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Towards a Positive Psychology

  • By Michael Gomez, Ph.D.
  • January 09, 2020

TTUHSC Receives SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • December 11, 2019

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has been approved for reaffirmation of accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

2019 State of the University Address

  • By Amy Skousen
  • December 09, 2019

In the TTUHSC State of the University Address, TTUHSC Interim President Lori Rice-Spearman focused on this unmatched growth and how it has enhanced the patient, educational and research environment at TTUHSC.

$100,000 Awarded to High-Performing Texas Tech Startups

  • By Texas Tech University Innovation Hub
  • December 06, 2019

Recipients of the Presidents’ Innovation Award are determined by the presidents of Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Researcher Modifies Antibiotic to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • December 06, 2019

Over the last decade, headlines across the U.S. have been dominated by the national opioid epidemic, and rightfully so. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 47,600 people died from opioid overdoses in 2017 alone, and more than 17,000 of those deaths involved prescription opioids.

Holiday Eating Can Unwrap a Hidden Health Grinch

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • December 04, 2019

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), more than 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes and approximately 40,000 more are diagnosed each year. That represents just a fraction of the country’s 30 million people with diabetes, including the vast majority who live with Type 2 diabetes. What’s more alarming is that another 84 million Americans are considered to be pre-diabetic, and though they may be dealing with symptoms of the disease, almost 90% have no idea they are at risk.

Care Beyond Recovery

  • By Amy Skousen
  • November 14, 2019

Palliative Medicine is growing, especially here in West Texas. This is a team-centered approach to health care that not only helps patients maximize function amid critical illness, but helps assist them in improving the quality of their lives beyond the physical realm. Psychological, cultural, and spiritual support mechanisms are essential in effective palliative care.

TTUHSC’s Stark Enjoys Role as the Area’s Only Addiction Psychiatrist

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • November 05, 2019

When Amy Stark, M.D., entered medical school in 2009, she did so with the intention of becoming a surgeon specializing in breast cancer. Those intentions remained generally unchanged until the end of her third year. Now, a decade later, she is the only addiction psychiatrist in Amarillo.

Celebrating Cultures and Education

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • November 05, 2019

SNMA is one of the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run organizations focused on the needs and concerns of culturally diverse medical students. The TTUHSC School of Medicine SNMA chapter participates in various projects including mentoring undergraduate students, promoting health care fields with elementary students, organizing community health fairs, working with the undergraduate community and helping improve medical school curriculum and admissions.

The Fight Continues Against Alzheimer’s Disease

  • By Gabriela Arandia, Ph.D.
  • November 04, 2019

In 1983, U.S. President Ronald Reagan declared November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month to foster awareness and inspire action against Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia among older adults. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning, which affects memory, behavior, problem solving, self-management and in some cases loss of emotional control and personality changes, all of which interfere with daily activities and severely affect quality of life.

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