Publisher: Memphis Business Journal


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.


Why Andrea Malkin, a top legal exec, moved over to medicine at UTHSC

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Andrea Malkin had worked as an attorney at the Memphis office of Lewis Thomason for 26 years, and been its managing shareholder for five. So, when she decided to leave the law firm — and her legal career — to take a position with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), not everyone agreed with her… Read More


UTHSC-led team lands cancer immunotherapy grant

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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


Health Care Heroes 2022: Dr. Robert D. Wallace of 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


Health Care Heroes 2022: Leonard Baidoo of Regional One Health and UTHSC

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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.


Health Care Heroes 2022: Chester Brown with UTHSC, Le Bonheur, and St. Jude

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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