Cancer immunotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses the body’s immune system to prevent, control, and eliminate cancer, and it’s become a popular method. But it often fails to cure patients, as the cancer cells can sidestep and inhibit the body’s anti-tumor response. Now, however, a team at the University of Tennessee Health… Read More
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
Medical director, gastroenterology, Regional One Health; Associate professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chronic disease can leave its sufferers feeling helpless and hopeless. Dr. Leonard Baidoo, who specializes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), offers his patients something dear — relief.
St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, and professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; and Genetics division chief, UTHSC, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dr. Chester Brown sees the big picture. Indeed, he oversees the Biorepository and Integrative Genomics initiative (BIG) for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the… Read More
If your heart is strong, and you’re fully mobile, and you have all your teeth, you can thank your youth or your good genetics. Or, more likely, you can thank your doctor. A good doctor can see you through everything from minor aches and pains and major medical issues to mental struggles and chronic physical… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) Campus Cupboard eased in to opening in September 2021 with a mobile food pantry event. “We’re open three days a week — Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays — for students, faculty, and staff of UTHSC. So, anybody with UTHSC credentials,” said Jess Guthrie, assistant director of community engagement with… Read More
Lacretia Carroll Assistant professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing Bio: Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: Corinth, Mississippi Work background: A Registered Nurse who served in that role for 11 years, including in medical surgical at Methodist University Hospital and pediatric and neurosurgical intensive care atLe Bonheur Children’s Hospital before switching to clinical research Education: BSN, University of… Read More
Recently, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) tapped Wesley G. Byerly, PharmD, to be its new senior associate vice chancellor for Research and Administration. And while one can only assume that UTHSC leaders were impressed by his thick, bushy mustache, it’s his significant experience at high caliber institutions that likely helped him score the… Read More
