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Teamwork, Shared Values Highlighted in 2018 State of the University and Faculty Awards

Texas Tech University System Chancellor and TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., emphasized the importance of shared values and recognized faculty members for their achievements at the 2018 State of the University Address and Faculty Convocation Nov. 27.

TTUHSC Ranked Nationally in Minority Health Sciences Degrees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ranked Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) as one of the top 100 producers of minority health sciences degrees in the nation.

ASCP Selects Dallas Faculty Member for Senior Care Award

The American Society for Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) recently named Amie Blaszczyk, Pharm.D., the 2018 recipient of the Armon Neel Senior Care Pharmacist award.

TTUHSC, UNT Pharmacy Programs Join Forces at Career Fair

Students from all four TTUHSC School of Pharmacy campuses converged on the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Oct. 15-16 for the school’s annual career fair. The first day of the career fair included students and faculty from the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. It was the second year TTUHSC and UNT combined their career fairs.

NIH, DOD Award Grants to Abilene Cancer Researcher

To help in his cancer research, Devin Lowe, Ph.D., recently landed a pair of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD).

Grad Students Receive Awards, Scholarships, Speaking Opportunities

A group of students from the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPPS) recently have recently received awards, earned scholarships and been invited to make presentations about their research.

A Penny War, Health Fairs and Reading Books

From waging beneficial battles over spare change to encouraging area youngsters to read, it’s been a busy fall for School of Pharmacy student organizations at the TTUHSC-Amarillo campus.

TPPC Wraps Up Fall Medication Cleanout Cycle

The collections provide a way for residents to remove unwanted or unused medications from homes, schools and the streets by safely disposing of them in a free, legal and environmentally sound manner.

Abilene Team Wins School of Pharmacy Clinical Skills Competition

Nicole Buzzard and Caitlin Burton, fourth-year pharmacy students (P4s) on the TTUHSC Abilene campus, beat nine other teams Oct. 4 and Oct. 6 to capture the School of Pharmacy’s 2018-2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (AHSP) Clinical Skills Competition title.

Amarillo Researcher Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant

As a researcher, Vardan Karamyan, Ph.D., an associate professor for the School of Pharmacy in Amarillo, is motivated by many factors, including a desire to contribute to the world’s collective knowledge database about treating strokes.

ASCP Picks Dallas Pharmacy Students as Ambassador

Dallas third-year pharmacy student Devyn Pontzer has been selected to serve as a Student Ambassador for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).

Pharmacy School’s Global Health Elective Begins in Peru

A School of Pharmacy student and faculty members from the Abilene campus recently joined a TTUHSC contingent on two interprofessional medical trips to Peru.

Pharmacy Faculty Named ACCP Fellow, PRN Chair

Molly Minze, Pharm.D., and Kalin Clifford, Pharm.D., from the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice were honored by their peers Oct. 20-23 at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Global Conference in Seattle.

GPPS Students Earn Awards, Travel Scholarships

Six students from the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences recently earned poster awards and travel scholarships.

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 and the Texas Department of Public Safety will host a Medication Cleanout™ from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion, 3601 Fourth St.

Amarillo PDC Chapter Meets New Pharmacy Students

Since early August, Beta Rho, the School of Pharmacy’s Phi Delta Chi (PDC) student organization chapter in Amarillo, has organized several events to introduce the chapter to first-year students and start planning for the upcoming school year.

Abilene Students Help Keep Highway Clean

Epsilon Tau, the Kappa Psi student organization chapter for the Abilene campus, participated in an Adopt-a-Highway cleanup on Aug. 25.

Dallas Campus Welcomes Inaugural Pharmacy Class

With the start of the 2018-2019 academic year beginning Aug. 13, the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy now provides all four years of its Pharm.D. program at its Dallas-Fort Worth campus. To mark the occasion, the school held a reception Aug. 20 to introduce the 48-member Dallas campus Class of 2022.

Lubbock Hosts Annual Pharmacy Student Leadership Retreat

More than 100 students and 21 faculty members representing all four School of Pharmacy campuses met Aug. 17-18 in Lubbock for the school’s annual Student Leadership Retreat.

APCC Schedules Dates for Employee Flu Shots

The Amarillo Pharmaceutical Care Center (APCC), the Amarillo campus pharmacy located on the first floor of the School of Medicine building, has set up three dates for employees to receive their flu shots: August 28 and 30 (1:30-5 p.m.) and August 29 (8:30a.m. – noon).

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