Two professors at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity. Audrey Zucker-Levin, GCS Emeritus, and Phyllis Richey, associate professor, received the grant to study the effectiveness of a microprocessor-controlled prosthetic foot (MPF) for use with military veteran amputees who have limited… Read More
UTHSC’s new Multidisciplinary Simulation Center building will bring students from each of the university’s six colleges to train together with state-of-the-art simulation equipment and real patient actors with simulated conditions, putting students in an environment where they can practice patient encounters.
Diane Pace, PhD, FNP-BC, associate professor and director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been recognized as one of 20 Outstanding Professors of Women’s Health Nursing by NursePractitionerSchools.com
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is launching its first advertising campaign for the College of Pharmacy, fueled by its recent expansion to Nashville.
Five years after Christie Medical Holdings moved into the Memphis market, the company has seen sales of its VeinViewer product increase by 40 percent in the U.S. The VeinViewer was invented by Herb Zeman, a scientist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. It was developed and packaged by Luminetx, which was founded in… Read More
After serving as interim dean for the last 10 months, Wendy Likes has been named dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Edward Chaum, Plough Foundation professor of retinal diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Hamilton Eye Institute, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to fund research into the cellular changes in the eye that cause age-related macular degeneration.
The University of Memphis has received $2.6 million from the state of Tennessee to hire a veterinary pathologist and a pre-clinical orthopedic or toxicology researcher who will work with the school, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and TriMetis Life Sciences. TriMetis is a medical research laboratory located in the UT-Baptist Research Park and… Read More
