“We’re here for two methods of support: first aid evaluation triage for anyone in the airport, and health promotion and maintenance,” says Peg Thorman Hartig, PhD, FNP-BC, assistant vice chancellor for Community Engagement and Interprofessional Initiatives at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and director of the airport health station.
Becca Krukowski, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Her research focuses on helping people achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Dr. Ari VanderWalde, associate vice chancellor of Research Clinical Trials at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and director of clinical research at the West Cancer Center, summed up the battle against breast cancer in that way. “We are not there yet,” he said. “But I can see it coming in the distance,… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been selected to join 36 other centers to conduct the GRADE Study.
Scientists from the CDC have defined a geographical area, known as the “Diabetes Belt,” where residents are more likely to have type 2 diabetes.
