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Making A Difference: The Free Clinic Extraordinary Volunteers

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 11, 2019

Volunteering at The Free Clinic has furthered my desire to help people from communities of need, specifically, the Spanish-speaking patients.

Explore, Engage and Imagine

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 11, 2019

TTUHSC schools have worked collaboratively to provide the West Texas community insight into health care fields. High school students, college students and current professionals interested in entering a new career are encouraged to attend.

Early Dedication to Medical Education

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • March 11, 2019

EDME is for all students who have an interest in the medical field. EDME’s goal is to build a connection between high school students and the TTUHSC School of Medicine.

Values at Work

  • By TTUHSC
  • March 01, 2019

Abilene faculty and staff presented with commemorative coins representing one of the five values of TTUHSC.

Educating the Next Generation of Physicians

  • By Melissa Whitfield
  • February 28, 2019

Williams, originally from Dublin, Ireland, moved to Lubbock, Texas, as an assistant professor in 1995 after completing postdoctoral training in the area of gene regulation and cancer at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland. He was promoted to associate professor in 2001 and served as Director of Research at the Southwest Cancer Research and Treatment Center until 2005.

Prien Named to National Academy of Inventors

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 22, 2019

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Professor Samuel Prien, Ph.D., to the inaugural class of 66 NAI Senior Members.

Answering an Ad for a New Team

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 22, 2019

Dr. Tom Tenner walked into the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for the first time April 1, 1978 on what he calls an auspicious day. Thinking back, he stopped to calculate the number of times he has walked into the doors of this university. Subtracting holidays, weekends, sick days and vacations over the past 41 years, he figured — about 9,000 times.

Mentoring Others and Giving It His Best

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • February 20, 2019

As a 23-year-old college graduate in 1998, Dr. Felix Morales, sat next to astronaut, physician and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine alumnus Dr. Bernard Harris at an event to kick off a new premedical society. Morales was asked by Dr. Leo Vela from the Office of Diversity to help start this organization in order for the undergraduate campus to be more inclusive of all people who may want to go into the medical field.

Abilene Committee Embraces Values-Based Culture

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • February 13, 2019

To weave the new values-based ideals into its own cultural tapestry, TTUHSC’s Abilene campus recently organized the One Team Fun Team, a new committee that advances the university’s culture and supports its values, while making the campus a preferred employer in Abilene.

Rising to a Need for Health Care

  • By Steven Berk, MD
  • February 07, 2019

In 1969, the 61st Texas Legislature passed a bill creating the Texas Tech University School of Medicine that was signed by Gov. Preston Smith. The establishment of this institution was not without its challenges and controversies.

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