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
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
A total of 679 first-year students from all six colleges of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences took part in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day last week. Of those, 602 swapped classroom seats for mixed teams on Doc’s Field, and 77 joined virtually. Future dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and other health professionals and scientists spent the… Read More
More than 60% of U.S. adults used a dietary supplement in the past 30 days between August 2021 and August 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of them sorting through claims pushed by TikTok influencers, trendy wellness products and performance enhancers that often reach the market without FDA approval. To… Read More
The first time Chace Hicks, MD, came to Chattanooga, he was looking for a place to learn. A few years later, he’s walking through the same halls he once trained. This time, as faculty. After completing his general surgery residency training following medical school in 2025 at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of… Read More
Under a large tent on the future site of the College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, hundreds of university leaders, elected officials, community partners, alumni, students, faculty and staff gathered Thursday, Oct. 8, to mark a milestone years in the making: the groundbreaking of a $350 million building that… Read More
When Michio Kurosu, PhD, returned to Memphis after completing his Fulbright appointment in Egypt, he brought home more than memories of a year abroad. As the first U.S. Fulbright Scholar to reside in Sinai, Egypt, where he served his appointment at King Salman International University (KSIU) on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, he helped strengthen a developing… Read More
By 7 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, the parking lot across from St. Patrick Catholic Church is already moving. Volunteers line up pallets, a DJ sets up speakers and cars begin turning onto Martin Luther King Avenue before the food boxes are done being packed. Eugene Mangiante, MD, has been part of… Read More
