Community-led collaboration was a key theme at the two-day Soulsville Heart Health Summit August 9 and 10 at Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the first annual meeting of the Tennessee Heart Health Network in partnership with the Soulsville Foundation. The network is the signature project of the Tennessee Population Health Consortium at the University… Read More
“We are in a good place and moving in a good direction,” Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, told members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday during their summer meeting in Memphis. With many new leaders now in place and joining already committed colleagues to forge a more-cohesive team across all four Health Science Center campuses, the… Read More
Years ago, Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, lobbied before a local government board to block development of a Denver wetland area, after she researched and found a particular species of wildlife there was at risk of extinction. While she describes herself as “not particularly political,” she also admits, “when I get passionate about something, I research… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, August 9, at 11 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus. On the agenda: Chancellor’s report Updates from the deans Financial update Special presentation – Chief Wellness Officer While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will… Read More
The list of the 2024 Health Care Heroes finalists released this week by the Memphis Business Journal underscores the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s extensive clinical impact in the Memphis community. Of the 26 finalists, 17 are associated in some manner with UT Health Science Center. “The UT Health Science Center has an abundance of… Read More
Some might call family nurse practitioner Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, a woman on a mission. She recently returned from a weeklong mission trip to Honduras, her sixth such trip in eight years. She made all these trips with her church in Southaven, Mississippi; the other five were to El Salvador. In Honduras, Dr.… Read More
Youths in the Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program in the Center on Developmental Disabilities at UT Health Science Center were dressed in white gowns and black suits at the program’s annual Young Men and Women’s gala featuring music, food, dancing, and a tribute to their relatives who are their caregivers. During the gala, the youth… Read More
Four exceptional employees from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were among 15 faculty and staff members honored with the 2024 UT President’s Awards announced today by UT System President Randy Boyd during the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees meeting in Knoxville. They are David Shibata, MD, a professor, Harwell Wilson Alumni Endowed… Read More
