September 2021 Archive

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.

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