Two Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty members were awarded the 2025 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching & Research Awards on Thursday, March 20. The awards are the highest faculty honor of the Texas Tech University System (TTU System).

Dear TTUHSC El Paso campus community,

The compliance policy HSCEP OP 52.16 Vendor Interactions was revised on February 25, 2025.

It’s the day Joshua Torres, a Foster Scholar and soon-to-be three-time graduate of Texas Tech Health El Paso, and his 105 fellow fourth-year medical students at the Foster School of Medicine have enthusiastically anticipated since their first day of medical school.

Born and raised in an underserved community, Hunt School of Nursing student Danielle Purintun witnessed the challenges residents have accessing quality health care. She saw many health issues that could’ve been alleviated through simple interventions and accessible screenings.

Simulation experts are invited to submit abstracts for the 2025 SimGHOSTS X - El Paso health care simulation education conference, May 15-16, 2025. The submission deadline has been extended to Friday, March 21.

Born and raised in Laredo, Texas, William G. Hovel, III, D.D.S., grew up learning Spanish, and as a dentist, used it to better communicate with bilingual and monolingual Hispanic patients. Today, he is passing on his knowledge to those entering the dentistry field.

This week's topics include implications of protein S, endothelial cell genetic assessment and lipid lowering, cardiac rehab on an app, and vitamin D and respiratory infectious disease.

Building on its support of our region’s future dentists, the GECU Foundation has announced another generous contribution of $325,000 for Hunt School of Dental Medicine scholarships and the dental patient fund.

Sydnye Fields, a 6-foot-3-inch former NCAA women’s volleyball player, is easy to pick out in a crowd. The fourth-year Hunt School of Dental Medicine student has been selected for a prestigious dental anesthesiology residency at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.

Mark your calendars and get ready to volunteer for Texas Tech Health El Paso’s Days of Service, April 23-26, 2025. Days of Service is a great opportunity for our campus to demonstrate our values of community service and teamwork!

Local elementary school children were grinning ear to ear on Friday, Feb. 21, as the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic hosted its fourth annual Give Kids a Smile® event.

Texas Tech Health El Paso researcher Subodh Kumar, Ph.D., M.S., has been awarded a $55,000 grant for his study on an Alzheimer’s disease biomarker within the Hispanic population.