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Campus Life

Health Care Community Comes Together to Host Bone Marrow Registry Event

  • By Meaghan Collier
  • November 19, 2021

Be The Match Registry® is the world’s largest and most diverse donor registry. The organization provides the most ethnically diverse listing of potential donors and umbilical cord blood units in the world, with more than 22 million potential donors and more than 300,000 umbilical cord blood units.

Health

Beating the Smoking Habit Can Benefit More than the Lungs

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • November 17, 2021

Since it hosted the first national Great American Smokeout in 1977, the American Cancer Society has touted the third Thursday each November as a jumping-off point for smokers to commit to a healthier life without cigarettes or other tobacco products.

Campus Life

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

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • November 16, 2021

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.

Research

New Research to Examine Effects of Vitamin E on Obesity

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • November 11, 2021

Vitamin E has antioxidant properties that protect cells against molecules produced when your body breaks down food. Leslie Shen, Ph.D., C.C.R.P., said these molecules may play a role in other diseases such as obesity.

Health

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

  • By Shaili K. Felton, M.D.
  • November 10, 2021

For National Diabetes Awareness month, Shaili K. Felton, M.D., takes the opportunity to cover the basics of diabetes so that individuals can take control of their health.

Transition to Fall May Have Some People Feeling the Blues

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • November 09, 2021

Kelly Bennett, M.D., a family medicine doctor at Texas Tech Physicians and associate professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, addresses a form of depression known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a low level of depression that's common in the northern hemisphere during this time of year.

Campus Life

TTUHSC Recognizes Distinguished Alumni

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • November 01, 2021

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

TPPC Concludes Fall Medication Cleanout® Cycle

  • By Kate Gollahon
  • October 29, 2021

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.

Campus Life

TTUHSC Announces New Center of Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease Treatment

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • October 27, 2021

To help advance the treatment of this potentially life-threatening condition that affects more than 200 million people across the globe, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) established the TTUHSC School of Medicine Center of Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease.

Recognizing Intimate Partner Violence

  • By Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D.
  • October 21, 2021

Despite being a common problem, stigma surrounding intimate partner violence (IPV) leads to an unwillingness to speak of it publicly, resulting in under-recognition of a widespread, serious problem.

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