MPD: Credit cards stolen from UTHSC used at Sam’s Club
Police say a woman stole several credit cards from employees at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and then went to Sam’s Club to use them.
UTHSC In the Media
Telehealth Promotes STI-PEP in Cisgender African American Men
African American cisgender men who had sex with men (MSM) were significantly more likely to continue HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care after a telehealth initiation of prophylactic doxycycline than those who did not receive this intervention, based on data from a new study of 712 individuals.
Group Interventions Ease Loneliness in Older Adults With HIV
Tailoring existing evidence-based loneliness intervention according to urban or rural settings may more effectively reduce loneliness in adults living with HIV, based on a comparison of programs in urban and rural settings.
Demolition of ‘Eyesore’ Underway Soon
A multi-million-dollar glow up is underway at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) campus in a plan that includes the $19.4 million demolition of a much-criticized, abandoned hotel on Madison.
Alliance will break ground on $11M children’s mental-health center in 2025
The keynote speaker was local businessman and mental-health advocate Michael Drake. Dr. Altha Stewart, senior associate dean of community-health engagement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, led a workshop that offered continuing-education credits.
UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine Welcomes New Leaders, Honors Promoted Faculty
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga welcomed three new leaders to their team and awarded promotions to 13 faculty members this academic year. The college held a reception to honor these new leaders and promoted faculty members.
A UT graduate school partnered with the East TN Children’s Hospital on a residency program, bringing formal pediatric training back to Knoxville
A release said the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Graduate School of Medicine to launch the program. It also said it would re-establish formal pediatric training for the Knoxville area for the first time in around 25 years.
UTHSC has plans for new $350M building
A slew of capital-improvement projects dominated the conversation at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s advisory board meeting Friday, Nov. 8.