The Beat - February 2018 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
TTUHSC students walking through Lubbock campus courtyard.

February 2018 Edition (Archives)

TTUHSC Opens New Student Center on Amarillo Campus

In January, the university officially cut the ribbon on a new interprofessional student center for the more than 500 future health care professionals who train and attend classes at the Amarillo campus. MORE»

TTUHSC Amarillo Student Center


Pharmacy Students Prepare for Residency Interviews

The School of Pharmacy recently conducted mock interviews for fourth-year pharmacy students planning to apply for residency positions. The interviews were staged on all four pharmacy campuses, including Amarillo. MORE»

TTUHSC Pharmacy Mock Interviews


Chancellor's Council Honors Amarillo Pharmacy Professor

Eric MacLaughlin, Pharm.D., was among four TTUHSC faculty members to receive a Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Faculty Award Jan. 25 in Lubbock. The recognition is the Texas Tech University System's highest faculty honor. MORE»

Eric MacLaughlin, Pharm.D.


Poison Center Announces Spring Medication Cleanout Events

An important community program started by the Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC) in 2009 will continue in March when the TPPC begins its three-stop spring Medication Cleanout cycle. MORE»

Medication Cleanout


GPPS Student Selected for Grant

The Society of Toxicology recently selected Sharavan Ramachandran, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, to receive the Syngenta Fellowship Grant in Human Health Applications of New Technologies. MORE»

Sharavan Ramachandran


Date Set for 2018 Day of the Woman

In its ongoing effort to encourage and empower women to take control of their unique health care needs, the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health is set to host its Day of the Woman symposium in Amarillo. MORE»

Terry Bentley Hill and Laura Street


TTP's Harper Named 2017 Outstanding PA

The Texas Academy of Physician Assistants recently named D. Shane Harper, a clinical physician assistant with Texas Tech Physicians of Amarillo, its Outstanding Physician Assistant of the Year for 2017. MORE»

D. Shane Harper


TMA Recognizes TTUHSC Preceptor

Alan Keister, M.D., a clinical associate professor for TTUHSC’s Department of Internal Medicine, was recognized for his efforts in establishing and managing Amarillo's Heal the City clinic. MORE»

Alan Keister, M.D., and Tarek Naguib, M.D.


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