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Researcher Receives Highest Faculty Honor

The Texas Tech University System today (Dec. 14) approved Vadivel Ganapathy, Ph.D., as a Grover E. Murray Professor. Ganapathy joined the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine in 2014 as professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry after serving in the same capacity for fourteen years at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Researchers Use a Pump-induced Disease to Define Underlying Molecular Mechanism

Researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) investigated a pump-induced disease and defined the molecular mechanism that triggers it. The study, “On the effect of hyperaldosteronism-inducing mutations in Na/K pumps,” was published in the October issue of the Journal of General Physiology.

You Are Never Too Old to Get Vaccinated

The Free Clinic will partner with the Lubbock Health Department to offer free vaccines from 3 to 5 p.m. every third Wednesday at Lubbock Impact 2707 34th St. Vaccines will include pneumococcal, hepatitis A and B, influenza, TdaP (for tetanus, diphtheria and adult whooping cough), Gardasil (for human papillomavirus), meningococcal (for meningitis) and Zostavax (for shingles).

More medicines, new screening tools gaining traction in breast cancer treatment

New treatments and screening tools are enabling patients with Breast Cancer to show improvements in survival by about 10 months. Texas Tech Physicians share these cutting edge tools and how it is changing care for their patients.

TTUHSC Selects New Vice President of Research

Quentin Smith, Ph.D., has been named the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) new senior vice president of research. Smith is the current dean of the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy and will serve in that role concurrent with the senior vice president of research.

What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet? 

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy’s Texas Panhandle Poison Center along with the Lubbock County VOICES Coalition will host a Medication Cleanout™ from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 7 at the Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion, 3601 Fourth St.

Texas Tech Physicians to Host Health Fair

A Rite of Passage

Christmas in July Food Drive Carnival

Christmas in July Food Drive Carnival

TTUHSC Extends Reach to Austin College Graduates

TTUHSC Extends Reach to Austin College Graduates

Free Clinic Offered for Women’s Health Day

The Big Colon

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