March 2019 Archive

Educating Health Care Professionals — One of the Largest Schools in the Nation

  • By Lori Rice Spearman, Ph.D.
  • April 02, 2019

The School of Health Professions continually has expanded to innovatively meet the growing health care needs of this and other communities across the nation. With a high demand for these professions, our school is training some of the most qualified health care professionals.

Graduate Students Earn Awards, Scholarships

  • By Mark hendricks
  • March 15, 2019

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.

Poison Center Sets Spring Medication Cleanout Dates

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • March 15, 2019

The Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC) announced dates for its annual three-stop spring Medication Cleanout cycle. The biannual collection will get underway March 23 at the TTUHSC Amarillo campus, with additional Medication Cleanout collections scheduled for April 13 in Abilene and April 27 in Lubbock.

Abilene Pharmacy Student to Attend Anti-Doping Conference

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • March 14, 2019

Though they are most visible working behind the nearest drug store counter, pharmacists have many other unique and lesser-known clinical opportunities. It’s one of those less traveled career paths that most interests third-year TTUHSC-Abilene pharmacy student Athena Brindle.

Pharmacy Students Become Advocates in Austin

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • March 14, 2019

Fifty students representing all four School of Pharmacy classes and campuses travelled to Austin Feb. 26 for Pharmacy Day at the Texas Capitol to advocate for more accessible health care for Texas residents and to champion advances in the pharmacy profession.

Celebrating Tradition

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 12, 2019

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.

Making A Difference: The Free Clinic Extraordinary Volunteers

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 11, 2019

Volunteering at The Free Clinic has furthered my desire to help people from communities of need, specifically, the Spanish-speaking patients.

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