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March 2019 Archive

Public Health Spans the Health Care Spectrum

In a 1920 article he penned for Modern Medicine, noted American bacteriologist and public health expert Charles-Edward A. Winslow described public health as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals."

A Passion for Teaching

After spending the first 35 years of his career at Georgia Regents University, Vadivel Ganapathy, Ph.D., arrived at TTUHSC in 2014 as the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences chair and professor for the Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry. His journey to Lubbock, however, began in the 1970s when he earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Madras University in India.

From Neurosurgery to Biomedical Science

As a boy growing up in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Guillermo Altenberg, M.D., Ph.D., recalls always wanting to be a doctor.

Graduate Students Earn Awards, Scholarships

Sreedhar Reddy Suthe and Sharavan Ramachandran, Ph.D. candidates in the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPPS), each have been named recipients of multiple awards. GPPS students Nehal Gupta, Ekram Chowdhury and Yoon Jung Lee also garnered awards and scholarships recently.

From Coyotes to Biofilm Research

As an undergraduate student at Peru State College in Nebraska, Whitni Redman had her first glimpse into research working with coyotes. Trappers brought in coyotes and the research team studied the gastrointestinal tracts of the animals.

When Cancer Hits Close to Home

Riccay Elizondo, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate from San Angelo, remembers wanting to be a veterinarian at the age of three and then a physician in high school. But then in her senior year as an undergraduate in college, she took an immunology class, and the experience opened her eyes to a whole new world of research — she was hooked.

Student Research Week to Highlight Animalcules

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will host the 31th Annual Student Research Week March 19-22 at the TTUHSC Academic Classroom Building 3601 4th St.

Celebrating Tradition

Thirty-two TTUHSC students from the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences attended the Official Ring Ceremony and received their rings from Texas Tech University System Chancellor and TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.

Graduates Continue to Amaze Us as They Embark on the Future

Explore, Engage and Imagine

TTUHSC schools have worked collaboratively to provide the West Texas community insight into health care fields. High school students, college students and current professionals interested in entering a new career are encouraged to attend.

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