Texas A&M And Texas Tech Come Together To Help The People of West Texas
The two rivals have joined forces to provide health care to an underserved area of Texas.
Sometimes, even rivals can put aside their differences, especially when it comes to helping the people of Texas. And that’s exactly what is happening in Jeff Davis County, where the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) are joining forces to expand access to health care in one of the state’s most underserved regions.
A dedication ceremony was held on Friday, July 11, 2025, for the Texas Aggie Medical Clinic in Fort Davis, Texas. Officials from Jeff Davis County, Texas A&M BUILD, Texas A&M Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University System, the family of Airman 1st Class James “Adam” Lassiter ’08 and many others took part in the event.
For those living in Jeff Davis County, with a population just under 2,000, local health care has been limited to one physician, often requiring residents to drive at least half an hour, or 22 miles, to Alpine, Texas, for general medical care. For specialty, same-day and pediatric care, they have to drive even further to Odessa, Texas, a two-and-a-half-hour commute in one direction.
But that will soon change with the launch of a new medical clinic made possible through a collaboration between Texas A&M Health and TTUHSC. The clinic is a 40-foot shipping container retrofitted by the student-led organization, Texas A&M BUILD.
This project isn’t just impacting Jeff Davis County. Clinics like this one — and the recent opening of the BUILD container in Kenedy County in South Texas — are inspiring additional partnerships and expansion in other medically underserved areas of the state.
Find out more about this clinic and the difference it will make in the lives of Jeff Davis County residents.
