‘We can have an impact right here, right now,’ said David M. Stern, MD, vice chancellor for Health Affairs for Statewide Initiatives at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, summing up the importance of the new Wellness & Stress Clinic of Memphis that opened today in the Oakhaven community in South Memphis.
As the White House launches a federal task force on school safety, Tennessee has one of its own. David Greene talks to Dr. Altha Stewart, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who is on the newly formed working… Read More
Darrylinn Todd, EdD, has been named interim associate vice chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). In this role, she will provide executive leadership for and oversee several administrative units that provide centralized campus support activities and services to students, including the Offices of Admissions, Financial… Read More
Bishop William Young and Pastor Dianne Young, founders of the Suicide in the Black Church conference, had a vision to have a clinic at their church. With a background in community health — primarily mental health — the couple was introduced to Dr. David M. Stern, vice chancellor for health for statewide initiatives at University… Read More
In the next three weeks, faculty from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will begin offering telemedicine to some rural parts of Tennessee.
Le Bonheur established BIG just over two years ago, with the goal of studying the influence of genes on diseases and their treatment. UTHSC researchers will be able to submit a proposal to request use of DNA from the biorepository. If approved, researchers will sign a material use agreement in which they would agree to… Read More
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced his school safety committee members on Monday, but the 16-member group is lacking a Democrat. The group includes Dr. Altha Stewart, University of Tennessee, incoming president of American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Valerie Arnold, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said she’s excited the guidelines encourage providers to address an important problem that too often goes unidentified.
