UTHSC Participates in Community Health Fair
… with the nurse practitioners from UTHSC School of Nursing, ninety preschool physicals were performed.
UTHSC In the Media
Crisis Center Receives Plough Foundation Grant
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center partners with the Memphis Crisis Center, providing its call center, training facility and administrative offices on the campus.
Ilana Graetz Quoted on Affordable Care
And even with those subsidies, many people – especially younger adults – can’t afford health care, found an analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. ‘We saw a lot of analysis of premium variations for the benchmark plan, but not a lot out there for the lowest-cost plan,’ lead study… Read More
Crisis Center Fundraiser
“Less to Wine About Wednesdays”: Fundraiser for the Memphis Crisis Center at Rizzo’s Diner, 106 G.E. Patterson, kicks off Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week (Sept. 10 through Sept. 16). Rizzo’s donates portion of the proceeds from lunch and dinner to the Crisis Center. Call 901-523-2033, visit online: memphiscrisiscenter.org or rizzosdiner.com.
NIH Picks Klesges for Review Panel
Robert C. Klesges, a preventive medicine expert in Memphis, will head a scientific review section for the National Institutes of Health. He is a professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s preventive medicine department. He’ll chair the Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section for NIH’s Center for Scientific Review, UTHSC said.
Dr. Joan Han Quoted on Health Eating
UTHSC’s Peggy Reisser Winburne contributed a column titled “Snacks, Kids and Health Choices” in which she interviewed Dr. Joan Han.
Dr. Linda Moses Quoted on Pregnancy
The program allows women to be involved in their care while getting educated on topics like nutrition, family planning or labor, said Dr. Linda Moses, program director and an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Dr. Handorf Quoted on Forensic Center
In June, the commission approved a $3.1 million contract with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to run the medical examiner’s office, which also serves as the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center. Now, Chancellor, 56, is looking forward to a working relationship with UTHSC that includes training forensic pathologists in a fellowship program. “And that will… Read More