Campus: Memphis

UT Health Science Center and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Announce USA CORNET Awards

Written by Sarah Ashley Bloch

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Research

Grant Funds New Substance Abuse Research Initiative Kristin Hamre, PhD, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Cynthia Kane, PhD, professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been named the 2016 winners of the UTHSC/UAMS USA Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Award. Their award, worth $50,000 total… Read More

Dr. M. Boyd Gillespie Named Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at UTHSC

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation

M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, MSc, FACS, has been named chair of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Dr. Gillespie comes to UTHSC from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he was a professor and vice chair of Clinical Outreach… Read More

Researcher Subhash Chauhan Receives $3.4 Million in Grants for Pancreatic Cancer Research

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical CareResearch

Subhash C. Chauhan, PhD, a professor in the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pathology in the UTHSC Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received two grants totaling $3.4 million to develop targeted nanomedicine for pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in… Read More

UTHSC Physical Therapy Students Bring Mobility to Children with Special Needs Through GoBabyGo! Memphis

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationPublic Service

When Steven Reeves saw a ride-on Power Wheels dump truck last Christmas at Toys “R” Us, he tried to figure out how to rig up a safety harness so his son, Noah, 2, who has hypotonia or muscular weakness, could sit up in it and operate it. Reeves couldn’t do it. But students in the… Read More

UTHSC’s Dr. Guy Reed Wins 2016 Innovation Award from Inside Memphis Business Magazine

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

Guy Reed, MD, began more than a decade ago to research a safer, more effective therapy for dissolving blood clots, which are the cause of most strokes. The outcome of that research is a novel thrombus (blood clot) dissolving agent, TS23, which is currently undergoing clinical trials. For his groundbreaking effort, Dr. Reed, the Lemuel Diggs Professor… Read More

UT Health Science Center To Host Community Event to End Domestic Violence; Build Healthy Relationships

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Public Service

On Saturday, October 1, 2016, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will partner with the Memphis Crisis Center, Family Safety Center and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., to present a community event aimed at ending domestic violence, resolving conflicts peacefully and building healthy relationships. “Bridging Troubled Waters, a Community Conversation” will feature a… Read More

Growth in Enrollment, Revenue, Infrastructure Made 2015-2016 a Great Year for UTHSC

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationResearch

Academic year 2015-2016 “was our best year to date,” UT Health Science Center Chancellor Steve J. Schwab, MD, said Tuesday in his annual State of the University Address to the campus.  “We have a great story to tell.” The positive tone threaded throughout the speech, as the chancellor detailed growth in enrollment,  innovations in education… Read More

Dr. Linda Myers Receives $1.67 Million Grant for Rheumatoid Arthritis Research

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Research

Linda Myers, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a grant totaling $1.67 million for research into autoimmune arthritis. Dr. Myers, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the UTHSC College of Medicine, hopes her work will lead to the development of new therapeutic approaches. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disorder of unknown… Read More