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November 15, 2017

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ENROLLMENT REMAINS CONSTANT IN RURAL TEXAS

TTP CEO Brent Magers

tags: Lubbock, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

November 15, 2017

Understanding Addiction

Through the Betty Ford Center’s Summer Institute program, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center medical students and faculty have a first-hand look at what happens to those suffering from addiction, what struggles the disease brings and how the disease is treated.

tags: General, Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Students

November 13, 2017

Thailand pharmacy students visit Abilene campus

Faculty and staff from TTUHSC Abilene recently hosted a pair of pharmacy students from Khon Kaen, Thailand.

tags: Abilene, School of Pharmacy, Stories, Students

November 09, 2017

Helping After Harvey

Portia Grant, a senior Veteran to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (VBSN) student, knew she wanted to be a part of the military growing up. Her father served for 28 years in the Army before his retirement, and she wanted to follow in his footsteps, enlisting in the Army in 2011. While she wanted to be a soldier, she also wanted to be a health care provider.

tags: Campus Life, General, Lubbock, Military, School of Nursing, Stories

November 07, 2017

Pharmacy student benefits from national meeting experiences

Peia Lee, a fourth-year student at the School of Pharmacy’s Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) campus, left her mark on the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual meeting Oct. 7-10 in Phoenix.

tags: Dallas, School of Pharmacy, Stories, Students

November 03, 2017

Sex and Gender Differences Affect Treatment

The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health held their annual Sex and Gender Differences Symposium on October 27 at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). The keynote speaker Alyson McGregor, MDMA, FACEP, director of the Division of Sex and Gender Emergency Medicine and associate professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, focused on physiological differences between men and women, and how these differences play a role in treatment and research.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

November 03, 2017

Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health begins fall presentations

The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health kicked off its Amarillo fall schedule of events by hosting Girl Power Oct. 12 at the Amarillo Civic Center’s Regency Room.

tags: Amarillo, Stories

November 03, 2017

Pharmacy students stage penny war benefiting AHA

Student organizations at the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy in Amarillo staged a penny war in conjunction with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Heart Walk that took place Oct. 21.

tags: Amarillo, School of Pharmacy, Stories, Students

November 03, 2017

Faculty, students give back to the community at Dia de la Mujer

As a way to give back to the community, students and faculty from TTUHSC-Amarillo participated in Dia de la Mujer, an event organized specifically to address health concerns for Hispanic women in the Texas Panhandle.

tags: Amarillo, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Stories, Students