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The day Tennessee first detected COVID-19, UTHSC aims to educate rural areas about the COVID vaccine

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Two years ago, Tennessee detected the first case of COVID-19. Some people believe the pandemic may never end, but one school is trying to use resources to educate Memphis on what is known about the vaccine.


UTHSC Team Receives $2.85 Million For Research Project On Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease

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A UTHSC research team has been awarded $2.85 million from the National Institute on Aging for a project that will deepen understanding of how mitochondria influence the aging process and age-related diseases.


HR Impact Awards 2022: Leaders from Agape, ALSAC, Memphis Shelby Co. Schools, UTHSC, West Memphis honored

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is a massive operation, and Chandra Alston earns every bit of her title as associate vice chancellor of human resources.


UTHSC student spots and overcomes cancer during first year of medical school

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Medical school trains those who will go on to save lives, but what happens when the doctor-in-training becomes the patient? Fortune is often defined by wealth. To Abraham Almatari, it is luck and chance. “I joined medical school fall of 2020. I knew I wanted to be a doctor. But I was… Read More


Memphis People in Business: March 3, 2022

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Dr. Andrew Griffith, senior associate dean of research for University of Tennessee Health Science Center‘s College of Medicine, was awarded the David D. Coleman Endowed Professorship. Griffith joined the College of Medicine in July 2020 after 22 years at the National Institutes of Health. As senior associate dean of research, Griffith manages the growth of the research… Read More


How UT Health Science Center’s new leader wants to improve health care in East Tennessee

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As Tennessee slowly transitions out of the pandemic, the state’s flagship academic health system is tackling its next short- and long-term battles with a new leader. Dr. Peter Buckley started as the new Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis on Feb. 1, and he has plans for transforming the health… Read More


Tennessee Med School Student Volunteers for In-Class Ultrasound And Is SHOCKED When His Classmates Discover He Has Cancer

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Abraham Almatari began medical school thinking he would go into orthopedics. But after a first-year lesson led to his kidney cancer diagnosis, he knew urology was where he belonged. Almatari was in an ultrasound lab during his first year at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center when he volunteered to undergo an abdominal scan.


Board of Trustees approves construction of two new residence halls as UT breaks enrollment records

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UT Board of Trustees on Friday, the first to take place on the new UT Southern campus in Pulaski, Tennessee, the board approved amendments to the UT Knoxville master plan, which would allow for the construction of two new residence halls. UT President Randy Boyd presented objectives for 2022, with an eye towards the five… Read More