Community Connections Luncheon
WHAT: Community Connections Fall Membership Event, sponsored by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health (LWBIWH), United Supermarkets and Northwest Texas Healthcare System.
WHEN: 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sept. 20
WHERE: The home of Lea Wright, 3201 South Travis St., Amarillo
EVENT: Janet Tornelli-Mitchell, M.D., will present, “Stress Management Skills for the Multitasking Woman,” at the Community Connections Fall Membership Event. Tornelli-Mitchell is a former physician from the renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas. Her specialties include internal medicine and women’s health. She is also the wife of TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.
Community Connections is a group of women and men serving as advocates for the LWBIWH through outreach and education. Annual memberships are $35.
Seating is limited. To make a reservation, call Stacey Jodal at (806) 356-4617 or email stacey.jodal@ttuhsc.edu.
The LWBIWH was created in 2007, and is dedicated to the cultivation and advancement
of multidisciplinary science in women's health and to the promotion of the well-being
of women through research, education and community outreach. The institute has centers
in the Permian Basin, Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo and El Paso. Visit www.laurabushinstitute.org for more information.
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