“This anecdote is one I can confirm that we hear from those direct service providers, shelter providers,” said Meiman, the alliance’s planning director. She said they have started working with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine to help teach students social determinants in health care classes.
Our community has a lot of positive momentum. Downtown is surrounded by a booming medical community, with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center all expanding.
According to local leaders, the facility is necessary because a third of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center’s population struggles with mental health issues.
Children with severe vision impairment have received high-tech vision aids for free thanks to a local initiative by the Southern College of Optometry and Sight Savers America. The children were identified by low vision doctors from the SCO and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, as well as by teachers serving visually impaired students… Read More
In an effort to improve health, Shelby County has launched an initiative that allows residents to attend free workout classes at gyms throughout the area. The campaign is part of ShelbyCares, an initiative that works to improve community health while chipping away at three critical barriers: preventive health care education, accessibility and accountability. It’s a… Read More
“For high-risk people, antiviral medications really need to be started relatively quickly, within a few days, to have the best effect,” said Shirin Mazumder, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. “That can be effective in keeping people out of the hospital and prevent the infection from… Read More
The Memphis Medical District enjoyed a banner year in 2023 as nearly a dozen new businesses opened, hundreds of new apartments were built and infrastructure to create a more walkable community was completed.
“I’m not in favor of New Year’s resolutions that involve behavioral changes where you give yourself a deadline, or a ‘not-start-until-then,’” said Melissa Hoffman, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “It involves way too much all-or-nothing thinking.”
