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Steven R. Goodman, Vice Chancellor for Research at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Elected a 2016 AAAS Fellow for Contributions to Advancing Science

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently elected Steven R. Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), as a 2016 AAAS Fellow. Dr. Goodman’s election makes him the first active UTHSC affiliated AAAS Fellow since 1972, and the first active member of the association… Read More

Kennard Brown, UTHSC Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer, Featured on the Funky Politics

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Dr. Kennard Brown, executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, talks about UTHSC, health care and its impact on the Mid-South on the Funky Politics. [efsflexvideo type=”other” url=”[efsflexvideo type=”other” url=”https://www.podbean.com/media/player/4twzm-649db3-pb?vjs=1&auto=0&from=share ” allowfullscreen=”yes” widescreen=”yes” width=”420″ height=”315″/]    

UTHSC Awarded $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Fund Innovative Proof-of-Concept Center, Stimulate Movement of Ideas to Market

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a nearly $500,000 i6 Challenge Award from the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) to establish a Proof-of-Concept Center at UTHSC in partnership with Memphis Bioworks Foundation. The award was announced recently by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker as part of the EDA’s 2016… Read More

Student Leaders Meet with Campus Administration for Collaborative Q & A Session

Written by Jackie Denton

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The Student Government Association Executive Council, which serves as the official liaison between the student body at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the administration, had the opportunity recently to meet with Chancellor Steve J. Schwab and Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer Dr. Ken Brown. The meeting was held in… Read More

Physicians at UTHSC and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Successfully Separate Conjoined Twins

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“This teamwork was spectacular,” said Dr. Max Langham, vice chair of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Department of Surgery and pediatric surgeon at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, during a press conference today announcing the successful surgery separating conjoined twins, Miracle and Testimony at Le Bonheur. The twins, who are celebrating their first… Read More

UTHSC Professor David Nelson Co-Authors Paper on Unique Lifestyle and Survival of Asian Longhorned Beetle

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David Nelson, PhD,  professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry in the College of Medicine at UTHSC has co-authored a paper that provides insight into the lifestyle and unique survival of the Asian longhorned beetle, a tree eating insect. It belongs to a large group (greater than 35,000 species) of longhorned beetles that… Read More

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine’s Center for Addiction Science Recognized as First Center of Excellence in Addiction Medicine in the Country

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The University of Tennessee College of Medicine’s Center for Addiction Science was recognized today as the first Center of Excellence In Addiction Medicine by The Addiction Medicine Foundation. The Center for Addiction Science was founded to address the untreated addiction epidemic, not only in Memphis, but across the country. The center provides clinical treatment services… Read More

UTHSC Researchers Publish Study Indicating Link Between Constipation and Chronic Kidney Disease

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research by investigators from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Memphis Veterans Administration Medical Center, published in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), indicates that individuals with chronic constipation are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure. The connection is… Read More