Student Spotlights: Three Students Make their Mark at UTHSC
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Our students and graduates are the best, and we never miss an opportunity to share that fact. Here are the stories of three we profiled in “The Record” this year…. Read More
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Student Spotlight: Bonnie Barnes Capitalizes On Love of Medicine Through Board of Trustees Involvement
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When Bonnie Barnes – then Bonnie Lynch – was accepted to medical school, she knew it would be a great experience. But besides earning her MD, she also had the opportunity to serve as a student representative on the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. Both her father, Bruce Lynch, a dentist in the Memphis… Read More
Student Spotlight: Charles Walker Brings Social Justice to the Forefront of Nursing
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Previous: Bonnie Barnes Capitalizes On Love of Medicine Through Board of Trustees Involvement “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson The above definitely reflects Charles Walker. Since graduating from the newly revived Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at UTHSC last December, Walker is showing no signs of slowing down. A… Read More
Student Spotlight: Shelly Gareiss Finds Dentistry the Perfect Combination of Science and Art
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Previous: Charles Walker Brings Social Justice to the Forefront of Nursing Shelly Gareiss decided to be a dentist while taking an undergraduate class in – of all things – metalsmithing. It was a fine arts class, associated with jewelry and silverware. Gareiss quickly noticed, however, that a quarter of her classmates were there because it was… Read More
Wei Li of UTHSC Receives $1.9 Million to Study New Ways to Target and Weaken Cancer Cells
|Wei Li, PhD, a researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a $1.91 million grant to study new ways to weaken cancer cells by targeting one of their components called survivin. The grant from the National Institutes of Health will be distributed over five years. Dr. Li is a professor in… Read More
Dr. David Stern Cites Community Service; Culture of Excellence in State of the College of Medicine Address
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Engagement in the community is central to the College of Medicine at UTHSC, said David Stern, MD, Robert J. Kaplan Executive Dean in his recent State of the College of Medicine address. “If you consider our community – the underserved community that lives all around us – that community presents us with both an opportunity… Read More
Chad Epps, MD, Named Executive Director of the New $36.7 Million Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center Being Constructed at UTHSC
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Chad Epps, MD, was a high school teacher before he became a physician. As the new executive director of the Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center under construction at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Dr. Epps will combine his expertise as a physician and a teacher to improve education for future health… Read More
UTHSC Communications and Marketing Department Receives Two Awards for Alumni Magazines in International Competition
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Two magazines produced by the Communications and Marketing Department at UTHSC have won Hermes Creative Awards. The winter 2016 College of Medicine magazine received a Platinum Award, the highest honor; and the fall 2015 College of Pharmacy magazine received a Gold Award in the publications, magazine category. Both the College of Medicine and College of… Read More