January 2018 Archive

Chancellor’s Council Recognizes Texas Tech University System’s Top Faculty

• By Scott Lacefield
• February 06, 2018

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert Duncan recently recognized 14 faculty members from the system’s four component institutions as recipients of the 2018 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards. These awards recognize excellence in academics and research, and are the most prestigious honors granted to faculty members throughout the TTU System.

Get Insight into Becoming a Health Care Professional

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• January 30, 2018

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host the annual Future Health Care Professionals’ Experience (FHPE) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. February 17 at the Academic Classroom Building, 3601 Fourth St.

Atrial fibrillation – What you need to know

• By Olusegun Oyenuga, M.D.
• January 29, 2018

Electricians of the heart (cardiac electrophysiologist) treat different forms of heart rhythm problems but by far, atrial fibrillation (afib) is the most common with millions of people in the United States affected. Unfortunately, the affected number of people is on the rise.

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

• By Hope LaFreniere
• January 17, 2018

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.

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.