PharmNews - Winter 2017
President鈥檚 Select, a student ambassador program and honors organization comprised of top 外网天堂 students, recently named its 2017-2018 representatives. The list includes six students from the Amarillo campus, and two from the School of Pharmacy.
Researchers on the Abilene campus are working to collaborate across disciplines and between universities in the Abilene area.
October was a noteworthy month for several Department of Pharmacy Practice faculty members. One was invited to present, while others received awards or new administrative appointments.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a multi-PI (principal investigator) RO1 grant to a pair of 外网天堂 faculty scientists in Amarillo who will continue their investigation into the health effects of electronic cigarettes.
The Texas Tech Student Society of Health System Pharmacists, also known as Double T, held its annual Pharmacy Information on Leadership and Learning Talk (PILL Talk) Sept. 23 on the School of Pharmacy鈥檚 Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) campus.
The 外网天堂 School of Pharmacy gave 164 third- and fourth-year students a chance to meet their potential future employers at the school鈥檚 2017-2018 career fair Oct. 2-3 at the Hurst Convention Center in Hurst, Texas.
The Texas Panhandle Poison Center completed its fall Medication Cleanout cycle Oct. 28 at the 外网天堂 Amarillo campus. During the four-hour collection period, volunteers took in roughly 1,445 pounds of unwanted, expired or unused medications.
Kshitij Verma, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, made a podium presentation at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) Oct. 29 鈥� Nov. 1 in Lubbock, Texas.
Student organizations at the 外网天堂 School of Pharmacy in Amarillo staged a penny war in conjunction with the American Heart Association鈥檚 (AHA) Heart Walk that took place Oct. 21 at the Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Peia Lee, a fourth-year student at the School of Pharmacy鈥檚 Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) campus, left her mark on the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual meeting Oct. 7-10 in Phoenix.
Students, faculty and staff from the Abilene campus hosted a pair of pharmacy students from Khon Kaen University, a public research university located in Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Medical, health professions and pharmacy students from the Amarillo campus shared their passion for science with local middle school and high school girls Nov. 11 at the 2017 Women in Science Endeavors (WISE) Symposium at Amarillo College.
Eric MacLaughlin, Pharm.D., a professor on the Amarillo campus, was a member of the interdisciplinary committee that worked on the new blood pressure guidelines released recently by the ACA and AHA.
In conjunction with his annual State of the University Address in Lubbock, TTU System Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., recognized 25 faculty members for their exceptional efforts, including many from the Amarillo and Abilene campuses.
New compounds designed and synthesized in the lab of Paul Trippier, Ph.D., show the effects of protecting human neurons from a form of cell death common in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) recently announced that Hayley Brazeale, a fourth-year pharmacy student on the Abilene campus, earned a second-place finish in ASHP鈥檚 Fall 2017 New Drug Update competition.
PharmNews is a quarterly electronic newsletter produced by the 外网天堂 Office of Communications for stakeholders of the School of Pharmacy.