Category: Public Service


Second Annual Race for the Summitt 4-Miler!

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The Second Annual Race for the Summitt 4-Miler benefiting The Pat Summitt Foundation will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 9am here on the UTHSC campus! The event, hosted by The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy’s American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) chapter, supports the former Lady… Read More


Boucher Appointed as Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations

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Pharmacy is proud to announce the appointment of Bradley A. Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, as the new associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations. His new administrative position began January 2, 2014. Boucher practices in the area of critical care at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and also serves as a professor of… Read More


Anniversary for Long Term Faculty Member

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Feb. 1st marks the 55th anniversary of James W. Pate, M.D. as an active faculty member of the College of Medicine.  Dr. Pate has participated in  many of the dramatic changes in UTCHS and in local and national teaching, training, research, and health care delivery. He still participates in student and resident conferences and lectures… Read More


The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Raises More Than $3,500 for Pacific Typhoon Relief Efforts

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) raised $3,569.05  to aid the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into the eastern Philippines on November 8. Morning and afternoon fund drives were held on the campus on November 13, with students, faculty, staff, members of the local health care community and the public contributing. Physical… Read More


The University of Tennessee Health Science Center to Raise Funds for Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is mobilizing to raise money to aid the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded when it slammed into the Philippines on Friday. Two fund drives will be held on the UTHSC campus on Wednesday, November 13, with the money going to… Read More


UTHSC Ophthalmologists Warn Non-Prescription Costume Contact Lenses Can Be Hazardous for Your Eyes

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Aaron Waite, MD, shows a patient a close up of a corneal ulcer, the white mark in the center of the photo. Those costume contact lenses may make you look like a zombie on “The Walking Dead,” but doctors from the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center warn that they… Read More


College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Kicks off Global Health Initiative

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Two students  and administrators from the Medical University of Sofia in Bulgaria come to campus.   The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) welcomed dignitaries and two dental students from the Medical University of Sofia in Bulgaria in the first student exchange under a new Global Health Initiative. The… Read More


Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week Sept. 20-26 Aims to Raise Funds, Community Profile and Volunteers for 24-Hour Confidential Hotline

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Chancellor Steve Schwab speaking at the Memphis Crisis Center kick off

For more than 40 years, the Memphis Crisis Center has provided much-needed counseling to those in distress through a 24/7, volunteer-staffed hotline. But in the last few years, whether because of the economy or the troubled times, calls to the confidential lifeline (901-CRISIS7 or 901-274-7477) have gone up dramatically, from 14,103 in 2011 to 17,629… Read More