UTHSC In the Media


UTHSC appoints Alston to head human resources in Memphis

The Commercial Appeal

Chandra Alston has been named the new associate vice chancellor of human resources at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where she has served as interim director since July. Alston also served as assistant dean for finance and administration in the College of Allied Health Sciences. a post she’s held since 2009, while… Read More


Designing the Medical Center for Creative Collisions

The Daily News

The Memphis Medical Center near Downtown is currently in the midst of a significant building boom. Major new facilities by Southwest Tennessee Community College, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Bioworks Foundation are underway or nearing completion, joining successful hospitals, clinics, educational institutions and many other great small businesses.


UT to begin search for new surgery department leader in Memphis

The Commercial Appeal

The chairman of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery will step down when a search for a new leader for the department finds his replacement, university officials announced Monday. Dr. Timothy Fabian, chairman of surgery for more than 14 years, will continue as a professor in the department after his successor is… Read More


Chair of surgery at UTHSC stepping down

The Memphis Business Journal

Timothy C. Fabian, professor and chair of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery, has announced he will step down from his position as chair once his successor has been named.


UT Health Science Center, Lifeblood host holiday blood drive Dec. 6

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UTHSC and Lifeblood are joining forces to host a Holiday Blood Drive for the campus and the community on Friday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in room 305 of the Student-Alumni Center at 800 Madison Ave.


UT honors innovators

The Commercial Appeal

The University of Tennessee Research Foundation Innovation Awards recognized 19 University of Tennessee Health Science Center researchers who, among other advances, won 14 patents during the year. The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer went to Dr. Edward Chaum, Plough Foundation Professor of Retinal Diseases. Chaum, who joined UTHSC in 2000,… Read More


UTHSC Taps Davis to Lead Biomedical Informatics

The Daily News

Dr. Robert L. Davis has been appointed as the founding director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Center in Biomedical Informatics and the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair in Biomedical Informatics.


Steinle named director of research for UTHSC eye institute

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has tapped Jena J. Steinle to be director of research at the Hamilton Eye Institute.