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School of Pharmacy Archive

March 03, 2022

TTUHSC Faculty Receive Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards

Texas Tech University System (TTU System) Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) President Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., and TTUHSC Provost and Chief Academic Officer Darrin D’Agostino, D. O., presented the 2022 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards March 3.

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

February 01, 2022

NIH Awards Grant to TTUHSC Researcher

To better understand the role of extracellular vesicles in the spread and progression of LAM, the NIH recently awarded a four-year, $2.8 million grant to Magdalena Karbowniczek, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of immunotherapeutics and biotechnology at the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy.

tags: Research, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

January 20, 2022

Team Member Spotlight | Amie Taggart Blaszczyk, Professor and Division Head

Amie Taggart Blaszczyk, Professor and Division Head of Geriatrics and Pediatrics for the School of Pharmacy, discusses how she came to join TTUHSC and shares what she enjoys most about her role.

tags: Administration, Dallas, Faculty, General, Miscellaneous, School of Pharmacy, Staff, Stories, Team Member Spotlight, Values

December 20, 2021

TTUHSC Pharmacy Professor Named President-Elect of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Craig Cox, Pharm. D., was named president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

tags: Faculty, General, Lubbock, Miscellaneous, School of Pharmacy, Stories, TTUHSC in the News

November 23, 2021

TTUHSC Faculty and Students Use Fun Environment to Help Children Manage Diabetes

Camp New Day is a non-profit summer camp for children with diabetes that was originally started over 35 years ago. Thomas Parker, an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the Pediatrics Division at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, took over as co-director of the camp when it was going to be ended in 2009.

tags: School of Pharmacy, Stories

November 16, 2021

TTUHSC Vision Highlighted at State of the University & Faculty Award Convocation

On Nov. 4, Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) spoke at the State of the University & Faculty Award Convocation. Rice-Spearman emphasized TTUHSC’s vision—to transform health care through innovation and collaboration.

tags: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories, Vision

November 01, 2021

TTUHSC Recognizes Distinguished Alumni

On October 8, the 2020-2021 Distinguished Alumni award recipients gathered together for a celebration dinner held at the Academic Event Center in Lubbock.

tags: Alumni, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

October 29, 2021

TPPC Concludes Fall Medication Cleanout® Cycle

The Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC), hosted by the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, recently conducted its 2021 Fall Medication Cleanout® cycle with collections in Amarillo, Abilene and Lubbock.

tags: Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

October 20, 2021

Are Online Pharmacy Prescriptions Safe?

Pharmacist and toxicology expert Charles Seifert, Pharm.D., discusses the safety of medications obtained online

tags: School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

October 07, 2021

TTUHSC Researcher Investigates Ways to Enhance Neurolysin Activity in the Brain

Vardan Karamyan, Ph.D., in a recent collaborative study, continues his previous work evaluating the potential of Nln as a therapeutic target for stroke by seeking to identify small molecules capable of enhancing the activity and catalytic efficiency of Nln.