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October 24, 2024

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women overall in the United States will have a diagnosis of breast cancer sometime in her life. There are currently more than four million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

September 26, 2024

Journal’s Special Edition Recalls Landmark Discovery Made in TTUHSC Lab

In September 1994, the Journal of Biological Chemistry published a paper that for the first time described the cloning, sequencing and naming of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) protein. That paper has been cited more than 1,400 times since that initial publication.

tags: Lubbock, Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

September 19, 2024

Medical Student Receives Alpha Omega Alpha Research Fellowship

Sai Pranathi Bingi, a third-year student at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, has been awarded a 2024 AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship by Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society founded in 1902.

tags: Feature Stories, Lubbock, Research, School of Medicine, Statline

September 13, 2024

Gov. Abbott Appoints TTUHSC’s Varma to Texas Medical Board District Three Review Committee

Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s (TTUHSC) Surendra Varma, M.D., to the Texas Medical Board (TMB) District Three Review Committee for a term set to expire January 15, 2026.

tags: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

September 13, 2024

Marching Through the Heat: College Band Members Tackle Physical Challenges

Marching band musicians endure physical strain which could pose a significant risk of injuries if proper precautions aren’t taken. David S. Edwards, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians sports medicine physician, spoke about injuries and preparation.

tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

September 09, 2024

TTUHSC’s Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Establishes Brain Drug Discovery Center

The Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy in Amarillo has developed the Brain Drug Discovery Center, the newest TTUHSC research center.

tags: Amarillo, Research, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

September 05, 2024

Moustaïd-Moussa Ready to Lead Collaborative Institute for One Health Innovation

Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D., is the inaugural executive director of a collaborative effort between TTUHSC and TTU known as the Institute for One Health Innovation (IOHI).

tags: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

August 09, 2024

Board of Regents Approve Appointment of Grover E. Murray Professor

The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents approved the appointment of Volker Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine, as a Grover E. Murray Professor.

tags: Faculty, Garrison Institute on Aging, Lubbock, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

August 09, 2024

Two TTUHSC Faculty 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. For 2024, the School of Medicine honored Todd Bell, M.D., and the School of Nursing honored Deborah Casida, EDS.

tags: Amarillo, Faculty, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Statline, Stories

August 09, 2024

TTUHSC’s Guan Receives NIH Grant to Continue Cell Transport Research

The NIH has awarded Lan Guan, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, a five-year, $1.96 million MIRA R35 grant.

tags: Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories