Category: Education

Two from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Receive 2017 University of Tennessee President’s Awards  

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationResearch

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Guy Reed, MD, and Steve Butler, director of instructional technology services, are among four winners of the 2017 University of Tennessee President’s Awards, the system’s highest honor for faculty and staff. UT President Joe DiPietro announced the winners today during his second State of the University address in… Read More

College of Dentistry to Present Lessons in a Lunchbox Oral Health Literacy Program on February 23

Written by Amber Carter

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EducationPublic Service

Faculty, students, and staff of the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will bring Lessons in a Lunchbox: Healthy Teeth Essentials & Facts About Snacks™, an oral health literacy program developed around a lunch box, to students at Bruce Elementary School on Thursday, February 23. More than 170 students… Read More

College Spotlight: The UTHSC College of Medicine; Making an Impact on the Health of the City of Memphis

Written by Jackie Denton

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Education

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine wants to make an impact on the health of the city of Memphis. The college has been focusing on its clinical, research, educational and service mission to the community with a focus on care to support health and wellness. “We are adding talent to… Read More

UTHSC College of Dentistry Provides $17,954 Worth of Free Dental Services to Middle School Students for 2017 Give Kids a Smile Day

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationPublic Service

Students, faculty and staff of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry provided free dental services Thursday to 78 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students on National Give Kids A Smile Day. A total of 893 dental procedures worth $17,954 were performed during the  service event, one of many ways UTHSC annually… Read More

College Spotlight: UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences Aims to Cement Position As “The Melting Pot of Health Care”

Written by Amber Carter

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Education

Donald Thomason, PhD, dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences (CGHS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, hopes that budding scientists and researchers with broad interests find a home in the college often called “the melting pot of health care.” “We want our students to know that it is OK to have… Read More

College Spotlight: The UTHSC College of Dentistry Continues Its Commitment to Expand and Address the Pressing Needs In the Community

Written by Jackie Denton

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EducationPublic Service

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry is fulfilling its commitment to serve the needs of the underserved in our communities. New clinics have opened across the state — in Jackson, Union City, Bristol and recently, Chattanooga – with a new dental sleep medicine clinic slated to open in the spring. The… Read More

College Spotlight: College of Health Professions’ Educational Agenda Extends Beyond the Classroom

Written by Amber Carter

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EducationPublic Service

The College of Health Professions (COHP) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is committed to creating educational programs that extend beyond the classroom and into the community. “Students in allied health professions, as in other health care disciplines, recognize that they have responsibilities that go beyond academic instruction,” said Lori Gonzalez, PhD,… Read More

Professor Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Receives Honorary Doctorate from Semmelweis University in Budapest

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationResearch

Gabor J. Tigyi, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received an honorary doctorate from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Tigyi, who was born in Hungary, is the Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor in the Department of Physiology… Read More