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Josee Guindon, DVM, Ph.D., has been named the 2023 William A Devane Young Investigator Award honoree by the International Cannabinoid Research Society.

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More than 460 nurses were graduated from the TTUHSC School of Nursing Saturday, Dec. 17 in Lubbock, Texas. Among those graduates was the first group to complete their last two years of nursing school at the Mansfield satellite campus.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center announced Gerard E. Carrino, Ph.D., MPH, has been named dean of the TTUHSC Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health.

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More people in the U.S. have discovered Día de los Muertos. Unlike Halloween, it's celebrated over several days and lifts up the spirits of the dead instead of fearing them.

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More than 70 students from Bean Elementary became doctors for a day at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Students at the “Doctors for a Day” minicamp had the opportunity to get hands-on experience diagnosing patients and working with equipment at the TTUHSC F. Marie SimLife Center.

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The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents approved the appointments of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center faculty Sherry Sancibrian and Thomas Hale, Ph.D., R.Ph., as Grover E. Murray Professors.

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Pediatrician recommends these steps parents can take to help their children—and themselves—transition from the swimming pool to the classroom as smoothly as possible.

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June is Aphasia Awareness Month and the members of the Summer Aphasia Arts Program held a concert, theatrical performance and an art exhibit after honing their artistic skills over two weeks.

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Afzal A. Siddiqui, Ph.D., director of the Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease and chair of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, began his quest to develop a schistosomiasis vaccine in 1991. With funding from the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Thrasher Foundation, he began conducting bench studies and pre-clinical development of what was known as the Sm-p80/GLA-SE schistosomiasis vaccine, which would eventually be branded SchistoShield®.

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Researchers use gene sequencing to combat COVID-19.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center announced the launching of the Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health, the sixth school at the university.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) announced Grace Kuo, Ph.D., Pharm.D., has been named dean of the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D., announced the U.S. Department of Education has recognized TTUHSC as a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

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With approximately 16.3 million Americans aged 20 years and older living with coronary heart disease, Scott Shurmur, M.D., a cardiologist for Texas Tech Physicians and chair for the Department of Internal Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, advises prevention is key to a healthy heart.

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For some, attending holiday events with alcohol present, being around the people with whom they used to drink or the smell of their favorite drink can be hard to resist, especially for those with alcohol use disorder.

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Two researches have developed a new method for selecting viable embryos without any direct sampling or risk to the embryo.

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Halloween costume tips from physicians.

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so let’s review why this deserves our attention.