SOAHS programs accredited by Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The SOAHS clinical doctoral program in Audiology and its master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology have been granted an eight-year accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

SON awarded grant from Health and Human Services Commission
The first 30 months of a child’s life are crucial to basic brain development in vision, hearing, and language.

Gov. appoints TTUHSC faculty members to state committees
Gov. Rick Perry appointed Tammy Camp, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, and Michael James Keller, MBA, FACHE, program director and assistant professor of the School of Allied Health Sciences Clinical Services Management Program, to two separate state committees.

TTUHSC, Harvard researchers control spread of HIV in animals
Using a novel method to deliver small molecules called siRNAs into T cells, researchers from TTUHSC and Harvard University have dramatically suppressed HIV in the first-ever animal model that mirrors progression of the disease in humans.

Events

Date: August 02, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
A time honored tradition, the School of Medicine Scrub Party, is sponsored each year by Drs. Brad and Priscilla Snodgrass (SOM '88). First year medical students have the opportunity to meet faculty, staff and alumni and receive their first set of scrubs. The party holds a special place in the hearts of many, alumni and students alike.

Date: August 16, 2008
Time: 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
School of Medicine students, alumni and faculty, you're invited to a Back-to-School Picnic Saturday, August 9th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, buns, chips, condiments, water, soda, plates, utensils and napkins will be provided by the SOM Office of Student Affairs.

Date: September 17, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join us for Happy Hour in Fort Worth!

Date: September 18, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join us for Happy Hour in Dallas.

Date: September 25, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM
Make plans to join alumni, students, faculty and staff for the School of Allied Health Sciences 25th Anniversary Celebration! The event, slated for Thursday, September 25, will begin at 6:30 P.M. at the Frazier Pavilion in Lubbock.

Date: October 02, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join us for Happy Hour in Austin.

Date: October 17, 2008 to October 18, 2008

The 2008 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Reunion is almost here! Register online beginning in August and your name and the names of your guests will be entered in a drawing for a Double T platter.

Date: November 17, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Office of Alumni Relations invites you to join us for Happy Hour in Houston.