UTHSC Researchers Studying Why People Grow Old
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center researcher, Dr. Khyobeni Mozhui, launches study on what governs how people grow old.
Publisher: The Daily News
UTHSC, Bioworks, TriMetis form bioscience partnership
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis Bioworks Foundation, and TriMetis Life Sciences have announced the establishment of a partnership focused on research, discovery, entrepreneurship and commercialization in biosciences and technology.
UTHSC College of Dentistry Wins Reaccreditation
The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received full reaccreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association, the nation’s largest dental association. This was accomplished under the direction of Timothy Hottel, who served as dean of the college for eight years. The reaccreditation designation, which… Read More
UTHSC College of Pharmacy Establishes Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy is the first among the six colleges on campus to establish and award a faculty and staff endowed scholarship. Eighty-six percent of faculty and staff in the college contributed to the scholarship as of August 31. The college has raised more than $29,000, exceeding the… Read More
UTHSC, Southern Research Partner for New Drugs
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Southern Research have formed a partnership to advance research that could lead to new drugs that address unmet medical needs. The collaborative program links the drug discovery and development expertise of Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Research with UTHSC’s four-campus research network, according to a news release. The new… Read More
UTHSC Professor Awarded Special Designation
Dr. Thaddeus Wilson, a faculty member at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Wilson is an associate professor in the radiology and pharmaceutical sciences departments of UTHSC’s Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Area’s Only Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Progressing in First Year
With more than 30,000 epileptics living in the Memphis area, the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, which opened nearly one year ago, is providing much needed specialized care and treatment for patients that previously were forced to drive to Jackson or Nashville for similar care. Baptist and the University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
Hamilton Eye Institute Director Earns Top Award
Dr. James Fleming, director of the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received the 2017 Outstanding Physician Award from the Tennessee Medical Association. Fleming is also the Philip M. Lewis Professor of Ophthalmology and former chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at UTHSC.