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How to Keep Students Healthy This New School Year

Experts say the best thing to add to your back-to-school list is a vaccine. Currently, children 12 years or older can be vaccinated.

TTUHSC Welcomes Incoming Pharmacy Students at White Coat Ceremony in Amarillo

Incoming first-year and returning second-year students from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy campus were officially welcomed into the program at the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony Aug. 14 (Saturday) at the Harrington Auditorium on the TTUHSC campus, located at 1300 South Coulter.

TTUHSC Welcomes Incoming Pharmacy Students at White Coat Ceremony in Dallas

Incoming first-year and returning second-year students whose ceremony was postponed last year due to the pandemic officially were welcomed to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy campus in Dallas Aug. 7 at the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony.

TTUHSC Amarillo Employees Honored as Texans Caring for Texans

The TTUHSC School of Medicine honored its Texas Tech Physicians Pediatric Hematology-Oncology team at the 2021 Texans Caring for Texans awards program.

Scopes and Scrubs Event Welcomes New Class of 2025

As is tradition for incoming medical students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), the School of Medicine class of 2025 gathered together on Saturday, July 31, to be presented with their first scrubs and their first stethoscopes from Alumni Relations.

Summer’s Heat Can Impact Prescription and Patients

Patients should consider two things when it comes to safely storing and using medications during the summer, the first of which is the effect of excessive heat on the medicine itself. The second, and perhaps the most important factor to consider is how heat can influence the effects of some medications on one’s body.

Called to Medicine: Despite Pandemic, Interest in Medical Field Increases

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine Class of 2025 pledged their commitment to the profession as they received their white coats at the White Coat Ceremony Sunday (Aug. 1).

InfantRisk Center Offering Free Subscriptions to MommyMeds and InfantRisk HCP Apps

The InfantRisk Center (IRC) at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is offering free, six-month subscriptions to its InfantRisk HCP App Aug. 1-7 for World Breastfeeding Week.

Team Members Recognized at 2021 Awards Ceremonies

Team members across Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center were recently recognized for exceptional work and years of service at each campus community.

STAT!Alert Emergency Notifications Update: Text Alerts

TTUHSC is working to increase the database of mobile numbers, hoping to reach a maximum number of people through text message.

New Rural Student Health Sciences Mentorship Program Provides Guidance, Advice to Rural High School Students Seeking Health Care Careers

West Texas AHEC is a component of TTUHSC’s F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health whose activities include coordinating pipeline activities to recruit and engage students to enter the health care workforce.

TTUHSC Hosts West Texas Regional Mental Health Conference

The Texas Tech Mental Health Initiative (TTMHI) has been working to build capacity to address mental health issues. TTUHSC hosted the virtual West Texas Regional Mental Health Conference on July 16 using the TTUHSC Zoom platform.

School Based Occupational Therapy

School-based occupational therapists help children fulfill their role as students, preparing them for college and careers, as well as community involvement.

Fun in the Sun Can Take a Toll on Skin

As seasonal temperatures rise, people are making plans for getting outside and enjoying warm weather activities like swimming, hiking, golf and camping at the lake. That may be especially true this year as the country seeks a summer of normalcy following 18 months of pandemic restrictions.

How to Avoid a Trauma Surgeon This Summer

The trauma team’s job, on what is often the worst day of your life, is to take every action to keep you or your loved ones alive. While some injury patterns may be specific to a certain geographic region, others are well-established national causes of trauma such as car accidents, gun violence, falls and assault. Part of a trauma surgeon’s job is injury prevention — and ultimately, avoiding a visit to the emergency room.

Skin, Feet Need Special Protection During the Summer

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine physicians Michelle Tarbox, M.D., a dermatologist, and Jerry Grimes, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, explain how to plan ahead and enjoy the warm weather intelligently.

“These Aren’t the Days of the Strawman"

COVID-19 brought its fair share of challenges to TTUHSC by making clinical hours and in-person lectures unavailable for students. However, it also has given TTUHSC a chance to explore the strengths and weaknesses of fully incorporating simulation into virtual learning.

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About TTUHSC

Since 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has worked to provide quality education, research and patient care to West Texas. But there is a lot that people don’t know about TTUHSC. Here’s a list of ten things you may not have known about our university.

The Future of Long-term Care in a Post-COVID World

We spoke with two experts in the field of healthcare management to learn more about where we are now with long-term care and what we have learned for the future.

World Blood Donor Day

The goal of World Blood Donor Day, June 14 yearly, is to “raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion and of the critical contribution voluntary, unpaid blood donors make to national health systems,” according to the World Health Organization.

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