One component of his efforts has been at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where Norris is helping create and fund a Center for Health in Justice-Involved Youth to study the neurological impacts of violence on children and youth.
Shorb said that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis remains Methodist’s academic partner and the Mayo collaboration is going to enhance UTHSC researchers, faculty and residents as well as other Methodist physicians.
Most kids don’t like to think about the start of the school year just around the corner, but the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host an event that will remind them of it on July 18: the 27th Annual Back to School Family Affair event, where they can receive free health services.
The Supreme Court’s decision to rehear a Texas case about race and college admissions is being closely watched on campuses around the state, including the University of Tennessee Health Science Center where a vice chancellor says a diverse medical workforce is critical for addressing health disparities in the city and region.
Dr. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, lauds Yvonne Madlock upon her retirement from the Shelby County Health Department.
Likes, who earned her master’s, doctor of nursing science and Ph.D. at UTHSC, served as interim dean for about 10 months. She leads a faculty and staff with 105 members and a college that serves about 400 students on the campus in Memphis’ Medical District.
Dr. Aaron Waite is director of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Diseases at the Hamilton Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
