UTHSC In the Media


Dr. Jason Johnson Quoted in Times of India

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… we hope that this awareness will encourage providers to limit radiation exposure in children, when alternative procedures can offer the same benefit with less radiation,” said Jason Johnson, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the US.


UTHSC retakes reins of regional forensics

The Commercial Appeal

The County Commission this week awarded a $3.1 million contract to UTHSC to run the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center and Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office. The school plans to develop a Center of Excellence in Forensic Science.


Dr. Candace Brown Receives Grant

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One of these researchers is Dr. Candace Brown, professor of clinical pharmacy, obstetrics and gynecology at UTHSC… Brown received a $2.million grant … to lead the first national, multicenter study to find a treatment for vulvodynia.


UTHSC’s Peg Hartig to Chair Board

The Memphis Business Journal

Peg Thorman Hartig, PhD, APRN-BC, FAANP will serve as the 2014-2016 Common Table Health Alliance Board Chair


PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Robert W. Wake, MD

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While it’s unlikely that Robert W. Wake, MD, wears orange scrubs in the OR, he’s pretty much orange to the core in most other respects. The urologist grew up in Knoxville and attended the University of Tennessee for both undergraduate and medical school… He is now professor and chairman of the Department of Urology at… Read More


UT pharmacy school wants tuition discounts for out-of-state students near Memphis

The Commercial Appeal

… the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy wants to give Arkansas and Mississippi students within 50 miles of Memphis a 75 percent discount on the out-of-state portion of their tuition to help recruit more students to the Memphis campus… If approved as expected, the discount will go into effect this fall.


UTHSC May 30 Graduation Photo on CNN

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Friends Jennifer Morton, Jaclyn Strand and Mary VanDeven take a photo Friday, May 30, as they wait to receive their doctorate degrees at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennesse


Mosquito Spraying Set For Next Week After West Nile Detected In Shelby Co.

My Fox Memphis

” … there are some groups of people that are more susceptible, according to Dr. Michael Whitt of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … “