NASA taps Regional One doc to improve space travel safety for astronauts
Dr. Tony Alleman, a hyperbaric medicine expert from Regional One Health, has been tapped by NASA to join a team of doctors working to make space travel safer for astronauts.
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Jon McCullers steps down from UTHSC administrative roles
Dr. Jon McCullers has resigned from his roles as chief operating officer of clinical affairs and senior executive associate dean at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.
Memphis medical company partners with NY firm to control Lyme disease
US Biologic co-founder Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki invented the vaccine. She’s a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where her research focuses on understanding the transmission of Lyme disease from ticks to mammals.
Harris wants Baptist and Methodist involved in Regional One project
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says he has been talking with Baptist Memorial Health Care and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare leaders about possibly contributing to the rebuilding of the Regional One Health campus and its transition into an academic medical center.
UTHSC advisory board approves tuition increase
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s advisory board on Friday, May 10, unanimously approved a tuition increase and higher fees as part of the school’s 2024-25 fiscal year budget.
Le Bonheur unveils $95M expansion
“The incredible growth that we have experienced over the last decade is the driving force behind our expansion of our footprint,” said Dr. Trey Eubanks, a pediatric surgeon who was named Le Bonheur’s president and CEO last December.
ShelbyCares campaign encourages men to take charge of their health
Shelby County launched the ShelbyCares Neighborhood Health Club program in January to offer residents free workout classes at neighborhood gyms, but the county hasn’t had luck getting men to participate. The program is run by ShelbyCares, a community health partnership between the Shelby County Mayor’s Office of Innovation and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of… Read More
Four years after pandemic’s start, UTHSC shutters COVID testing lab
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic started, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center closed its on-campus COVID-19 testing laboratory Friday, May 3.