April 2023 Archive

Campus Life

Medical Students Raise $92,000 with Lubbock City Lights Charity Gala

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • April 27, 2023

TTUHSC medical students raised more than $92,000 with the 2023 Annual Lubbock City Lights Charity Gala April 1.

Education

Texas Tech Mental Health Initiative to Host West Texas Regional Mental Health Conference

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • April 27, 2023

TTUHSC will host the West Texas Regional Mental Health Conference 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 31 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

Research

TTUHSC’s Garrison Institute on Aging Program Supports Dementia Patients, Family Caregivers

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • April 27, 2023

Recent estimates say that more than 400,000 people in Texas are living with ADRD, and more than 1.5 million unpaid family members and friends are serving as informal caregivers for these ADRD patients.

Research

TTU System Health Policy and Public Health Think Tank Hosted First West Texas Health Disparities Research Symposium

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • April 25, 2023

The inaugural West Texas Health Disparities Research Symposium marks the largest event resulting from the work of the TTU System Health Policy and Public Health Think Tank.

Health

What Do You Know about Esophageal Cancer?

  • By Udit Verma, M.D.
  • April 19, 2023

April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month, and health care professionals want to provide valuable information regarding this cancer that occurs in the esophagus or food pipe.

Research

Company Owned by TTUHSC Researchers Named to Regional Incubator Program

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • April 18, 2023

TTUHSC researchers Ted Reid, Ph.D., and Phat Tran, Ph.D., have been accepted into the 2023 REACH (Regional Energy Accelerator for Commercializing Hard-Tech) incubator program.

Campus Life

TTUHSC’s Capitol Day Highlights the Fight for Telehealth

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • April 18, 2023

30 faculty, students and scientists from TTUHSC arrived at the Texas capitol to promote expanding telehealth for the rural Texans whose lives could drastically improve with access to health care.

Health

New Support Group for Those With Diabetes

  • By Melissa Whitfield
  • April 07, 2023

To help those with the disease, the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center launched a diabetes support group.

Campus Life

School of Medicine Students Showcase Research for Student Research Day

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • April 06, 2023

TTUHSC School of Medicine students and resident researchers presented more than 90 research posters at 2023 Student Research Day on April 5 in Amarillo.

Research

New Partnership to Help Children Read and Learn

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • April 06, 2023

Tori Gustafson, Au.D, CCC-A, and Tobias Kroll, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, will conduct research in partnership with the Betty M. Condra School for Education Innovation to improve education for students with unique learning needs.

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