Category: Public Service

Campus Police Partners with FBI, NNSA for City-Wide Terrorism Response Exercise

Written by Christopher Green

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Public Service

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus Police Department, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), recently conducted a critical tabletop exercise focusing on terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The exercise, dubbed “Bluff City Thunder,” was a part… Read More

Pride in People and Partnerships: UT Health Science Center’s Clinical, Research and Administrative Impact on the City, State

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CarePublic ServiceResearch

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s clinical, research, and administrative excellence and impact on the Memphis community was on display last Thursday night at the Memphis Business Journal’s 2024 Health Care Heroes Awards. Three of the six winners are UT Health Science Center faculty members. Additionally, 17 of the 26 overall finalists (65%) are associated in… Read More

Soulsville Heart Health Summit Emphasizes Community Collaboration to Increase Access to Care

Written by Nicky Hitching

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Clinical CarePublic Service

Community-led collaboration was a key theme at the two-day Soulsville Heart Health Summit August 9 and 10 at Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the first annual meeting of the Tennessee Heart Health Network in partnership with the Soulsville Foundation. The network is the signature project of the Tennessee Population Health Consortium at the University… Read More

Leadership Team Hitting Stride Toward Statewide Vision of Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

“We are in a good place and moving in a good direction,” Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, told members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday during their summer meeting in Memphis. With many new leaders now in place and joining already committed colleagues to forge a more-cohesive team across all four Health Science Center campuses, the… Read More

Physician Successfully Advocates for ‘Life-Changing’ Law for Critically Ill Infants and Children

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CarePublic Service

Years ago, Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, lobbied before a local government board to block development of a Denver wetland area, after she researched and found a particular species of wildlife there was at risk of extinction. While she describes herself as “not particularly political,” she also admits, “when I get passionate about something, I research… Read More

Advisory Board to Meet August 9

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, August 9, at 11 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus.   On the agenda:   Chancellor’s report   Updates from the deans Financial update Special presentation – Chief Wellness Officer While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will… Read More

UT Health Science Center Clinical Faculty Have Strong Presence Among 2024 Health Care Heroes Finalists

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CarePublic ServiceResearch

The list of the 2024 Health Care Heroes finalists released this week by the Memphis Business Journal underscores the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s extensive clinical impact in the Memphis community. Of the 26 finalists, 17 are associated in some manner with UT Health Science Center. “The UT Health Science Center has an abundance of… Read More

Nursing Associate Professor Passionate About Caring for Those in Need Here and Abroad

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Clinical CarePublic Service

Some might call family nurse practitioner Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, a woman on a mission. She recently returned from a weeklong mission trip to Honduras, her sixth such trip in eight years. She made all these trips with her church in Southaven, Mississippi; the other five were to El Salvador. In Honduras, Dr.… Read More