The Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section (TMA-MSS) honored Lubbock dermatologist Dr. Ashley L. Sturgeon and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, according to a news release from the Texas Medical Association (TMA).
Sturgeon received the 2021 C. Frank Webber, M.D. award for her diligence in mentoring medical students, and the Tech Health Sciences Center was recognized and rewarded as the 2020-21 TMA-MSS Chapter of the year, according to the news release.
The C. Frank Webber, M.D award was created in 1987 and was named after the late Texas family physician educator and former dean the University of Texas Medical School at Houston Dr. C. Frank Webber, according to the news release.
Following Pfizerâs announcement that a booster shot for the COVID-19 vaccine could be in the future, some may be wondering why it is needed.
âThereâs nothing definite yet about having a booster for the Pfizer or Moderna, but itâs likely that theyâll be some type of annual vaccination,â Said Dr. Steven Berk, an Infectious Disease physician and dean of the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.
Some people have been vaccinated now for six months, what is unknown is whether the antibodies are still around, Berk said. There is not enough data yet to know for sure whether a booster shot will be needed for the COVID-19 vaccine, but Pfizer and Moderna are anticipating the need for the booster.
On March 9, the Graduate School of Biomedical Science, part of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, hosted their annual Student Research Week. This event is a student-run opportunity for all
Lubbock Receives Surge of Doses for All 3 COVID-19 Vaccines
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Almost exactly 1 year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the City of Lubbock and other cities like it are starting to report infection rates similar to those reported at the very start of the crisis.
As of Wednesday, March 10, the City of Lubbock was only reporting 171 active cases of the virus in Lubbock County. Similarly, there are only 28 hospital patients currently being treated for COVID-19.
Texas Health and Human Services reports that all 22 hospital districts are reporting COVID hospitalization percentages below 10%, save for the El Paso region, which is currently at 11%. Texas Trauma Service Area B, which encompasses the South Plains, is reporting at just under 4%.
A plane was engulfed in flames at the Preston Smith International Airport on March 11, 2020, as the City of Lubbock hosted an emergency exercise.Â
Later that day, the City received the first COVID-19 case, and Dr. Ronald Cook came to the forefront in helping guide the city during this time as the local health authority.
Before becoming the health authority for Lubbock, Cook said he had always wanted to be a physician from a young age.
âThe human body is a fascinating piece of artwork and all of its inner workings and how they have to work together,â Cook said.Â
His fascination with medicine only grew once he was an upperclassman in high school. He pestered his local hospital into becoming an orderly, he said. Donning his white shirt, white pants and his white band shoes, Cook became a self proclaimed âtrauma junkieâ while working in the emergency room.