Category: Public Service


Spring 2024 Health Professions Magazine Highlights Mission of Training Health Care Leaders

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The College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is committed to cultivating the next generation of leaders in health care. In the Spring 2024 issue of Health Professions Magazine, this mission is demonstrated through stories of the successes of the college’s ambitious students, dedicated faculty, and accomplished alumni. Surviving Brain… Read More


ShelbyCares on 3rd Helps Hundreds Live Healthier

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Emma Bougard, a retired FedEx customs specialist, knows firsthand why blood pressure is important. A year ago, she visited ShelbyCares on 3rd for the first time, and was shocked to learn she had high blood pressure. “I could not believe it,” recalls Bougard, who felt perfectly healthy at the time. “It was a little scary.”… Read More


2023-24 Annual Report: Our Vision: Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.

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Every day at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, we work to fulfill our vision – four words that stand to improve the lives of all who live in this state and region we cherish. We are training the future health care workforce, caring for the ill in partnership with hospitals across the state,… Read More


Frayser Community Urban Garden Helps ‘Change the Narrative’ of the Community

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The Frayser Community Urban Garden recently won the City of Memphis’ first Community Beautification Pitch Competition, a competition for individuals to pitch to the Memphis City Council on projects focusing on improving neighborhoods. The Frayser Community Urban Garden was established in a collaboration between UT Health Science Center’s College of Medicine and its Board of… Read More


UT Health Science Center Campus Police Joins National Seat Belt Campaign

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Campus Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office in the “Click it or Ticket” campaign from May 20 to June 2, to increase seat belt enforcement as a part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s nationwide mobilization. During this campaign, Campus Police will heavily… Read More


Campus Police Awarded Second Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Campus Police Department has been awarded its second Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation (TLEA) from the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP). The accreditation recognizes significant professional achievement, the use of written directives, policies, and procedures that are operationally successful, and the fulfillment of TLEA program standards. “I… Read More


Molecular/COVID Lab Closes After Four Years of Service in the Face of Unprecedented Pandemic

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The world shut down in response to COVID-19 in early March 2020. By late March, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced it was partnering with University Clinical Health (UCH) to open a lab on the Memphis campus to analyze the deluge of COVID-19 tests being done around town. By May 4, the Molecular/COVID… Read More


Advisory Board to Meet May 10

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, May 10, at 11 a.m. CDT, in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus.   On the agenda: Chancellor’s Report Report on 2024 Giving Day Presentation of Student Fees FY2025 Budget Proposal Legislative Session Summary and Special Presentation While the meeting… Read More