Category: Public Service


UTHSC College of Medicine Dedicated New Sign at Frayser Community Urban Garden

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The Office of Community Health Engagement in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center held a dedication ceremony earlier this month for a new sign at the Frayser Community Urban Garden. The Frayser Community Urban Garden launched in 2021 as a collaboration between the UTHSC College of Medicine and its Board… Read More


Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program at UTHSC Receives $1.87 Million Grant

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Since 2001, the Relative Caregiver Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has helped ensure that children whose parents cannot care for them are able to remain in their family’s care, instead of the foster care system. Relative caregivers are family members who are related to a child by blood, marriage, or adoption… Read More


College of Nursing Offers 3rd Annual Opioid Conference

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The 3rd Annual Opioid Conference and Pre-Conference will bring together experts in substance use disorder to share how genetics, trauma, and opportunity contribute to developing opioid use disorder across the lifespan. This conference will be hosted by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing March 3, with a pre-conference for prescribers March… Read More


UTHSC Team’s COVID Data System Highlighted in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal

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When COVID-19 hit the Mid-South in 2020, researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center quickly saw how Memphis was struggling to keep pace with the rapid advance of the pandemic. So, they got to work. In a report recently published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, senior authors David Schwartz, MD, FACR,… Read More


UTHSC Advisory Board Votes Not to Increase Tuition

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For the fourth straight year, tuition is expected not to increase for students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. During the winter meeting of the UTHSC Advisory Board Friday, members voted unanimously in favor of keeping the current tuition rates, at the recommendation of Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD. “This is not an organization… Read More


Winter Medicine Magazine Showcases College of Medicine Achievements

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Over the last year, the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has strengthened is relationships with partner hospitals across the state, expanded its educational and clinical reach, and grown its research funding. Shainberg Scholars Program Kicks Off Read about an exchange program designed to give fourth-year students the chance to… Read More


UTHSC Advisory Board to Meet Jan. 13 in Memphis

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, January 13, at 9:30 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus.  On the agenda:  Chancellor’s report Strategic plan update Development update FY 2024 tuition rate approval While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will also be… Read More


Family, Friends Honor Hershel “Pat” Wall for a Life Well Lived

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Hershel “Pat” Wall, MD, whose outstanding career at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center spanned more than 50 years, was remembered and honored during a celebration of life today at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis.  Dr. Wall, who served as Chancellor Emeritus of UTHSC since 2012, passed away December 16. He was lauded as an exceptional academician, clinician,… Read More