During its summer meeting Friday, August 15, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board was introduced to new leaders at the university, learned about the recent accomplishments of the six colleges, received an update on financial and compliance issues, and heard about plans for the proposed new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building. The… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s significant role in advancing health care in the Memphis community through partnerships was highlighted at the Memphis Business Journal’s 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. Winners in four of the five categories are associated with UT Health Science Center, as announced Thursday night during an event superbly hosted by… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, August 15, at 2 p.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… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing has been awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant that will put a second mobile health unit and nurse practitioners on the road in Hardeman, Haywood, and Dyer counties to increase health care access. The grant comes from the Rural Health Care Resiliency Program of the… Read More
Back in the 1950s, the cytology program at what is now the University of Tennessee Health Science Center was recruited to provide support for a mass screening project that has been critical to the health of generations of women. From July 1952 to June 1957, the Memphis Project tested 290,000 women with a new procedure,… Read More
A grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will expand a longstanding behavioral health workforce and education training program at the University of Memphis to include the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Together, the two institutions will launch an initiative aimed at building a stronger behavioral health workforce in West Tennessee. The… Read More
UT Health Science Center’s Faculty Senate accomplished much over the past academic year, despite political and financial challenges, Tracy McClinton, DNP, AG-ACNP-BC, APRN, outgoing Faculty Senate president said during the group’s final meeting for the year. “We have sustained during some challenging times, some of which will continue or resurface,” Dr. McClinton, an associate professor… Read More
The list of finalists for the 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards released this week by the Memphis Business Journal illustrates the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s broad and deep impact on clinical care in the Memphis community. More than half of the 25 finalists are associated in some manner with UT Health Science Center. This… Read More
