July 2019 Archive

Teach Your Child Coping Skills Before Heading Back to School

• By Sarah Mallard Wakefield, M.D.
• August 05, 2019

TTUHSC School of Medicine Names New Department of Psychiatry Chair

• By Marcos Rubio
• July 31, 2019

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine announced the appointment of Sarah Mallard Wakefield, M.D., as the new chair of the Department of Psychiatry.

Medical Students Receive First White Coats

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• July 29, 2019

The white coat is one of the most visible symbols of the health care provider. Incoming students for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine Class of 2023 will take part in the White Coat Ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday (August 2) at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre, 1501 Mac Davis Lane.

Don’t Comply with Mosquito Bites, Here’s How to Prevent Them

• By Marcos Rubio
• July 09, 2019

As more rains and thunderstorms hit West Texas, the more we are seeing mosquitos and mosquito bites. Ronald Warner, DVM, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, has ways to prevent these bites referring to them as the “Four Ds.”