Exclusive: Doctor shares vision for area’s new cardiac institute
The institute’s co director is in the process of evaluating surgeons currently affiliated with UTHSC and Methodist and who specialize in areas of interest to the new cardiac institute.
Publisher: Memphis Business Journal
Winners named in 2018 MBJ Health Care Heroes
Memphis Business Journal and hundreds of attendees celebrated the area’s elite medical providers, innovators, community leaders and administrators Tuesday night at the Health Care Heroes awards. The ceremony at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis culminated with the Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed upon Dr. Jewell Ward, clinical geneticist with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the… Read More
UTHSC, UT Martin opt out of statewide outsourcing contract
All University of Tennessee (UT) campuses, including those in Memphis and Martin, have opted out of a state outsourcing contract for facilities management. The state of Tennessee contracted Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. (JLL) as a facilities management service provider earlier this year for security, janitorial and landscaping services for state-owned public colleges and… Read More
FDA, Pfizer, Merck join WHO in Memphis for global drug conference
Pharmaceutical industry representatives and regulators from 13 countries were in Memphis this week to discuss safety strategies for global pharmaceutical manufacturing, shipping and delivery. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) hosted 75 attendees from June 26-29. Agencies represented included the World Health Organization, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Food and Drug Administration… Read More
Local student investigates the smell of fear
One Memphis-based graduate student is doing what might be called a “smell test.” Jordan Ross a student in the department of anatomy and neurobiology in University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)’s College of Medicine, will receive $87,000 over two years to study changes related to fear and odor processing in the brain. The grant… Read More
Memphis High-Risk Obstetrical Program Travels Overseas
A high-risk obstetrical care program developed at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Regional One Health in Memphis has expanded overseas. Dr. Giancarlo Mari, professor and chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UTHSC and founder of the Obstetrical Feasible Approach to Safety Training (OB F.A.S.T.) program, along with Dr. Danielle Tate, Dr.… Read More
With Proposed NIH Cuts Looming, UTHSC Researchers Receive $7 Million in Grants in 3 Months
In the past three months, several University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) researchers have each received at least $1 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health. In 2016 UTHSC in Memphis received $32.96 million from 98 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The announcements come in the midst of the… Read More
New Dentistry Building and Quad Improvements Coming to UTHSC
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has seen a flurry of construction since the university’s master plan was unveiled in 2014, including a new Translational Science Building and the Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center and Plough Center for the Sterile Development buildings, both currently under construction. As part of that master plan, UTHSC’s… Read More