UTHSC In the Media


GTx strikes deal with UT Research Foundation

The Memphis Business Journal

Memphis-based GTx Inc. has entered into a license agreement with the University of Tennessee Research Foundation. The agreement will result in GTx developing new therapies that can aid in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer, which were created at the University of Tennessee.


UTHSC names new vice chancellor

The Daily News

Lori Gonzalez has been named vice chancellor of academic, faculty and student affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


UTHSC lands more than $4.6 million in new grants

The Commercial Appeal

A total of more than $4.6 million in new grants for research for scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will involve the weed killer Paraquat, rapid eye movement sleep and a disease that causes an unusual kind of internal tumors.


George Huang, DDS, is recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award

The Memphis Business Journal

Current employer: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center


George Huang, DDS, of UTHSC, receives 2015 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award

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George Huang, DDS, director and professor in the Department of Bioscience Research in the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology, given by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).


Tennessee’s uninsured line up for free help

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Saint Thomas Health partnered with Hope Smiles, University of Tennessee Health Science Center dental students and Brentwood Baptist Church in staging the event.


Methodist UT Transplant Surgeon Honored

The Daily News

The Tennessee Medical Association recently honored Dr. James Eason, medical director of the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute. Eason is professor and division chief of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s transplant division.


Forensic Center Reaccredited

The Daily News

The center, which houses the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office, has been managed by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center since July 1, 2014.