Fort Worth, Health Science Center Partner To 'Better Understand Health Concerns Of Residents' 

Arlington TX

06 April, 2022

7:14 PM

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By Alexis Allison, Fort Worth Report April 5, 2022 In March 2020, the University of North Texas Health Science Center partnered with the Fort Worth to create one of the city's earliest COVID-19 testing sites for first responders. "We'd always historically had a great working relationship," David Mansdoerfer, special assistant to the president at the Health Science Center, told the City Council on Tuesday. "But that was a really good project (where) we could come together in a time of need." Two years later, the city and the academic institution have formalized their collaboration; the organizations entered into an agreement in early March to support and streamline public health efforts in Fort Worth. Mansdoerfer presented the partnership to the council during Tuesday's work session. "When you think about public health, you think about your local government, you think about academic health science centers and you think about hospital systems," he said. "Our goal was to build a collaborative relationship that expanded on the work that was already happening between both of our organizations." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.