UTHSC In the Media


Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack named 2015 president, Medicine & Science, for the American Diabetes Association.

The Daily News

Dagogo-Jack will serve as the co-principal spokesman for the organization on matters of diabetes science, care and education.


Make sure your car fits you well

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As an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), I am pleased to lead two CarFit events each year …


Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Film by Barak Goodman

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In the laboratory of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Dr. Lawrence Pfeffer …


Wearable tech portends health industry shift

The Daily News

Dr. Rebecca Krukowski, an assistant professor in the department of preventive medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, suggests that these devices not be relied on particularly heavily by themselves, but rather fit into a mix of tools as part of a well-rounded personal health regimen.


Memphis mobile market creates oasis in food desert

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Additionally, the Machine has partnered with nursing students from the University of Memphis, the University of Tennessee and Southwest Tennessee Community College to provide health education.


Major medical instrument company acquires ORNL-UT startup that uses imaging technology to diagnose diabetic-related eye disease

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Hubble Telemedical, a start-up company launched by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was recently acquired by medical diagnostic device manufacturer Welch Allyn.


Tarun B. Patel Named Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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… he was a professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus in Memphis, TN. While working at the Health Science Center, he was the director of an interdisciplinary training grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute …


Fellowships help UAB graduate students/spouses reach international goals

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While hiking through Kenya’s largest rainforest, Kakamega Forest, the couple serendipitously ran into two medical residents from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Little did they know that Nate would soon match into the same medical residency — a four-year combined program in internal medicine and pediatrics. Nate and Anna Joy are… Read More