January 2018 Archive

Talking the essentials: Protecting yourself from incontinence

  • By Charles Thompson, M.D.
  • January 15, 2018

Urinary incontinence is uncomfortable, but treatable, problem for many people. There are many strategies that individuals can employ themselves to ease the burden of the unwanted leak.

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

  • By Hope LaFreniere
  • January 11, 2018

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health ranked states with rural counties (47) on the quality of their rural health. The report ranks states on a 4.0 scale by measuring mortality, morbidity and access to health care of rural counties. Overall, 10 states received a grade of A, while nine received a failing grade.

Student Research Week to Celebrate 30 Years

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 08, 2018

Call for Research Abstracts. Every year, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students organize Student Research Week to showcase the work of the next generation of biomedical researchers and invite distinguished national and international speakers to present discoveries on a specific theme.

Two long-time Amarillo employees retire

  • By Justin Patterson
  • January 08, 2018

TTUHSC at Amarillo recently said farewell and best wishes to two long-standing employees -- Paul Tullar, M.D. and Sherry Skidmore.

Amarillo Staff Senate hosts 2017 "Deck the Halls" contest

  • By
  • January 08, 2018

The TTUHSC Staff Senate in Amarillo hosted its "Deck the Halls" holiday door decorating contest last month.

GSBS selects Dean’s Scholar Award honorees

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • January 08, 2018

In support of its goal of recruiting and retaining the best quality student, TTUHSC’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recently selected Md. Abul Kaisar and Nehal Gupta as the latest recipients of the Dean’s Scholar Award.

Amarillo grad students receive travel scholarships

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • January 08, 2018

Three graduate students from the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPPS) recently received travel scholarships to attend to attend conferences related to their research.

Physical therapy students help local food bank efforts

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • January 08, 2018

A group comprised of first-year physical therapy students, faculty and alumni in Amarillo spent a few hours Nov. 30 packing boxes with holiday meal ingredients at the High Plains Food Bank.

TTUHSC Licenses Rights to Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy Gene

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 05, 2018

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has licensed patent rights to the limb-girdle muscular dystrophy gene, nano-dysferlin developed by Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., associate professor in the TTUHSC Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics.

Research opening gates for better targeting drugs

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • January 04, 2018

Researchers at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) have determined the kinetic cycle of a potassium channel at atomic resolution.

Tags