“At the UT Health Science Center, we are training health care specialists for tomorrow,” said Beth Choby, MD, FAAFP, associate professor in the Department of Medical Education at UTHSC. “Health starts with community involvement, and it is critical for physicians and pharmacists to be actively involved in our communities. Tar Wars provides the opportunity to… Read More
Faculty members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have long been the specialist physicians staffing the Regional Medical Center, but on Wednesday they are embracing a new role. With the launch of a new academic physician group called UT Regional One Physicians, the medical school faculty who also practice will play a larger, more… Read More
“I stand here today as hope to somebody — somebody who thinks there is no hope,” Flowers told listeners at an event Saturday held in advance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October . . . The event at which she was speaking was sponsored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Alpha Eta… Read More
The Blues Project delivers education, counseling, social support and resource referrals to mothers like Hill, from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation funds the program run by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Memphis Region Alumni Chapter hosts Dr. James Eason: Thursday at Memphis University School (Wunderlich Auditorium), 6191 Park. 6:30 p.m. (social time), 7 p.m. (program) Dr. Eason, UTHSC alumnus and director of the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, shares stories of his career and discusses the services offered by the… Read More
The BLUES Project hosts 8th annual Community Health Fair/Birthday Celebration: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Hollywood Community Center, 1560 N. Hollywood in recognition of September as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. The BLUES Project is a nonprofit community outreach and research program aimed at reducing infant mortality rates in the region. 901-448-3750 or uthsc.edu/blues
“Less to Wine About Wednesdays”: Fundraiser for the Memphis Crisis Center at Rizzo’s Diner, 106 G.E. Patterson, kicks off Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week (Sept. 10 through Sept. 16). Rizzo’s donates portion of the proceeds from lunch and dinner to the Crisis Center. Call 901-523-2033, visit online: memphiscrisiscenter.org or rizzosdiner.com.
Robert C. Klesges, a preventive medicine expert in Memphis, will head a scientific review section for the National Institutes of Health. He is a professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s preventive medicine department. He’ll chair the Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section for NIH’s Center for Scientific Review, UTHSC said.
