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This Halloween, Goggles for All
All grown up, and now an ophthalmologist, I would dearly love to hand out something else besides candy to every family stopping by our house. Not to the little ones, mind you – they’re still getting well-earned Snickers. Everybody else, however, will be receiving a lovely pair of safety goggles. We aren’t talking the slick looking Bono style glasses that barely cover your eyes. I mean true goggles, suctioned on to your face 360 degrees around those cherished eyeballs.
Coalition putting Abilene on the map for research
Researchers on the TTUHSC-Abilene campus are working to collaborate across disciplines and between universities in the Abilene area.
BCE schedules events for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Breast Center of Excellence (BCE) will be participating in several public outreach events during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
Surgeons provide free hernia screening
The TTUHSC-Amarillo Department of Surgery teamed up with Northwest Texas Hospital on Sept. 23 to provide no-cost hernia screenings for area patients. Surgeons Darren Peterson, M.D., and LaJohn Quigley, M.D., said more than 20 area people attended the event.
Amarillo campus students named to President’s Select
President’s Select, a student ambassador program and honors organization comprised of the top TTUHSC undergraduate and graduate students, recently named its 2017-2018 representatives.
More medicines, new screening tools gaining traction in breast cancer treatment
New treatments and screening tools are enabling patients with Breast Cancer to show improvements in survival by about 10 months. Texas Tech Physicians share these cutting edge tools and how it is changing care for their patients.
TTUHSC Selects New Vice President of Research
Quentin Smith, Ph.D., has been named the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) new senior vice president of research. Smith is the current dean of the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy and will serve in that role concurrent with the senior vice president of research.
"Because I can"
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Virginia Holter, DNP, APRN, provided medical attention Dallas mega shelter opened for those displaced by the flooding.
East meets West at TTUHSC, Japanese pharmacy school
During their first rotation block as fourth-year School of Pharmacy students, Cameron Lowery and Samantha Gazzola traveled from the TTUHSC Dallas campus to Keio University in Tokyo, Japan as exchange students.
Free Clinic Offered for Women’s Health Day
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine students will host a Women’s Health Day free clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 14 at The Free Clinic located at Lubbock Impact, 2707 34th St.
What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet?
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy’s Texas Panhandle Poison Center along with the Lubbock County VOICES Coalition will host a Medication Cleanout™ from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 7 at the Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion, 3601 Fourth St.
Abilene team claims clinical skills title
The Texas Tech Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TTSSHP) held its annual Clinical Skills Competition Sept. 16-17. Abilene fourth-year (P4) students Hayden Stewart and Hayley Brazeale were selected as the top overall team.
Campus cook team brings home prize
Employees from multiple TTUHSC Amarillo campus departments formed a cooking team for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce’s annual barbecue cook-off Sept. 14 in downtown Amarillo. The team also won the 2nd place prize for the its entry in the Corporate Brisket category.
Pharmacy alumnae lend a hand to Harvey evacuees
As those affected most by Hurricane Harvey begin the arduous process of putting their lives back together, heroic stories of people helping people will continue to inspire and fuel the rebuilding effort. Some of those stories belong to School of Pharmacy alumna Quynh Do, Pharm.D., a Houston native and member of the Class of 2017.
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