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Education

Lubbock ISD Middle School Students Become Docs for a Day

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • November 12, 2025

Lubbock Independent School District students from Atkins Middle School, McCool Academy and Evans Middle School became doctors for a day as the TTUHSC Student National Medical Association (SNMA) hosted Docs for a Day Nov. 10.

Celebrating Veterans: TTUHSC’s General Martin Clay’s Legacy of Service and Leadership

  • By Kay Williams
  • November 10, 2025

From his initial enlistment in the Army National Guard 36 years ago to his leadership in military and civilian health care management roles, Major General Martin Clay’s career has been shaped by adaptability, mission focus and service to others.

Research

Project Team Analyzing Survey Results to Increase TTUHSC Grant Funding Capacity

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • November 07, 2025

A project team conducted a capacity-building study during the last year aimed at increasing TTUHSC's overall NIH funding. The team is led by Lance McMahon, Ph.D.

Research

NIH-Funded Exploratory Study to Seek Possible Targets for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • November 05, 2025

In an effort to uncover therapeutic targets of AUD, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the NIH awarded a two-year, $407,468 grant to Dawei Li, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine and GSBS.

Research

Summer Program Introduces Medical Students to the Research Laboratory

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • October 20, 2025

Each year, approximately 100 first-year TTUHSC School of Medicine students — more than half of the Lubbock class — step out of the classroom and into the laboratory to spend part of their summer making unique discoveries through the Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP).

Research

TTUHSC Researcher Awarded CPRIT Grant to Study Type of Pediatric Bone Cancer

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • October 15, 2025

CPRIT recently awarded a two-year, $198,822 grant to Balakrishna Koneru, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics at TTUHSC’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Research

TTUHSC Researchers Find Blood-Brain Barrier Remains Resilient in Alzheimer’s Disease Model

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • September 29, 2025

A team of scientists at TTUHSC has published new evidence suggesting that the brain’s protective shield remains largely intact in a commonly used mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

Campus Life

From Backpacks to White Coats: TTUHSC School of Medicine Invests in Tomorrow’s Healers Today

  • By Kay Williams
  • August 14, 2025

As part of its partnership with JAMP, the TTUHSC School of Medicine Admissions Office recently partnered with Alderson Elementary School in the Lubbock Independent School District to provide critical school supplies.

Research

TTUHSC School of Medicine Resident Making an Impact as Published Researcher

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • August 07, 2025

During the current fiscal year, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, M.D., has contributed to 19 papers in high-impact journals, including nine on which he served as first author.

Education

TTUHSC’s Affordable Medical Education Empowers West Texas Students to Serve

  • By Krystal Meazell
  • July 25, 2025

On Friday, July 25, students marked a defining moment in their journey at the White Coat Ceremony, symbolizing not only the start of their medical education but also their dedication to the communities that shaped them.

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