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Office of Research & Innovation

Where Research Drives Better Health

The Office of Research and Innovation advances the pursuit of knowledge and discovery that is at the core of the mission of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). Our divisions provide high-quality service to investigators as they foster new research initiatives, promote the prevention of disease and the treatment of illness, motivate and educate future leaders in health sciences and advocate for the value of research in the educational setting.

The Office of Research is dedicated to supporting the research and development needs of our TTUHSC community, with the ultimate goal of facilitating the translation of groundbreaking scientific discoveries into innovative solutions that enhance the lives of the West Texas community we serve.

Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Research & Innovation and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Office of Research and Innovation Divisions

Research Integrity Office (RIO)

RIO empowers the TTUHSC research community to act with the highest ethical standards and to maintain a culture of ethics compliance and integrity in all that we do.

Laboratory Animal Resources Center (LARC)

LARC oversees and supports the procurement, housing, health, and welfare of research animals at TTUHSC facilities in Lubbock, Amarillo and Abilene.

Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)

OSP assists and supports faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining funding opportunities through grants and contracts as well as promotes the successful management of awarded projects. 

Research Innovation, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship (RICE)

RICE empowers and fosters a collaborative, innovative and dynamic research environment to cultivate advanced scholarship and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has established numerous centers and institutes that are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary endeavors that bring together TTUHSC faculty and their associates to pursue research, education and clinical activities. Each center and institute requires substantial cooperation and collaboration between health care disciplines.

Research Focus Areas

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Cancer/Oncology

As cancer continues to be among the leading causes of death worldwide, TTUHSC is diligently working to reverse this statistic by making cancer research and treatment focal points of our university.

Centers & Institutes
Pediatric Cancer Research
Tumor Immunology & Targeted Cancer Therapy
Clinical Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics

 

 

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Neurological Disorders

Aging & Pain – Promoting healthy aging through cutting-edge research and community outreach programs are at the forefront of TTUHSC’s endeavors to address age-related neurological diseases and pain. 

Centers & Institutes
Garrison Institute on Aging
Translational Neuroscience & Therapeutics
Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Brain Drug Discovery
Rehabilitation Research

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Infectious Diseases

Research with the goal of creating an optimal environment to find novel cures for diseases that recognize no human-made borders, TTUHSC researchers work to apply the world’s best science to fight world’s worst diseases.

Centers & Institutes
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases

TTUHSC Carnegie Classification

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Carnegie Classification R2 Research designation logo

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education® has designated Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center as a Special Focus Medical Schools with a Research Activity Designation of Research 2: High Research Spending and Doctorate Production.

Read More about TTUHSC's Carnegie Classification

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Donate to Research at TTUHSC

Without research, advances in medicine will stop, but your donations can continue the advancement of groundbreaking research at TTUHSC. With each new discovery, our research will fuel innovation, prevent disease, and lead to better patient outcomes.

Find out how you can give today

University Designations

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Hispanic-Serving Institution

HSI status designated by the U.S. Department of Education

Come See Us

  • Park in one of the highlighted yellow Patient/Visitor parking lots. Currently D-2 will be the most convenient. (Due to the construction this could change.)

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    Map of the TTUHSC Lubbock campus showing buildings, surrounding streets, construction areas and designated patient, visitor, and faculty, staff and student parking.
    Click here for larger Lubbock Parking Map

    Enter the building at one of the west wing doors (either side of the outside stairs, to the right of the drive-through canopy and to the left of the ACB-Academic Classroom building) you can either take the outside stairs to the 2nd floor or take the main floor elevators to the 2nd floor.

    We are in the hallway past the School of Nursing sign.

    Office of Research is the next office on the left, 2B306.

    Parking: We have a reciprocal relationship with TTU-TTUHSC parking. HSC faculty/staff permits are honored in all TTU visitor, meter (without a fee), and time limit spaces (without a time limit). HSC student permits are honored in TTU commuter lots. TTU faculty /staff permits are honored in HSC visitor spaces and TTU student permits are honored HSC student lots.