Category: Public Service


UTHSC College of Nursing Site of New Regional Telehealth Training Center

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The UTHSC College of Nursing is the site of a new regional telehealth training center.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has been selected as the first satellite telehealth training center in Tennessee by the South Central Telehealth Resource Center. The new training center, scheduled to open in January, will offer a much-needed resource to train health care providers in telehealth services, which have grown exponentially… Read More


UTHSC Advisory Board Holds Final Meeting for 2021

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board met virtually Wednesday for its last meeting of 2021, receiving a condensed look at UTHSC Chancellor Steve Schwab’s 2021 State of the University Address and an overview of the numbers behind the university’s anticipated tuition recommendation for FY 2023. Anthony Ferrara, CPA, MAS, senior vice chancellor… Read More


Pimentos Opens in UTHSC’s Madison Plaza Food Court

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Memphis-based Pimentos opened its newest location in the food court in the Madison Plaza on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Memphis campus. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. The restaurant joins Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Soi No. 9 in the university’s food court located in the lobby of… Read More


Public Art Installation Draws Attention to Pedestrian Safety

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Dozens of pedestrian cutout figures installed in the greenspace on the UTHSC campus stand as silent reminders of those who lost their lives while walking on Memphis streets in 2020.

Faculty, staff, and students arriving at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center this morning, as well as motorists traveling on Madison Avenue where it bisects the campus, were met with a stark and silent reminder of a major public safety problem across the city. A traveling art installation set up in the green space… Read More


UTHSC Hosts Inaugural Multicultural and Global Health Symposium Nov. 6

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The Center for Multicultural and Global Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host its inaugural Multicultural and Global Health Symposium Saturday, November 6, from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Memphis. The free symposium will bring together local, national, and international speakers to discuss the theme of “Re-Imagining Multicultural and Global… Read More


Fall 2021 Nursing Magazine: The Power of Nursing

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The Fall 2021 Nursing magazine explores the “Power of Nursing.” In this award-winning issue read how a mother-and-daughter nursing team deliver health care in rural Middle Tennessee; see how siblings are supporting each other in the accelerated BSN program; and learn about the UTHSC College of Nursing’s new Midwifery program. Read the full issue below.


UTHSC Health Hub at Uptown Brings Neighborhood Approach to Health Care

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Cutting the ribbon to open the UTHSC Health Hub at Uptown Saturday were Michelle Taylor, MD, director of the Shelby County Health Department; Scott Strome, MD, executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, Henry Turley, member of the UTHSC Coillege of Meidcine Board of Vistiros, and Jim Bailey, MD, who has led the development of the Health HUb.

When the orange ribbon was cut to open the new UTHSC Health Hub at Uptown Saturday morning, supporters of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, local leaders, and neighborhood residents responded with a round of applause. Located at 534 North Second Street, the UTHSC Health Hub is a neighborhood approach to improving health in… Read More


UTHSC College of Medicine to Open First UTHSC Health Hub October 30

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The College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will open the UTHSC Health Hub in Uptown on October 30 at 10 a.m. Located at 534 North Second Street, the UTHSC Health Hub is a neighborhood-based approach to improving health status and outcomes in underserved areas in the community. The launch will… Read More