UTHSC In the Media


Memphis GEMS shine at annual tea party

High Ground

The Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently hosted a tea party for girls in its mentoring group. The Relative Caregiver Program at University of Tennessee Health Science Center helps children who are being cared for by relatives when their parents are unable to do so.


Conference explores potential for black churches to prevent suicides

The Commercial Appeal

Interview with Dr. Battle


UT Ranked High in Patents

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The University of Tennessee ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide in terms of the number of U.S. utility patents for technology the system was granted in 2014. That’s reportedly a new report by the National Academy of Inventors and and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.


War on diabetes is winnable

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“With the enormity of the assets at our disposal, sooner or later the disease will succumb to the overwhelming force of science,” said Dr. Dagogo-Jack, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Director of the Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where he… Read More


Bartlett medical student receives fellowship

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Born in Kenya, she moved to the United States as a child with her family…


Dr. Michael Whitt Interviewed on Ebola

WREG

Dr. Michael Whitt, chair of the UTHSC Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry at UTHSC, was interviewed on Live@9 about the new book on viruses he co-authored and the possibilities of future outbreaks like last year’s Ebola crisis. https://wreg.com/2015/06/10/are-we-prepared-for-a-major-virus-outbreak/


New UTHSC nursing school dean is a three-time alum

The Memphis Business Journal

After serving as interim dean for the last 10 months, Wendy Likes has been named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Interim dean named permanent at Memphis-based UTHSC College of Nursing

The Commercial Appeal

Likes, who earned her master’s, doctor of nursing science and Ph.D. at UTHSC, served as interim dean for about 10 months. She leads a faculty and staff with 105 members and a college that serves about 400 students on the campus in Memphis’ Medical District.