UTHSC In the Media


Jackson, TN Dentist Dr. Brian Pearson Introduces Top-Rated Teeth Whitening System for Patients

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Dr. Brian Pearson is a native of Jackson, TN, graduating from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and founding Pearson Family Dentistry in his hometown.


UTHSC College of Dentistry study cited

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Pulpdent’s Activa bioactive restorative is more resistant to fractures than traditional composites, according to studies conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis and Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston.


Check out your skin this summer

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Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, is the Amonette-Rosenberg Chair and a professor in the Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


New grant awarded to UTHSC to train a new class of speech pathologists

High Ground

Jillian McCarthy-Maeder, PhD, CCC-SLP, assistant professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant totaling $1,020,381 from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. The funds will support the training of master’s-level students… Read More


Did your doctor get money and gifts from drug companies?

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Studies have shown that doctors can be influenced by drug company marketing, even in the form of free meals or promotional pens, said Haavi Morreim, professor of ethics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Free back-to-school health services offered next week

The Commercial Appeal

Most kids don’t like to think about the start of the school year just around the corner, but the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host an event that will remind them of it on July 18: the 27th Annual Back to School Family Affair event, where they can receive free health services.


Le Bonheur Community Health Receives Million Dollar Federal Grant

My Fox Memphis

Le Bonheur’s partnerships with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have helped build a strong reputation for both teaching and discovery in Memphis and Shelby County.


Girls Learn Social Skills at Tea Party at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis

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When the girls enrolled in a mentoring group sponsored by the Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program heard they would be the hostesses at a tea party, they didn’t seem too enthusiastic. But Detris Whitten, who directs the mentoring group at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), was undeterred.