College: Graduate Health

Dr. Aman Bajwa Awarded $3.7 Million to Develop Early Detection Test for Kidney Damage

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Clinical CareResearch
Headshot of Dr. Aman Bajwa

Aman Bajwa, PhD, professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded a multi-principal investigator R01 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. The five-year, $3.7 million award supports a groundbreaking project titled, “Utilizing Resazurin Fluorescence to… Read More

Tennessee’s First Brain Bee Comes to Memphis, Nurturing a New Generation of Neurologists

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
A student and an adult listen to a professor in a white coat while she points to bright green, blue, and yellow images printed on large pieces of shiny paper laying on desks.

Last Saturday morning, 25 Shelby County high school students came to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus in Memphis to compete in the state’s first-ever Brain Bee. Not all arrived believing a career in medicine was possible. By day’s end, they could picture themselves as the person in the room who had the… Read More

University’s Digital Guardian Earns MEMTECH Award

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Ammar Ammar stands in front of a row of university servers, with one server's blue chords visible through the mesh covering

Ammar Ammar doesn’t want you to think about him. As assistant vice chancellor and chief technology and information security officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Ammar knows he’s doing his job when faculty, students, and staff move seamlessly through their days without technology setbacks. “I want you to have a great experience,… Read More

Two UT Health Sciences Leaders, Chancellor Buckley and Le Bonheur President, Honored Among Power 100

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

Two distinguished leaders from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were named to the Memphis Business Journal’s (MBJ) Power 100 list for 2026. Trey Eubanks, MD, president of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and a senior faculty physician in the UT Health Sciences College of Medicine, appears on the list. Le Bonheur is UT Health… Read More

Advisory Board Approves Tuition Change, Shows Appreciation for Partnerships and Excitement for Future

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Dr. Mike Hocker speaking at the Advisory Board meeting.

During its winter meeting Friday, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board recommended an increase to tuition, heard an inspirational update on the College of Medicine and the proposed new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building, and recognized another vital hospital partnership for health care workforce development in Tennessee, with a new… Read More

Advisory Board Holds Winter Meeting Feb. 6

Written by Chris Green

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
The front of the Mooney Building

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board will meet Friday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 a.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

From Memphis Training to Nashville Leadership, Dean Advances Tennessee Medicine

Written by Allyson Lawson

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch
Dr. Brian Wilcox's headshot

After 25 years as a heart surgeon and health care leader, A. Brian Wilcox, Jr., MD, asked himself a question: “How do I give back to what was given to me?” The answer brought him to his current role as associate dean of Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education of the University of Tennessee Health… Read More

Postdoctoral Research Showcase Highlights Innovation and Collaboration

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Dr. Jasmine Plummer speaking at a podium

“Our postdoctoral scholars are not just trainees — they are the research leaders of tomorrow,” Jessica Snowden, MD, vice chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said at the recent 18th Annual Postdoctoral Research Showcase. Hosted by the UT Health Science Center Postdoctoral Association (PhDA) on January 22, the showcase brought… Read More