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Thanks for the Memories
from Pulse Winter 2022
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TTUHSC says “see you later” as Tedd L. Mitchell, MD, transitions fully to Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
Features
18 How Chris Townsend Found His Groove
Growing up in a sharecropping family, Chris Townsend, PhD, LPC, didn’t like cotton. So imagine how he felt moving to West Texas surrounded once again by king cotton.
By Kara Bishop
24 The Case of the 87%
When Jeramy Davies, MLS, decides to participate in a bone marrow match on campus, he doesn’t realize saving someone’s life is going to end up saving his own.
By Glenys Young
Departments
5 Scope
The Texas nursing shortage could be solved one Girl Scout at a time.
9 Vitals
Fitting hearing aids can be tricky. Enter CARL.
29 Rounds
The physician’s administrative duties take on a whole new meaning when wearing full body leather and a bird beak.
35 Update
Mallory McGarry Brown, PharmD, doesn’t feel comfortable calling her leadership skills successful. We’ll let you be the judge.
Chris Townsend, PhD, LPC, assistant professor in the School of Health Professions Department of Clinical Counseling and Mental Health, juggles research groups, writing groups, directing the new Your Life Behavioral Wellness Clinic, and teaching distance education courses. In his spare time, he transcends cultural barriers to bring people together.
