College: Graduate Health


PhD Candidate Speaks ‘Kiddo’ to Help Young Patients Communicate

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While she was an undergraduate student, Amanda Simmons spent most of her time taking center stage as a vocal performance major. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she performed and studied music and vocal pedagogy. Now, as a PhD candidate in the Speech and Hearing Science Program in the Department of Audiology… Read More


Chick-fil-A Opening August 20 in UTHSC Food Court

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Chick-fil-A will open August 20 at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Food Court located at 920 Madison Avenue. The opening of Chick-fil-A marks the completion of a series of improvements to the UTHSC Food Court, which celebrated its grand reopening in early 2019. Chick-fil-A is the fifth vendor at the location, joining Coletta’s,… Read More


UTHSC Advisory Board Postpones Summer Meeting

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board will not meet August 19 for its summer meeting. The next meeting will take place in November. The November meeting will welcome Sonali Demla, third-year UTHSC College of Dentistry student, as its student representative. Demla also serves as president of the UTHSC Student Government Association Executive… Read More


Student Government Association Executive Council Announces 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners

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The Student Government Association Executive Council (SGAEC) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced the 2020 winners for its Excellence in Teaching Awards. Faculty members from each college are chosen by their students to receive the awards, which are among the highest of faculty honors that can be received on campus. “UTHSC is… Read More


Starbucks to Open July 20 in UTHSC Food Court

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Starbucks, the newest addition to the UTHSC Food Court in the Madison Plaza building on the Memphis campus, will open July 20. “We are excited to open this location at UTHSC,” said Starr Kelly, store manager of the new Starbucks location. “Being on a college campus, we get to dedicate all of our knowledge and… Read More


UTHSC Mobile Food Pantry Addressing Food Insecurity in the Community

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More than 350 families received fresh produce, meat, and dry goods Thursday as part of the first mobile food pantry hosted by the UTHSC Office of Student Affairs and Community Engagement (SACE) in partnership with the UTHSC Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program and the Mid-South Food Bank. “The collaboration of all teams involved was nothing… Read More


Two From UTHSC Receive President’s Awards

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Two outstanding leaders at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were among the six winners of the 2020 UT President’s Awards announced today by UT President Randy Boyd. Michael Alston, EdD, CCDP/AP, chief diversity officer, assistant vice chancellor for Equity and Diversity, and Title IX coordinator at UTHSC, and Robert Williams, PhD, UT-Oak Ridge… Read More


“White Coats for Black Lives” Demonstration of Solidarity Held at UTHSC

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Several hundred students, physicians, health care and hospital workers, and community supporters gathered at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at noon today for a display of solidarity themed “White Coats for Black Lives.” The demonstration was organized by UTHSC medical students and residents and the Bluff City Medical Society. It began with the… Read More