UTHSC News

The American Student Dental Association University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chapter Named Most Improved Chapter By National ASDA

Written by Jackie Denton

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EducationPublic Service

The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chapter was recently named Most Improved Chapter among 66 chapters in the country during the ASDA Annual Session in Anaheim, California. “Our chapter has been a work in progress and started out as more of a fun dental fraternity,” said Taylor Enochs, UTHSC… Read More

College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Celebrates Match Day 2018

Written by Jackie Denton

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Education

Today the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center celebrated Match Day with its 155 fourth-year medical students at an event at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Match Day, which is held on the third Friday of March each year, is the day the nation’s medical students find out the location results… Read More

UTHSC Instrumental in New Wellness & Stress Clinic Bringing Health Care to Oakhaven Church

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Public Service

“We can have an impact right here, right now,” said David M. Stern, MD, vice chancellor for Health Affairs for Statewide Initiatives at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, summing up the importance of the new Wellness & Stress Clinic of Memphis that opened today in the Oakhaven community in South Memphis. Located at… Read More

Kenneth Ataga Named Director of New UTHSC Center for Sickle Cell Disease

Written by Amber Carter

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Research

Kenneth Ataga, MD, has been named director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s new Center for Sickle Cell Disease in the College of Medicine. He will begin his new role July 1. The UTHSC Center for Sickle Cell Disease is a collaborative effort among UTHSC, West Cancer Center, UT-Methodist University Hospital and Regional… Read More

UTHSC Issues Challenge to Community in Support of Kosten Foundation’s Fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Public ServiceResearch

The Kosten Foundation has raised more than $1,500,000 for pancreatic cancer research, much of which is done in The Dermon II Family and Herb Kosten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Established through a $200,000 grant from the foundation in 2016, the center is located in the Cancer… Read More

UTHSC’s Altha Stewart Named to Governor’s Task Force on School Safety

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Public Service

Altha Stewart, MD, a psychiatrist and founding director of the Center for Health In Justice Involved Youth at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to serve on a new state task force on school safety. The 16-member School Safety Working Group had its first meeting in… Read More

UTHSC Library Hosting National Exhibit Highlighting African Americans in Civil War Medicine Through April 14

Written by Amber Carter

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Education

The Health Sciences Library at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is one of many locations around the country hosting the national exhibit Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine, an exhibit that chronicles African-American health care providers, their successes and the challenges of race and gender discrimination they faced… Read More

UTHSC Gold Humanism Honor Society Chapter Spreads Message of Compassionate Care

Written by Jackie Denton

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Clinical CarePublic Service

Robert Ackerman and his therapy dog, Little Man, were among those recognized during this year’s National Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care. Held each February, National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care has grown into a weeklong celebration for Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) honorees to display solidarity for the compassionate and humanistic care of… Read More