December 2017 Archive

Researcher Receives Highest Faculty Honor

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• December 18, 2017

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.

TTUHSC Researcher Receives National Institutes of Health Grant

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• December 12, 2017

Abilene student earns second place in ASHP competition

• By Mark Hendricks
• December 11, 2017

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently announced that Hayley Brazeale, a fourth-year pharmacy student on the TTUHSC Abilene campus, earned a second-place finish in ASHP’s Fall 2017 New Drug Update competition.

Amarillo campus salutes veterans

• By Mark Hendricks
• December 04, 2017

To commemorate Veteran’s Day, some of the TTUHSC veterans on the Amarillo campus attended a small reception Nov. 10 where they were recognized for their service to our country.

Amarillo researchers identify promising compounds to treat neurodegenerative diseases

• By Mark Hendricks
• December 01, 2017

New compounds designed and synthesized in the lab of Paul Trippier, Ph.D., show the effects of protecting human neurons from a form of cell death common in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.