UTHSC Realigns Department of Dental Hygiene
The Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Allied Health Sciences will be realigned under the UTHSC College of Dentistry.
UTHSC In the Media
Promoting diversity wins award for UTHSC exec in Memphis
The Council on Workforce Innovation recently presented its health care education award to University of Tennessee Health Science Center Executive vice chancellor Kennard Brown for promoting diversity in health education.
Karen Johnson Recognition
An analysis of data co-authored by Dr. Johnson was presented in March at the American College of Cardiology’s 63rd Annual Scientific Session. The study showed drinking two or more diet drinks a day may increase the risk of heart disease in otherwise healthy postmenopausal women.
UTHSC dental hygiene department in Memphis to move to dental college
By July 1, the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is moving from the College of Allied Health Sciences to a logical destination, the College of Dentistry.
Kennard Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor and COO of UTHSC, Honored for Promoting Diversity in Health Care Education
Kennard Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received the Healthcare Education Award from the Nashville-based Council on Workforce Innovation.
Dr. Kathy Schwarzenberger, chair of the Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology, discusses the dangers of indoor tanning
As a dermatologist, I hate indoor tanning because every day I see what I believe to be the consequences of it… I think at this point, no one can successfully argue that there isn’t a link between melanoma and tanning.
Dr. Burt Sharp, professor of Pharmacology and Medicine at UTHSC, talks about nicotine poisoning from electronic cigarettes
As electronic cigarettes increase in popularity, calls to the nation’s poison control centers about exposure to the liquid nicotine used in many of the devices have surged.
UTHSC Vice Chancellor Wins Health Care Award
Kennard Brown, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received the Healthcare Education Award from the Nashville-based Council on Workforce Innovation. The statewide award, presented at the 2014 Healthcare Diversity Forum in Nashville, recognized Brown’s efforts in promoting diversity in health care education. The regional forum, which… Read More