The inventor of the vaccine is US Biologic’s co-founder Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki. A professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, her research focuses on understanding the transmission of Lyme disease from ticks to mammals.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing on Thursday, May 11, unveiled a new mobile health unit dedicated to expanding health care access in rural areas while integrating rural health education into the college’s degree programs. The unit will be staffed and operated by the college to increase health care access in… Read More
Five local organizations are among the 54 first-round award recipients of a $230 million statewide program to expand health care services. Baptist Memorial Hospital, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Regional One Health, Porter-Leath and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center received grants from the Tennessee Department of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program.
Vanatta, who’s the endowed chair for Excellence in Liver Transplantation at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, said reasons a liver could be deemed harder to place include fat in the liver, an injury to the liver from a trauma or blood vessels that are smaller or contain calcium deposits.
The five leading causes of death in Shelby County are heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory tract disease, and unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses and motor vehicle crashes. “We find that access to things like certified mammography facilities are much less available in areas that have concentrated poverty with higher percentages of… Read More
Shelby County infectious disease experts are concerned about the growing number of babies with congenital syphilis, a preventable infection that can cause serious health issues. Screening during pregnancy is the key to preventing the spread of syphilis from mother to baby. “And definitely since the pandemic, we’ve started to see a lot of disruptions in… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry is holding a “floss-cutting” Friday, April 14, to launch its new $45 million dental facility. The Delta Dental Building is a four-story, 68,000-square-foot facility that will accommodate larger numbers of dentistry students and help increase access to dental care.
Dr. Tim Fabian was recruited in 1980 to create, staff and design care protocols for what would be the Elvis Presley Trauma Center, still the only Level 1 trauma center within 150 miles of Memphis in any direction. Fabian turned the reins of the trauma center over to Croce in 2000 when he became chairman… Read More
