College: Graduate Health

Jarrod Young Receives Prestigious Certification from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

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Clinical CareEducation

Jarrod Young, MBA, BSE, CHSOS-A, interim co-director and simulation operations lead at the UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) has received the Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced™ Credential (CHSOS-A) from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Young is among the first cohort of professionals to achieve the distinction. He is also one… Read More

UTHSC Alumna Makes it Her Mission to Mentor Minority and Underrepresented Students Toward Careers in Health Care

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

The path to medical school began in high school for Memphis native Jasmine Jefferson, when she met a woman who would become her mentor, her cheerleader, and soon, her colleague in health care. Jefferson, a third-year student in the UT Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, was considering a future in medicine or engineering in… Read More

Renovation of UTHSC Historic Quadrangle Provides Stately Focal Point for Memphis Campus

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation

The newly renovated Historic Quadrangle on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Memphis campus stands on a foundation of more than bricks and mortar. It stands on the vision and perseverance of UTHSC’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer Ken Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE. Dr. Brown, who has been at UTHSC more… Read More

UTHSC to Hold In-Person Commencement Ceremonies in May

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Education

After a year of virtual events, UT Health Science Center is excited to announce that the 2021 Spring Commencement Ceremonies will be held in person in May. The ceremonies will be ticketed events and will observe COVID-19 protocols, including masks and social distancing. The 2021 Spring Commencement schedule is as follows: May 10:  College of… Read More

New Group at UTHSC Aims to Spread Message of Health Equity

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationPublic Service

Tim Dotson, a standardized patient/simulated patient trainer in the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, recently completed the Diversity Certificate Program from the Office of Equity and Diversity (OED), and wanted to continue the conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus and in the… Read More

Seven Students Honored During 2021 Black Student Association Awards Ceremony and Presentation

Written by Amber Carter

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Education

  The Black Student Association at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center held its 29th annual Awards Ceremony and Presentation Friday, February 26. Due to the pandemic, the virtual event was broadcast on the university’s YouTube channel. Started in 1992, the event celebrates and honors the accomplishments of African American students at UTHSC. It is an… Read More

UTHSC Students Join Community Vaccination Workforce

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical Care

Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are joining volunteers from various local academic health care institutions to assist the Shelby County Health Department in the administration of second-dose COVID-19 vaccinations to the community this week. University Clinical Health (UCH), UTHSC, and the City of Memphis are collaborating in organizing the… Read More

UTHSC’s White-Means Receives $298,368 Grant To Study Poverty-Health Connection in Primary Care Delivery

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareResearch

Shelley White-Means, PhD, a professor of health economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the principal investigator of a $298,368 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to examine whether health outcomes for low-income individuals will improve if primary care delivery focuses not only on physical and mental health, but also… Read More