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Memphis People in Business: March 25, 2021

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The Office of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center named Kyle Johnson Moore as its new director of the Office of Scientific Writing. In this role, Johnson Moore will assist research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students in the writing of successful research grants and scientific manuscripts. Lyndsay Pittman last month was named… Read More


The cold killed Marilyn Bridgeforth. But was neglect its accomplice?|Weathersbee

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Nine years. Nearly a decade. That was how long Marilyn Smith Bridgeforth survived in her Whitehaven home with no running water, no gas and no electricity. In a house with walls, but no water and no warmth. Yet warmth was what she needed to protect her from the subfreezing temperatures that barged through those walls… Read More


A closer look: How two children received the COVID-19 vaccine in Memphis

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Two children were vaccinated Feb. 3 at a vaccine site run by the City of Memphis and University Clinical-Health, which is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. A mother was able to make appointments for herself as well as her 13-year-old and 8-year-old children at the Appling Road Emissions vaccination site, said… Read More


Police from throughout region hold ‘Sea of Blue’ to honor Memphis officer killed in crash

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Blue lights flashed and sirens filled the air in a loud, mournful cacophony as a long caravan of police motorcycles, cars and SUVs pulled onto the road Thursday night at Southland Mall in Whitehaven.The convoy of vehicles toured nearby roads and neighborhoods.


A Shelby County health official claimed the CDC ‘exonerates us.’ Here are the facts.

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Shelby County Health Officer Bruce Randolph claimed Thursday a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigation into the county’s handling of vaccines “exonerates us.” March 18: Fox13 March 18: Fox13 News—5PM March 19: WKNO-FM March 19: Fox17 This Morning


Memphis People in Business: March 11, 2021

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Bruce L. Keisling, executive director for Developmental Disabilities at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). He will be recognized during the organization’s 145th  annual meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., in June. Dr. Keisling also holds the Shainberg Professorship in… Read More


Memphis People in Business: Feb. 25, 2021

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Dustin Fulton has been named assistant dean for Admissions in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Fulton has served as interim assistant dean since May and most recently served as associate director in Student Affairs and Community Engagement. He has been with UTHSC since 2014.


The hardship of trauma caused by gun violence must not become normalized | Opinion

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In Jan., I returned to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health with great excitement. Having completed my fellowship training here in 1998, I was well aware of the pioneering trauma care that was started at UTHSC by Dr. Timothy Fabian in 1983.