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Poison Center Announces Spring Medication Cleanout Events

• By Mark Hendricks
• February 05, 2018

Medication Cleanout will continue in March when the Texas Panhandle Poison Center begins its three-stop spring collection cycle.

Get Insight into Becoming a Health Care Professional

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• January 30, 2018

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will host the annual Future Health Care Professionals’ Experience (FHPE) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. February 17 at the Academic Classroom Building, 3601 Fourth St.

Atrial fibrillation – What you need to know

• By Olusegun Oyenuga, M.D.
• January 29, 2018

Electricians of the heart (cardiac electrophysiologist) treat different forms of heart rhythm problems but by far, atrial fibrillation (afib) is the most common with millions of people in the United States affected. Unfortunately, the affected number of people is on the rise.

Abilene nursing students prepare for job interviews

• By Mark Hendricks
• January 26, 2018

School of Nursing students who are completing their final semester at the TTUHSC campus in Abilene sharpened their job interview skills in a mock interview exercise Jan. 24.

Pharmacy students prepare for residency interviews

• By Mark Hendricks
• January 24, 2018

The School of Pharmacy’s Office of Professional Affairs sponsored and conducted mock interviews for all fourth-year (P4) students who are planning to apply for post-graduate residency positions.

Abilene Researcher Lands NIH Grant to Develop Kidney Cancer Vaccine

• By Mark Hendricks
• January 24, 2018

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a three-year grant to Laurence Wood, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology at TTUHSC in Abilene.

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

• By Hope LaFreniere
• January 17, 2018

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health Grades States’ Rural Health

• By Hope LaFreniere
• January 11, 2018

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health ranked states with rural counties (47) on the quality of their rural health. The report ranks states on a 4.0 scale by measuring mortality, morbidity and access to health care of rural counties. Overall, 10 states received a grade of A, while nine received a failing grade.

Student Research Week to Celebrate 30 Years

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• January 08, 2018

Call for Research Abstracts. Every year, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students organize Student Research Week to showcase the work of the next generation of biomedical researchers and invite distinguished national and international speakers to present discoveries on a specific theme.

Physical therapy students help local food bank efforts

• By Mark Hendricks
• January 08, 2018

A group comprised of first-year physical therapy students, faculty and alumni in Amarillo spent a few hours Nov. 30 packing boxes with holiday meal ingredients at the High Plains Food Bank.