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June 10, 2020

TTUHSC Earns High Marks in Global Higher Education Ranking

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has ranked TTUHSC among the top 7.1% of 20,000 universities worldwide for 2020-2021.

tags: Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Lubbock, Miscellaneous, Permian Basin, School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

June 09, 2020

New Texas Tech Physicians Headache Clinic Offers Hope to Headache and Migraine Sufferers in the Panhandle

The newly-established Texas Tech Physicians Headache Clinic is providing a multidisciplinary approach to treatment by ushering patients to make lifestyle changes and encouraging natural and homeopathic remedies, nutritional counseling, physical therapy, medications, injection therapy and acute rescue therapy for adults.

tags: Amarillo, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

May 29, 2020

Texas Tech Physicians Doctors Make "Top Docs" Lists

This year, more than 100 Texas Tech Physicians doctors were recognized by fellow area physicians as being among the best in their field and included in Amarillo Magazine’s and Lubbock Magazine's "Top Docs" lists.

tags: Amarillo, Lubbock, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

May 19, 2020

TTUHSC Recognizes School of Pharmacy Faculty, Staff

The TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy conducted its annual Celebration of Achievement May 8 to recognize faculty and staff who have helped make the 2019-2020 school year a special one for students.

tags: Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Faculty, Lubbock, School of Pharmacy, Staff, Stories, Students

May 06, 2020

TTUHSC Responds to Call from Gov. Greg Abbott to Increase VTM Capacity for Texas Through Production and Education

In an April 27 press conference, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke of increasing testing availability in Texas—saying the state would aim to test 30,000 people a day in the coming term. His OpenTexas report recognized TTUHSC as a producer of Viral Transport Medium (VTM), a critical component to expanding access to COVID-19 testing across the state.

tags: Amarillo, COVID-19, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

April 29, 2020

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Teams Bring Convalescent Plasma Treatments to West Texas

TTUHSC medical teams from the Panhandle and South Plains recently joined a study led by the Mayo Clinic to use convalescent plasma in severely-ill patients with coronavirus (COVID-19).

tags: Amarillo, COVID-19, Lubbock, Research, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories

April 24, 2020

TTUHSC Named Most Affordable Medical School in the Country

The U.S. News and World Report ranked the TTUHSC School of Medicine as the most affordable medical school in the country for out-of-state and in-state tuition and fees.

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

April 24, 2020

The Effects of COVID-19 on the Pharmaceutical Industry

We spoke with David Simmons, R.Ph., and Eric J. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D., about how pharmacies are handling the changes brought about by the pandemic and what the public needs to know regarding medications and supplies.

tags: Amarillo, COVID-19, Faculty, School of Pharmacy, Statline, Stories

April 20, 2020

Glenna Goodacre’s Legacy Lives on in West Texas

Glenna Goodacre, a West Texas native and renowned sculptor, died on Monday, April 13. She was 80. While the region mourns the loss of a gifted, trailblazing artist, people also cherish the wonderful art she created throughout her life, and the legacy and inspiration she leaves behind.

tags: Amarillo, Lubbock, Statline, Stories

April 15, 2020

How Does COVID-19 Affect Pregnancy and Childbirth?

With the world continuing to adjust to life under the COVID-19 pandemic, many expectant mothers are understandably anxious about how the virus could affect their pregnancies, their hospital and clinic visits, and first days of parenthood.

tags: Amarillo, COVID-19, Faculty, School of Medicine, Statline, Stories, Texas Tech Physicians

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