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Permian Basin Fellowship Program Works to Break Down Mental Health Stigma in West Texas

December 10, 2020

Permian Basin Fellowship Program Works to Break Down Mental Health Stigma in West Texas

Unique to The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Family Medicine Department in Odessa, Texas, the Family Medicine Mental Health (FMMH) Fellowship Program is designed to offer training in psychological practices. Within the program, fellows provide integrative care as they train alongside primary care residents.

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

TTUHSC’s Varma Appointed to HRSA Advisory Council

December 03, 2020

TTUHSC’s Varma Appointed to HRSA Advisory Council

On November 17, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) announced that Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s Dr. Surendra Varma has been invited by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to serve as a member of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).

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tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians, TTUHSC in the News

TTUHSC’s Sutton Receives Grant from Lupus Research Alliance To Continue Work on Potential Treatment for Rare Form of Disease

December 01, 2020

TTUHSC’s Sutton Receives Grant from Lupus Research Alliance To Continue Work on Potential Treatment for Rare Form of Disease

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) recently named R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), as a recipient of a 2020 Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award (LMTA).

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tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, TTUHSC in the News

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, In a New Old-Fashioned Way

December 01, 2020

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, In a New Old-Fashioned Way

This holiday, follow the guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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tags: COVID-19, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

TTUHSC’s Reddy Elected Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

November 25, 2020

TTUHSC’s Reddy Elected Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Reddy has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers and based upon the nominee’s scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

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tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, TTUHSC in the News

Relief and Hope for Those with Severe Depression

November 24, 2020

Relief and Hope for Those with Severe Depression

TMS is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. The treatment for severe depression involves delivering repetitive magnetic pulses to a specific area of the brain. TMS is typically used when other depression treatments have not been effective.

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tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians, TTUHSC in the News

TTUHSC Hosted Third Abilene Research Symposium

November 23, 2020

TTUHSC Hosted Third Abilene Research Symposium

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) hosted top researchers from the Abilene area Oct. 30 at the third Abilene Interdisciplinary Symposium on Cancer & Biomedical Research.

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

Abilene Community Health Center Celebrates Five Years of Service

November 23, 2020

Abilene Community Health Center Celebrates Five Years of Service

Today the CHC has an 18-member staff that includes a medical director, four providers, three RNs (including Stevens), a clinical nursing assistant, three LVNs, one full-time and one part-time behavioral health specialist, three front office staff and two pharmacists.

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tags: Abilene, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

TTUHSC School of Medicine Graduates Find Fulfilling Careers in Rural Medicine

November 09, 2020

TTUHSC School of Medicine Graduates Find Fulfilling Careers in Rural Medicine

In Andrews, Texas, a rural town in the Permian Basin about 30 miles east of New Mexico, a small handful of TTUHSC School of Medicine graduates are making a difference—improving the town’s overall wellbeing and finding purpose in doing so.

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tags: Alumni, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

TTUHSC Medical Student Organization to Take Annual Banquet Online

November 03, 2020

TTUHSC Medical Student Organization to Take Annual Banquet Online

To meet the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine will go online to host its annual scholarship banquet, “A Cultural Affair: Scholarship Gala.”

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tags: School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Students

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