Darrin D’Agostino will begin his duties April 2.
Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Author: FOX West Texas staff Published: 1:44 PM CST January 13, 2021 Updated: 1:44 PM CST January 13, 2021
LUBBOCK, Texas The Texas Tech University Health Science Center announced Tuesday it had named Darrin D’Agostino, D.O., MPH, MBA as provost and chief academic officer.
According to a TTUHSC press release, D Agostino is the current executive dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and vice provost of Health Affairs for Kansas City University.
D Agostino s served as dean of Community Health and innovation as well as professor of medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center before joining KCU.
One in five Texas hospital beds is occupied by a COVID-19 patient, and many of the state s hospital regions have surpassed the important 15% threshold for total COVID-19 patients.
All of this is the backdrop for what s likely to be a difficult month in Texas hospitals, says Dr. Diana Cervantes. She s assistant professor and director of the Master s of Public Health Epidemiology Program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
Cervantes told Texas Standard that the climbing number of hospitalizations is very concerning, and that it s the result of travel and gatherings over Thanksgiving. She says the Christmas and New Year s holidays are going to help continue that trend through January.
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