Leadership Memphis honors 10 Change Makers for 2022
Dr. Jon McCullers, pediatrician-in-chief and chair of the Department of Pediatrics, COO, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health and Science Center.
Publisher: The Commercial Appeal
Memphis People in Business: March 3, 2022
Dr. Andrew Griffith, senior associate dean of research for University of Tennessee Health Science Center‘s College of Medicine, was awarded the David D. Coleman Endowed Professorship. Griffith joined the College of Medicine in July 2020 after 22 years at the National Institutes of Health. As senior associate dean of research, Griffith manages the growth of the research… Read More
UTHSC nursing to offer COVID-19 education to rural communities
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received $377,000 in funding from the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability to offer education on the COVID-19 vaccine to residents in rural counties. “People have gotten information about the vaccines from various sources like social media or simply conversations around a neighbor’s kitchen table,” Diana… Read More
Deaths of four people investigated as ‘potentially weather-related,’ forensic center says
It is possible four people have died due to the ice storm that swept Memphis in a freeze, downing icicled trees that yanked power lines to the ground. “We are currently investigating four deaths as potentially weather-related,” said Benjamin Figura, director at the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
The 901: Omicron surge brings familiar challenges to Memphis-area businesses
Good morning, Memphis, where a future state bill could potentially let city first responders live anywhere — ending a debate among Memphis City Council members. But, first, as the new COVID-19 variant omicron surges through Shelby County, bringing numerous cases, a familiar set of challenges comes to businesses and institutions whose employees face the public regularly. New COVID-19 testing site… Read More
New COVID-19 Testing Center Opens in Memphis as Active Infections Surpass 21,000
A new drive-through COVID-19 testing center is opening in the medical district Wednesday as demand for testing soars. Reported infections in Memphis surpassed 21,000 active reported cases, Tuesday data showed, and a third of all tests in Tennessee are turning up positive. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and partner University Clinical Health will operate the testing site… Read More
It’s sad that so many kids are killed in Memphis, we must mix mourning with schooling
I’ve always struggled to relate to the ways that Black youths memorialize loved ones and peers who wind up wearing a morgue sheet before donning a graduation robe. The “Rest in Peace” T-shirts, with images of the dead surrounded by angels and peering from silkscreened cotton, seem to be trivializing the killings, not discouraging them. “I think that for a… Read More
Peter Buckley confirmed as new chancellor of Memphis’ UTHSC
Peter F. Buckley, currently a medical leader at Virginia Commonwealth University, will become the leader of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in February. The university system’s board of trustees approved Buckley in a special called meeting Monday afternoon. University of Tennessee System President Randy Boyd shared his recommendation for Buckley in late November. “It will be… Read More