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TTUHSC Pharmacy Professor Named President-Elect of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

By Suzanna Cisneros
December 20, 2021

Craig Cox, Pharm. D., was named president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

TTUHSC Professor Named Fellow for National Academy of Inventors

By Suzanna Cisneros
December 07, 2021

Samuel Prien, Ph.D., professor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratory, has been named to the 2021 class of Fellows for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Research

TTUHSC Researchers Receive Patent for Identifying Viable Embryos

By Mark Hendricks
December 02, 2021

The Texas Tech Office of Research Commercialization (ORC) filed an initial U.S. patent application in 2016, and a patent was awarded to Prien and Penrose on Nov. 8, 2021.

Campus Life

TTUHSC Names New Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

By Suzanna Cisneros
November 22, 2021

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has named Jody C. Randall as its new vice president of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Research

TTUHSC Researchers to Study Efficacy of Telepractice in Treating Children Born with Cleft Palate

By Mark Hendricks
November 09, 2021

The clinical trial grant, “Speech Intervention via Telepractice for Children with Repaired Cleft Palate: Randomized Controlled Trial and Assessment of Speech Production and Perception Skills,” is the first multi-year NIH grant awarded to the School of Health Professions.

Wise Named Regional Dean for the TTUHSC School of Nursing Dallas Campus

By Mark Hendricks
September 30, 2021

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has named Tiffani Wise, R.N., DNP, as regional dean for the School of Nursing in Dallas, which currently offers two Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) programs.

TTUHSC Selects Benton as Regional Dean, Jan & Ted Roden Endowed Chair for Permian Basin Campus

By Mark Hendricks
September 20, 2021

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has announced Timothy J. Benton, M.D., FAAFP, as regional dean for the Permian Basin campus, effective Sept. 15. Benton, who served as the interim regional dean since May, also was named the Jan & Ted Roden Endowed Chair.

Campus Life

TTUHSC named a ‘2021 Great College to Work For®'

By Melissa Whitfield
September 17, 2021

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is one of the best colleges in the U.S. to work for, according to a recent survey by The Great Colleges to Work For® program. The results were released in a special insert in the Sept. 17 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center Earns Community Health Quality Badges from Health Resources and Services Administration

By Mark Hendricks
September 03, 2021

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded four 2021 Community Health Quality Recognition badges to the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Nursing.

Study Could Lead to New Treatments for Neuroblastoma

By Mark Hendricks
September 02, 2021

In previous research, a team of investigators led by C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine Cancer Center, began studying the potential for using the ways cancer cells maintain telomeres — the protective caps on the end of chromosomes — to attack certain cancer cells.

TTUHSC Amarillo Employees Honored as Texans Caring for Texans

By Meaghan Collier
August 06, 2021

The TTUHSC School of Medicine honored its Texas Tech Physicians Pediatric Hematology-Oncology team at the 2021 Texans Caring for Texans awards program.

Called to Medicine: Despite Pandemic, Interest in Medical Field Increases

By Suzanna Cisneros
July 31, 2021

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine Class of 2025 pledged their commitment to the profession as they received their white coats at the White Coat Ceremony Sunday (Aug. 1).

How Hot is Your Car?

By Suzanna Cisneros
June 08, 2021

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Chief Health Officer and Department of Family and Community Medicine Chair Ron Cook, D.O., and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provide some safety reminders regarding children and cars in warm weather.

TTUHSC Medical Students Educate about COVID-19 Vaccination Misconceptions with Outreach to Hispanic Communities

By Suzanna Cisneros
April 19, 2021

To help address this disparity, student members of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) answered questions and myths about the COVID-19 vaccine for the Hispanic community.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Collaborates With Mansfield, Methodist Health System to Address Nursing Shortage

By Melissa Whitfield
April 07, 2021

The TTUHSC School of Nursing will expand its traditional BSN program to Mansfield, Texas, providing a resource for new nurses critical to the operation of hospitals and clinics.

NIH Selects TTUHSC Postdoctoral Research Associate for Pathway to Independence Award

By Mark Hendricks
March 29, 2021

Subodh Kumar, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research associate for the Reddy Lab in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Department of Internal Medicine, was selected in September 2020 to receive a five-year K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging.

Surgeon Brings FEVAR Procedure to Area Patients

By Mark Hendricks
February 19, 2021

Wei Li, M.D., MPH, a vascular surgeon and an associate professor of surgery at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, is the first in the region to perform the Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Repair (FEVAR) procedure.

TTUHSC’s Dissanaike Appointed to Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee

By Kate Gollahon
January 15, 2021

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Department of Surgery Chair Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D., to the Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee. Dissanaike holds this appointment until the end of her term on January 15, 2026.