UTHSC News


College of Dentistry to Host Annual Give Kids A Smile Day May 7

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The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host its annual Give Kids A Smile Day on Wednesday, May 7, from 8 a.m. until noon, in the Delta Dental of Tennessee Building, 875 Union Ave. The event will provide free dental services to more than 100 middle and high school… Read More


College of Nursing Honors Nurse Heroes for Nurses Week

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In its ninth year, the NightinGala and Nurse Hero Awards will honor nurses from leading health care institutions in Memphis and the University of Tennessee Southern during the sold-out gala on May 2. The celebration of nursing will also welcome Nurse Blake, a nurse and touring comedian who has performed for more than 250,000 nurses… Read More


College of Graduate Health Sciences Celebrates Research and Achievement at Annual Graduate Research Day

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On Friday, April 25, the College of Graduate Health Sciences hosted its annual Graduate Research Day and Awards Ceremony, celebrating a year of outstanding research and academic achievement. The event featured morning and afternoon platform presentations, poster sessions, and an awards ceremony recognizing excellence across the college. During the poster competition, students presented and discussed… Read More


College of Pharmacy No. 1 in Tennessee, Top 10 in Nation for Residency Matches

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The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center excelled in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) residency match for PGY1 (Postgraduate Year 1) and PGY2 (Postgraduate Year 2) pharmacy students, achieving 66 PGY1 and 28 PGY2 matches for the 2025 cycle, totaling 94 matches from both 2024 and 2025 graduates.… Read More


Federal Grant Fuels Graduate Student Research to Fight Deadly Fungal Infection

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Headshot of Harrison Thorn

Harrison Thorn, a graduate student in the Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded an $80,792 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his work to develop new treatment strategies for a dangerous and often deadly fungal infection. Conducted under the mentorship of… Read More


The Fight of Our Lives: Advancing Cancer Research in Tennessee

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As a pediatrician, I’ve been at the bedside of countless families whose lives changed in a moment when they learned their child had cancer. As a daughter and patient, myself, I’ve scrambled to learn as much as I could about new diagnoses, treatments, and testing for adult cancers, all while wondering if this was the… Read More


Tennessee First Lady Hosts Luncheon at UT Health Science Center Honoring West Tennessee First Responders

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More than 180 law enforcement officers from various agencies in West Tennessee were honored earlier this month at an appreciation luncheon hosted by Tennessee First Lady Maria Lee and held at the Memphis campus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The event April 3 was part of Tennessee Serves, a statewide initiative led by the First Lady to encourage Tennesseans… Read More


Raising Funds to Renovate Dunn Dental Building, Continuing a Legacy

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College of Dentistry alumnus Phil Wenk, DDS, smiles when he remembers driving across the state in the mid-2000s with another alumnus, former Tennessee Gov. Winfield Dunn, to meet with potential donors and raise funds to renovate the Dunn Dental Building, which had not been updated since it opened in 1977. “Gov. Dunn had a heart… Read More