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Virtual Tribute Honors TTUHSC Class of 2020

By Mark Hendricks
May 20, 2020

Though unable to conduct traditional graduation festivities, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recognized the grace and determination with which its Class of 2020 overcame the trials and hardships brought on by a pandemic with in its first-ever virtual graduation tribute.

Study Could Lead to New Scale for Stratifying Neuroblastoma Risk

By Mark Hendricks
May 18, 2020

Results from a study conducted by a research team led by C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D., director of the TTUHSC School of Medicine Cancer Center, may prove to be a landmark in pediatric oncology.

Training Future Physicians to Treat Mental Disorders in Children

By School of Medicine
May 07, 2020

Mental health disorders in children can have a lasting, detrimental effect. TTUHSC gives health care professionals the training to help children in need.

Mental Health for Mom During COVID-19

By TTUHSC
May 05, 2020

Sarah Wakefield, M.D., Assistant Professor and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services at the TTUHSC School of Medicine, spoke with us about the importance of celebrating Mother’s Day, talking to our kids about COVID-19, and what we can learn, as families, from this monumental event.

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

By Meaghan Collier
April 29, 2020

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).

How and Why COVID-19 Affects Senior Citizens

By TTUHSC
April 28, 2020

Steven L. Berk, M.D., Executive Vice President and Dean of the TTUHSC School of Medicine, explained the reasons COVID-19 is so deadly in seniors, the lessons the medical community can learn moving forward and what we can all do to support our elderly friends and family members.

How Does COVID-19 Affect Pregnancy and Childbirth?

By TTUHSC
April 15, 2020

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.

Changing the Landscape of Health Care in West Texas

By School of Medicine
April 14, 2020

Residents of rural areas face a wide range of health care challenges. Learn how the TTUHSC School of Medicine is training doctors to provide care to those who need it most.

Standing Together: TTUHSC Students Team With Lubbock County Medical Society to Collect, Donate PPE

By Kate Gollahon
April 10, 2020

Due to COVID-19, it’s quiet on the campuses of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC)—but students are still working hard to do their part in this critical time.

TTUHSC Team Decontaminates PPE to Solve Shortages

By Mark Hendricks
April 06, 2020

One suggested way to reduce the stress COVID-19 has placed on the PPE supply chain is to extend the lifetime of existing equipment. With that in mind, a team from TTUHSC has been studying a method that can decontaminate used PPE, especially N95 masks and face shields.