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CPRIT Awards $1.9 Million Grant to TTUHSC El Paso

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Grant to be Used for HPV Vaccination Program The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded four new grants to the Texas Tech University System…

Colorectal Cancer Prevention Month

Monday, March 11, 2019

TTUHSC El Paso joins city in increasing awareness of prevention and treatment On March 5, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso professors joined the El Paso…

Tech Talk: HSC El Paso – 04/23/18

Monday, April 23, 2018

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$2 Million Grant Pushes Forward Cancer Research in El Paso

Thursday, April 19, 2018

A $2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) will allow Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) to…

Tech Talk: HSC El Paso – 08/28/17

Monday, August 28, 2017

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TTUHSC El Paso Awarded $3.7 Million Colorectal Cancer Prevention Grant

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Navkiran Shokar, M.A., M.P.H, M.D., has received nearly $1.5 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in West Texas. “Hispanic women in our region have a 30 percent higher risk of dying from cervical cancer,” says Dr. Shokar, a physician and professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso). “They also have a higher incidence of cervical cancer and are typically diagnosed at later stages.” Dr. Shokar will use the grant to expand De Casa en Casa, a program that helps uninsured or underinsured Latinas access free cervical cancer screenings, or pap smears. Since its establishment in 2013, De Casa En Casa has provided more than 1,500 pap smears to women in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties.

Navkiran Shokar, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., has received $3.7 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to reduce the impact of colorectal cancer in West…

Tech Talk: HSC El Paso – 04/17/17

Monday, April 17, 2017

Tech Talk: HSC El Paso brings you up to speed on this week’s news and events. Check it out!

Vice President for Research Joins CPRIT Higher Ed Committee

Monday, April 10, 2017

Earlier this year, Peter Rotwein, M.D., was appointed to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)’s University Advisory Committee (UAC). “Dr. Peter Rotwein’s appointment to the…