UTHSC In the Media


University of Tenn. employees save woman from burning car

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Two University of Memphis Health Science Center employees were commended this week for a recent act of heroism. The two employees were driving to work last week when they saw a car catch fire after an accident. Will Johnson and Rhonda Jones both jumped into action when they saw there was a woman trapped inside… Read More


UTHSC study affirms link between air pollution, IQ loss, suggests folate could help

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For more than a decade, researchers have suspected air pollution reduces IQ in humans, and the results show up as early as age 4 from in utero exposure. Now, it’s possible that more fresh produce, including leafy salads, sides of greens or oranges in mothers’ lunchboxes, could help mitigate the seriousness. Frances A. Tylavsky, a… Read More


Live at 9: Crosstown Concourse, Memphis All-Stars, Go Baby Go! Rodeo & Joe Torry

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Students from two Mid-South universities are heading to the rodeo, but it’s not the typical kind with cowboys and steers. Instead, they’ll be unveiling the modified vehicles they designed and adapted for local children with special needs. Students Noah Vongphit and Emily Lawson talked about it with us on Live at 9.


Memphis brainpower counters attacks of trauma, distress on a generation of young victims

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SPECIAL REPORT: Families get help in protecting kids from the factors that might put them at risk


Taraji P. Henson Hosts Inaugural ‘Can We Talk?’ Benefit Dinner For Her Mental Health-Focused Foundation

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Taraji P. Henson held the inaugural “Can We Talk?” Benefit Dinner for her foundation this past Friday Night in Washington D.C., a continuation of her work towards building mental health awareness in the African American community. The star-studded black-tie event for the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation kicked off a 2-day conference dedicated to supporting African-Americans… Read More


UTHSC Modernizes Historic Campus with $30M Security Project

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With nearly 140 academic medical centers across the United States, administrators are constantly tasked with finding persuasive and innovative ways to entice the brightest minds to choose their facility for their studies. One of those facilities is the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), established in 1911 and located in the heart of Memphis’… Read More


Presence of fungal DNA in the fetal human gut

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A recent human study published in The FASEB Journal discovered the presence of fungal communities in the fetal gut. The study marks the first of its kind to observe fungal DNA in this developmental setting.


Get ‘moved by the power’ of UTHSC’s Health Care Heroes Innovations winner

The Memphis Business Journal

One of cancer’s most formidable adversaries is Dr. Neil Hayes. A physician and scientist with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Hayes has played a vital role in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The cancer genomics program is a collaboration, started in 2006, between the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome… Read More