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UTHSC Center on Developmental Disabilities Receives $3.03 million Federal Grant to Continue Mission

Written by Christopher Green

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The UTHSC Center on Developmental Disabilities has received a five-year, $3.03 million grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living to continue serving as a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Led by Executive Director Bruce Keisling, PhD, the Center on Developmental Disabilities (CDD) is one of 67 UCEDDs across the United States.… Read More

2022-23 Annual Report: A Bright Future for UTHSC and Tennessee

Written by Christopher Green

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As the University of Tennessee Health Science Center moves into our new 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, approved last week by the UT Board of Trustees, the 2022-23 Annual Report illustrates the outstanding impact our students, trainees, staff, faculty, and alumni have on health and health care from one end of the state to the other. It… Read More

Kurapati Named Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at UTHSC

Written by Peggy Reisser

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After a national search and several on-campus interviews and presentations, Raaj Kurapati, AIFA, a seasoned executive with more than three decades of experience in public higher education and private industry, has been named the new executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Kurapati comes to UTHSC… Read More

Pride in Our Accomplishments: UT Board of Trustees Approves UTHSC Strategic Plan

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Impressed by the current momentum and direction of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, members of the UT Board of Trustees today unanimously approved UTHSC’s new 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, setting the university on an exciting trajectory for the future. The comprehensive roadmap for UTHSC’s next five years was developed under the leadership of Cindy… Read More

Three from UTHSC Receive UT President’s Awards

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Three outstanding employees from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are among 14 honored with the 2023 UT President’s Awards announced today by UT System President Randy Boyd during the UT Board of Trustees meeting in Memphis. Jim Bailey, MD, MPH, a champion for improving health care delivery; Melissa Smith, MS, an advocate for… Read More

Several Faculty and Staff Named Among Finalists for 2023 Health Care Heroes

Written by Janay Jeans

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Faculty and staff from UTHSC and partner teaching hospitals are named among more than 20 organizations and professionals in health care from across the city as finalists for the Memphis Business Journal’s 2023 Health Care Heroes awards. The annual awards honors organizations, companies, and individuals for their contributions in health care in Memphis and the… Read More

UTHSC Team Wins $2.75 Million From State to Improve Cancer Care Access in West Tennessee

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

A University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) research team is poised to make a real-world impact on vulnerable cancer patients, thanks to new support from the State of Tennessee. Led by David Schwartz, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the College of Medicine, and founding director of the UTHSC Center for Health… Read More

UTHSC Researcher’s Lyme Disease Intervention Headed to Market

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

On one wall in the modest office of Maria Gomes-Solecki, DVM, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, hangs a framed letter that is the culmination of more than 20 years of work. Dated April 27, the letter is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Read More