University of Tennessee Health Science Center Police Chief Anthony Berryhill says the campus’ six doctoral-degree-granting colleges bring in some of the brightest minds from across the globe. While diversity is welcomed and encouraged, it can pose challenges since all cultures have their own ways of communicating and their own viewpoints. Berryhill works to ensure his… Read More
Could COVID-19 get worse this winter? Could it be a tough flu season? Do you need to be vaccinated for both? Should you be wearing a mask? All valid questions. And here to answer those questions and more, are infectious disease experts Dr. Jon McCullers, from the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee… Read More
More than two years after the early 2020 onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers tell an unfinished story, and those numbers continue to mount. “The distinction is that in scientific terms, using the definition of a pandemic, it’s clearly over,” said Dr. Jon McCullers, chief operating officer for the College of Medicine at University… Read More
Epigenetics, asthma, polyps and mitral valve regurgitation might seem unlikely subjects of artistic inspiration, but the marriage of medical science and visual art is drawing visitors to “The Art of Science” at Crosstown Arts. They paired up with local researchers and clinicians to create science-inspired pieces offering glimpses inside the clinics and laboratories of renowned… Read More
Robert M. Craft, MD, has been named the interim dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine in Knoxville. Dr. Craft succeeds Paul J. Hauptman, MD, who served as dean for four years. Dr. Hauptman will become the dean of the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine and chief academic officer… Read More
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, F-RCP London, and Catherine Womack, MD, FACP, have received the American Medical Women’s Association INSPIRE Award for their accomplishments as exceptional women physicians. The AMWA Leadership Council presents the awards every September to mark Women in Medicine month. According to AMWA, the awards honor women physicians who exemplify the highest values… Read More
Freed-Hardeman University’s Remote Area Medical (RAM®) Chapter made a difference in the lives of approximately 101 individuals by providing services valued at nearly $60,000 during a pop-up dental clinic held Sept. 30 through Oct. 1, 2022, at the National Guard Armory in Henderson. Inside the armory several areas were organized to serve patients. In triage, FHU nursing students helped process… Read More
Scientists led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerlandare exploring the elaborate interplay between genes, sex, growth, and age and how they influence variation in longevity. Their findings, which are being published in the peer-reviewed journal Science, are an important step in understanding why… Read More
