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Griswold Named Executive Director of TTUHSC Clinical Research Institute

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • October 02, 2019

John A. Griswold, M.D., was named as the new executive director of the Clinical Research Institute at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).

TTUHSC Researchers Use NHANES to Search for Hypothyroid-Sleep Apnea Link

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • October 01, 2019

Several past studies have sought to determine if a link exists between thyroid disorders like hypothyroidism, a decrease in thyroid hormone levels, and sleep apnea, a potentially dangerous condition in which a sleeping person’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts. However, results from those studies were generally based upon clinical observations that were limited by small population samples and produced often conflicting results.

Making a Difference: The Free Clinic Extraordinary Volunteers

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • September 26, 2019

Paul David Gaschen is a second-year medical student and also president of the Raider Med Run Club from Lubbock. He received his Bachelor of Arts University Scholars degree at Baylor University and has an interest in orthopaedic surgery.

Head Trauma in Children

  • By Lazlo Nagy, M.D. and Preston D’Souza
  • September 11, 2019

Most visits to the emergency department for children involve some form of head trauma and are usually due to falls, motor vehicle accidents or sports injuries.

School of Medicine Launches Middle School to Medical School Program

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • September 10, 2019

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine will launch the Middle School to Medical School (M to M) program with a kickoff event at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at Harmony Science Academy, 1516 53rd St.

Novel Approach Leads to Potential Sepsis Prevention in Burn Patients

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • September 05, 2019

To help reduce the risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and its associated complications, Abdul Hamood, Ph.D., a professor for the Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine, and a team of collaborators investigated the feasibility of developing a topical treatment unrelated to conventional antibiotics that can be used to battle Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

5K Fun Run Raises Awareness for Cleft Lip and Palate

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • August 29, 2019

Parents dreaming of the arrival of a new bundle of joy hope for a healthy baby. Yet, many babies are born with birth defects. According to the March of Dimes, about 6,800 babies in the U.S. are born with oral clefts each year. A cleft lip is a birth defect in which a baby's upper lip doesn’t form completely and has an opening in it.

Making a Difference: The Free Clinic Extraordinary Volunteers

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • August 28, 2019

Abigail Buckholz, is a fourth-year medical student from Carlsbad, New Mexico. She earned her Bachelor of Science in biological sciences: neuroscience, and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with minors in music and chemistry. She plans to compete a double residency in psychiatry and internal medicine or family medicine.

Empowering Medical Students

  • By Suzanna Cisneros
  • August 27, 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.

Cuello’s Potassium Channel Research Published in PNAS

  • By Mark Hendricks
  • August 27, 2019

Cuello and his team from TTUHSC’s Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics recently completed a study in which they attempted to capture at atomic resolution a picture/snapshot of one of the two ion-bound configuration that seem to coexist within the selectivity filter of K+-channel.

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