UTHSC News


Annual Department of Medicine and Alpha Omega Alpha Beta Tennessee Chapter Research Day 2017

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The Department of Medicine and the Alpha Omega Alpha Beta Tennessee Chapter presented the annual Research in Medicine and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Research Day on Friday, February 24. The event was from 3-6 p.m. in the Madison Plaza with presentations in the Hamilton Eye Institute Freeman Auditorium. Abstracts were submitted by students in… Read More


Christopher Waters, PhD, of UTHSC Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Mechanisms Related to Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Christopher Waters, PhD, professor and interim chair of the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine, has received a $1.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health for his project titled “ASK1 and Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.” The study will examine the therapies associated with ventilator-induced lung… Read More


Department of Medicine and Alpha Omega Alpha To Host 2017 Research Day

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Medicine and the Alpha Omega Alpha Beta Tennessee Chapter will join forces on Friday, February 24 to present its annual Research in Medicine and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Research Day. The event will take place from 3-6 p.m. in the Madison Plaza with presentations taking… Read More


College Spotlight: College of Pharmacy Continues to Make Student Success Its Top Priority

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  Access. Affordability. Accountability. These are three attributes that Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Pharmacy, believes set the college apart from other institutions. The highest ranked college of pharmacy in the state of Tennessee and as the 17th best… Read More


UTHSC Hosts Strategic Planning Session to Discuss Ways to Improve Local Juvenile Justice System

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  The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Altha Stewart, MD, director of the Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth at UTHSC, hosted a two-day strategic planning session for local leaders and juvenile justice professionals aimed at improving services for young people in the Shelby County justice system. The conference addressed the… Read More


UTHSC’s Dr. Ajay J. Talati, MD, Named 2017 Abbott Nutrition Pediatric Educator of the Year, By the Southern Society for Pediatric Research

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Ajay J. Talati, MD, program director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship and professor in the department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, has been recognized as the 2017 Abbott Nutrition Pediatric Educator of the Year by the Southern Society for Pediatric Research. “I am… Read More


Two from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Receive 2017 University of Tennessee President’s Awards  

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Guy Reed, MD, and Steve Butler, director of instructional technology services, are among four winners of the 2017 University of Tennessee President’s Awards, the system’s highest honor for faculty and staff. UT President Joe DiPietro announced the winners today during his second State of the University address in… Read More


Five UTHSC Cancer Researchers Awarded Intramural Grants by West Cancer Center

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  West Cancer Center has awarded four $50,000 intramural grants to cancer researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The grants were among almost 20 proposals received by West Cancer Center for its annual grant awarding process. This year’s recipients and projects include: Matthew Ballo, MD, FACR and Enrique Izaguirre, PhD, DABR,… Read More