Publisher: Memphis Business Journal


Health Care Heroes: Duane D. Miller and Wei Li of UTHSC

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“Sabizabulin” sounds like an incantation. But this is no magic spell. Instead, it’s a drug used to treat COVID-19 patients at high risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and death. It was designed and tested by Wei Li, Ph.D. and Duane D. Miller, Ph.D., both of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee… Read More


Health Care Heroes 2022: Shirin Mazumder of Methodist Le Bonheur and UTHSC

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One of the scariest things about COVID-19 was the vast amount of information out there — much of it inaccurate. Dr. Shirin Mazumder, an infectious diseases physician at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, set the record straight. In 2021, she started delivering reports weekly on WMC Action News 5, updating viewers on Centers for Disease Control (CDC)… Read More


Health Care Heroes 2022: Ambrosia Scott of Regional One Health

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In 2020, MBJ’s Health Care Heroes focused on those doctors, scientists, health professionals, and administrators who steered us through COVID-19. In 2021 and again this year, we have broadened the scope to include all of those who take care of our minds and bodies. We will be rolling out one profile a week through the… Read More


Health Care Heroes 2022: Sandra Arnold of Le Bonheur and UTHSC

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In 2020, MBJ’s Health Care Heroes focused on those doctors, scientists, health professionals, and administrators who steered us through COVID-19. In 2021 and again this year, we have broadened the scope to include all of those who take care of our minds and bodies. We will be rolling out one profile a week through the… Read More


Research roundup: UTHSC professors score big national grants from National Cancer Institute, NIH

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In FY 2022, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) earned a record $132.9 million in grant and contract awards, marking the sixth straight year it had seen an increase. Whether the institution can extend the streak in FY 2023 remains to be seen; it’s less than three months into its new fiscal year. But so… Read More


Health Care Health Care Heroes 2022: William C. Warner Jr. of Campbell Clinic and UTHSC

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In 2020, MBJ’s Health Care Heroes focused on those doctors, scientists, health professionals, and administrators who steered us through COVID-19. In 2021 and again this year, we have broadened the scope to include all of those who take care of our minds and bodies. We will be rolling out one profile a week through the… Read More


UTHSC has record year, scores $133M in research grants and contracts

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In recent years, the University of Memphis has received acclaim for its research efforts, with the school being named a top-tier research university by the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education in December 2021. The U of M, however, isn’t the only local organization doing major exploration and investigation. According to MBJ research, the… Read More


UTHSC’s Rebecca Pearson Tuttle turns health care interest into law career

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Rebecca Pearson Tuttle has been with the Office of General Counsel at the University of Tennessee since 1999. Her practice is based out of UTHSC, where she focuses on medical malpractice litigation before the Tennessee Claims Commission. She’s been a prosecutor with the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office.