporting the thrust
through cluster and targeted hires.
5. Enhance the health focus in the College of Business.
6. Enhance the reach and impact of programs involving the School of
Social Work.
Implemented In progress Planned
VETERANS’ ASSISTANCE
Social work Associate
Professor Alexa Smith-
Osborne (right) and bioengineering
Professor Hanli Liu have
successfully used a portable
brain-mapping device to show
cognitive dysfunction among
student veterans with PTSD.
Dr. Smith-Osborne employs the
findings in her work as principal
investigator for UTA’s Student
Veteran Project, which offers
free services to veterans returning
to college.
RENOWNED EDUCATOR
New College of Liberal Arts
Dean Paul Wong is an acclaimed
sociologist with expertise in
comparative racial and ethnic
issues, substance abuse,
community and mental health,
education, and poverty and
welfare. “UTA serves a student
population and a surrounding
area that are multi-ethnic,” he
says. “We will play a major role in
shaping the future of North Texas
and the entire state.”
HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP
Dr. Joseph Borrelli Jr. (right), an
orthopedic surgeon with Texas
Health Arlington Memorial
Hospital, and bioengineering
Professor Liping Tang are
playing key roles in the new Pre-
Medical Student Preceptorship
Program. Dr. Borrelli says that
“the physicians at Texas Health
Arlington Memorial Hospital are
giving UTA pre-med students
a real-life understanding of a
doctor’s world.”
BOLD SOLUTIONS
GLOBAL IMPACT
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