Dr. Sara Day developed a passion for the care of patients with sickle cell disease when she was a young nurse at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She has transformed that passion into education, garnering nearly $900,000 in grant funding over the last five years to teach other nurses how to care for sickle cell… Read More
Kelly Davis, executive director of development for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, is one of six University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc. (UTFI) employees honored with a 2026 UT Foundation President’s Award. Davis received the award during a presentation at UT Health Sciences’ Memphis campus on Tuesday. The award recognizes… Read More
When Dee and Jamie Evans talk about their daughter, Stacey Lane Evans, MD, they don’t begin with personal accolades or professional titles. They start with the constants of who Stacey was as a person and as a physician. Quietly principled. Deeply empathetic. Unwaveringly kind. The words are delivered, cloaked in the love and pride they… Read More
Back in 2012, Union City businessman William “Bill” Latimer had an idea that has helped thousands of Tennesseans smile. “Everyone has medical care in the U.S., because they can always go to an emergency room,” he said. “But you don’t have an emergency place for dental care. I knew a lot of people don’t have… Read More
The National Cancer Institute has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Sciences a $2.65 million K12 grant to launch a Career Development Program in Clinical Oncology, a five-year initiative that will train early-career physicians to become independent clinical cancer researchers. It is the first K12 training grant ever awarded to a UT System institution, built… Read More
2026 College of Medicine Class President Evan Finder took the long view when he heard that the Tennessee General Assembly had appropriated $311 million for the construction of the new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building. “The new College of Medicine building represents a historic moment not only for the University of Tennessee Health… Read More
We are excited to share the inaugural issue of Health Sciences Magazine, a new university-wide publication that brings together stories from across all six colleges at UT Health Sciences. The first issue highlights how collaboration across education, research, clinical care and public service strengthens our shared vision for healthier Tennesseans and thriving communities. Inside, you… Read More
In his third year of pediatric residency, Ryan Murphy, MD, found himself referring child after child to psychiatrists who had no openings. Waitlists stretched for months. “Feeling the frustration of wanting to help but not having the expertise really reinforced that this was the path I wanted to follow,” he says. That path led him… Read More
