UTHSC News


Story of Friendship and Legacy Nets Communications Team Top Award

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2026 VOX trophy for Best Feature Story

A touching story of two generations of one family who have earned their physical therapy degrees at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences was the winner of a top award for best feature story at the 2026 VOX Awards sponsored last week by the Memphis Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Written by… Read More


Dr. Jessi Gold’s Work to Advance Mental Health Conversations in Medicine Receives National Award

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Dr. Jessi Gold posing with her McGovern Award Medal

Jessi Gold, MD, wants to make talking about mental health so ordinary it becomes almost boring. As a psychiatrist, writer and advocate for healthcare worker and student well-being, Dr. Gold has spent her career encouraging people to speak openly about burnout, anxiety, depression and the challenges of caring for others while taking care of themselves.… Read More


‘A Strong Sense of Procedural Fairness’

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SevaPriya Barrier portrait

New Compliance Director Aims to Train, Protect, Support Campus Community In 2010 shortly after moving to Arizona to work at the University of Arizona, SevaPriya Barrier registered to vote using the application form available on campus. Her registration was rejected for failure to provide proof of citizenship, even though the application did not require it.… Read More


New Holiday Gathering Connects UT Health Sciences to Major Community Event

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UT Starry Nights promotional graphic

Katie Mason, an administrative assistant II in the College of Nursing, is excited about taking her 3- and 4-year-old children to the UT Health Sciences Starry Nights Community Night at Shelby Farms Park next month. “I like that it is family oriented, so we can take our kids,” she said. “It makes it more of… Read More


A Missed Diagnosis Changed How One UT Health Sciences Researcher Approaches Oral Cancer in Rural Tennessee

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Dr. Doug Dixon points at a slide while presenting.

Ten years ago, Dr. Doug Dixon, encountered a patient he would never forget. The man had been referred to Dixon, associate dean of Bioscience Research and professor in the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Dentistry, for periodontal disease treatment, but what he discovered was far more serious. A large mass was in the… Read More


UT Health Sciences Partners Across Tennessee to Provide Best Care Possible

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Dr. Paige Johnson working with medical students

When Paige Johnson, MD, sees a patient, delivers a baby or mentors a resident or medical student at UT Medical, she is putting the mission and vision of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences into action. Dr. Johnson completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency through UT Health Sciences in 2003 and is one of hundreds… Read More


UT Health Sciences Advisory Board to Hold Fall Meeting Friday, Nov. 13

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The Link Building seen through one of the arches on the Quadrangle

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Advisory Board will meet Friday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus. On the agenda:  While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will also be available to view online. The webcast link, more information about the UT Health Sciences… Read More


Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center Marks 10 Years With Annual Art Auction

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Two healthcare providers work with a young child sitting on a big, blue ball-like piece of equipment in an occupational therapy clinic, with a quote from Rachel Kay Stevens and her photo in the background.

The Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, the Memphis area’s only pro-bono pediatric occupational therapy center, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The center, staffed by students under the supervision of licensed occupational therapy practitioners, has served hundreds of families across the Mid-South. This week, the Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy… Read More