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July 25, 2025

Transformative, Collaborative Gift to Accelerate Research on Urinary Tract Infections

Eliese Teasdale recently made a $975,000 gift to the TTUHSC School of Nursing to support ongoing research focusing on detection and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women.

tags: School of Nursing, Statline, Stories

July 22, 2025

The Future of Health: Musculoskeletal Care for Expectant Mothers

Dr. Deborah Y. Edwards, PT, DPT, ScD, OCS, discusses musculoskeletal care during pregnancy.

tags: School of Health Professions, Statline, Stories

July 17, 2025

Logsdon Receives Grant to Study Vascular Side of Traumatic Brain Injuries

Supported by a three-year, $578,211 grant from the National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging, Aric F. Logsdon, Ph.D., will study how brain endothelial cells, or blood vessels within the brain, handle the stressors of neuroinflammation.

tags: Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

July 11, 2025

Historic collaboration brings shipping container-based health care clinic to Jeff Davis County

Texas A&M Health and TTUHSC joined with the student-led organization, Texas A&M BUILD—along with local leadership and other collaborators—to unveil a new, innovative medical care facility for a Trans-Pecos region rural community: a 40-foot, retro-fitted shipping container.

tags: F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Health, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

July 11, 2025

Improving Health Care Access, Education Through Research

The service area for TTUHSC, a recognized leader in academic health and biomedical research training, encompasses 121 Texas counties.

tags: Abilene, Amarillo, F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Garrison Institute on Aging, Lubbock, Research, School of Population and Public Health, Statline, Stories

July 08, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Forrest Summers, MHA, BSN, R.N.

Forrest Summers, MHA, BSN, R.N., is the CEO of Perimeter Behavioral Health of Jackson.

tags: School of Health Professions, Statline, Stories

June 30, 2025

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Earns SACSCOC Recognition

TTUHSC has received a clean bill of health from the regional accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), following a Fifth-Year Interim Review by a committee from peer institutions.

tags: Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Education, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Lubbock, Permian Basin, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Population and Public Health, Statline, Stories

June 30, 2025

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rural Adolescents

Leigh Ann Reel, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A, discussed the causes and prevention strategies for noise-induced hearing loss, particularly for adolescents in rural areas.

tags: School of Health Professions, Statline, Stories

June 25, 2025

TTUHSC Amarillo Awarded $50,000 Grant for Cutting-Edge Cancer Research

TTUHSC in Amarillo has received a $50,000 grant from the Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation to support groundbreaking cancer research led by Hiranmoy Das, Ph.D.

tags: Amarillo, Research, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

June 23, 2025

Concert, Art Exhibit Celebrate End of Two-Week Arts Program for Individuals with Aphasia

Families, friends and members of the Lubbock community showed their support for the arts and those with aphasia at a June 12 concert and art exhibit marking the end of a two-week arts camp.

tags: Lubbock, School of Health Professions, Statline, Stories