Category: Education


UTHSC Assistant Professor Writes Book on Bringing Up Baby the Old-Fashioned Way in a Modern World

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While working in the county schools system in the late ’90s, occupational therapist Anne Zachry noticed she was seeing a lot of young students who had trouble controlling the muscles of their arms and hands well enough to write legibly. A trained researcher, she started investigating, and the end result is her new book, “Retro… Read More


College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Kicks off Global Health Initiative

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Two students  and administrators from the Medical University of Sofia in Bulgaria come to campus.   The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) welcomed dignitaries and two dental students from the Medical University of Sofia in Bulgaria in the first student exchange under a new Global Health Initiative. The… Read More


UTHSC and Methodist Hospice Respond to Growing Need for Hospice and Palliative Care Physicians

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A pivotal study “America’s Care of Serious Illness: A State-by-State Report Card on Access to Palliative Care in Our Nation’s Hospitals” conducted by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center demonstrated that about 90 million Americans are currently living with a serious, life-threatening illness. The study’s authors project this… Read More


UTHSC College of Dentistry Opens its First Dedicated Endodontics Clinic on the Memphis Campus

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Memphis, Tenn.(Sept. 10, 2013) – The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) opened a new state-of-the-art endodontics clinic in the Winfield C. Dunn Building at 875 Union Ave., on Friday, Sept. 6. The Dentsply Tulsa Endodontics Graduate Clinic, located on the north side of the fifth floor of the… Read More


Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week Sept. 20-26 Aims to Raise Funds, Community Profile and Volunteers for 24-Hour Confidential Hotline

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Chancellor Steve Schwab speaking at the Memphis Crisis Center kick off

For more than 40 years, the Memphis Crisis Center has provided much-needed counseling to those in distress through a 24/7, volunteer-staffed hotline. But in the last few years, whether because of the economy or the troubled times, calls to the confidential lifeline (901-CRISIS7 or 901-274-7477) have gone up dramatically, from 14,103 in 2011 to 17,629… Read More


UTHSC College of Nursing Instructor Named Among 2013 Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars

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Memphis, Tenn. (Aug. 15, 2013) – Melody Norris Waller, MSN, RN, an instructor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was chosen one of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future Fall 2013 Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars.


UTHSC Leaders Meet with Legislators to Discuss UTHSC Economic Impact, Campus Master Plan and Possible Joint Venture with the MED

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Ex. Vice Chancellor & COO Ken Brown gives state and local legislators a tour of the campus, including the $70 million pharmacy building. Leaders of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently hosted members of the Memphis City Council, Shelby County Commission and state legislature to update them on the economic impact of… Read More


Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Donates $250,000 to The University of Tennessee Health Science Center for Medical Student Scholarship Fund Named for First Black Surgeon General in Memphis

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Dr. Ed Reed Blazed Trail for Integration in Memphis Hospitals Memphis, Tenn. (June 21, 2013) – Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has donated $250,000 to create the Dr. Ed Reed Scholarship Fund at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.  The scholarship fund is named in special memory of the late Ed Reed,… Read More