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August 09, 2022

TTUHSC Excels in National NSF Innovation Corps Teams

With a regional I-Corps Innovation Hub just down the street from TTUHSC's Lubbock campus, there are continuous opportunities for participation from students and faculty within the Texas Tech University System.

tags: School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

August 08, 2022

Texas Tech Physicians Providers Honored as Texans Caring for Texans

Each year state agencies from the upper 26 counties in the Texas Panhandle are invited to select an employee or team of employees to receive a Texans Caring for Texans award.

tags: Amarillo, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

August 02, 2022

TTUHSC Professor and Student Receive Awards for Care and Advocacy for Underserved Populations

The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) awarded Adrian Billings, M.D., Ph.D., the Clinician of the Year.

tags: Permian Basin, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

July 29, 2022

Taking an Oath to Serve, Heal

The TTUHSC School of Medicine Class of 2026 pledged their commitment to the profession as they received their white coats Sunday (July 29) at the White Coat Ceremony.

tags: Feature Stories, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Students

July 14, 2022

School of Medicine Group Uses Hydroponics to Help Community

The produce grown from the hydroponic system inside the Free Clinic will be donated to the soup kitchen inside of Lubbock Impact.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, The Free Clinic

July 13, 2022

TTUHSC Receives Health Resources and Services Administration Grants for Permian Basin

HRSA recently awarded grants to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Health Professions and School of Medicine on the Permian Basin campus.

tags: Feature Stories, Permian Basin, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

July 07, 2022

Loving the Skin You’re In Can Reduce Skin Cancer Risks

For sunny summer days, Michelle Tarbox, M.D., provided tips for prevention and protection regarding skin cancer risks.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

June 28, 2022

Humanitarian Effort to Eradicate Schistosomiasis Enters Important Stage

Primarily found in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, schistosomiasis is second only to malaria as a deadly tropical parasitic disease.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

June 10, 2022

Snail Fever Vaccine Reaches First Human Clinical Trial

A preventative vaccine for major tropical disease schistosomiasis has reached a Phase 1 clinical trial, providing a dose for the first healthy human volunteer.

tags: Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

June 09, 2022

Gene Sequencing an Important Tool in COVID-19 Battle

Gene sequencing, a process of determining the sequential order of the building blocks that make up a strand of DNA, is used to keep pace with the constantly moving target that is COVID-19.