Lubbock Community
Community Location
Often known as the Hub City of the South Plains, Lubbock serves as the center for health care and education for West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Although cotton is king in the surrounding area, as it is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world, it is also home to Texas Tech University and the main campus of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. At the TTUHSC, researchers strive to uncover the mysteries of disease, making life better for others. The rapidly growing region holds a population of 256,081.
TTUHSC
The Texas Tech University School of Medicine was created by the 61st Texas Legislature in May 1969 as a multi-campus institution with Lubbock as the administrative center and with regional campuses at Amarillo, El Paso, and Odessa. In 1979, the charter was expanded to become the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) making room for several more schools to be established within each regional system. Demographic shifts in West Texas populations, as well as socioeconomic and epidemiologic characteristics of its subgroups, create major and specific demands for service.
The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health
Lubbock Campus of HSC
3601 4th St., Lubbock, Texas 79430
Staff
Marjorie Jenkins, M.D. Executive Director, 
806-354-5480
Steven L. Berk, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine806-743-3000
Beverly S. Chilton, Ph.D., Regional Director, Professor, 806-743-2709
Aveline Hewetson, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, 806-743-2709