July 11, 2025

Historic collaboration brings shipping container-based health care clinic to Jeff Davis County

Texas A&M Health and TTUHSC joined with the student-led organization, Texas A&M BUILD—along with local leadership and other collaborators—to unveil a new, innovative medical care facility for a Trans-Pecos region rural community: a 40-foot, retro-fitted shipping container.

July 11, 2025

Improving Health Care Access, Education Through Research

The service area for TTUHSC, a recognized leader in academic health and biomedical research training, encompasses 121 Texas counties.

May 07, 2021

New Book Emphasizes the Importance, Impact of Community Health Workers

Julie St. John, the associate dean for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), is the lead editor for a new textbook detailing the work of community health workers (CHWs).

November 24, 2020

The Reason I Wear a Mask

Dr. Billy Philips shares why he wears a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 04, 2020

Study Links Three Key Variables to Higher Rural Mortality Rates in US

Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate in the U.S for rural residents has exceeded that of urban dwellers. In a recently completed study, researchers from the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) sought to determine why this disparity exists in general, and why specifically this imbalance varies so much between states.

January 17, 2018

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

January 11, 2018

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health ranked states with rural counties (47) on the quality of their rural health. The report ranks states on a 4.0 scale by measuring mortality, morbidity and access to health care of rural counties. Overall, 10 states received a grade of A, while nine received a failing grade.

January 04, 2016

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Awarded Network Access Improvement Project

TTUHSC awarded NAIP to improve telemedicine education and delivery.

December 02, 2015

TTUHSC Hosts Rural Health Information Fair

Interprofessional rural health experts show the way to improve health care for all.

June 02, 2014

Superior Service: Employees Honored with Quality Awards

An elite group of TTUHSC employees were recently recognized during the 2014 Distinguished Staff Awards and Years of Service Ceremony.