With the Delta coronavirus variant 50% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, Shelby County Health Department deputy director David Sweat said the summer could be “rough” for those who are not vaccinated or have not already had the coronavirus. “If you’re vaccinated you’re probably going to have a good summer,” he said, noting those who… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a $50,000 grant to develop an innovative and intensive training program for nurses who care for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
The long-awaited partnership agreement between Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is expected to be approved by the UT board of trustees Friday. But one group of physicians, the UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, is asking for the vote to be delayed.
Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment.
Meet three of MBJ’s 2021 Super Women in Business: Miska Clay Bibbs of Teach for America Memphis and Shelby County Schools, artist Nancy Cheairs of Binder Projects and Flicker Street Studio, and Karen Hasty of UTHSC and the Memphis VA Medical Center.
Seven GI executive moves in the past month: 2. Mansour Parsi, MD, was appointed the Hyman Professor of Medicine and chief of gastroenterology and hepatology in the college of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently launched the Tennessee Population Health Consortium, a statewide initiative dedicated to improving health outcomes and equity across Tennessee. The consortium will focus on using health coaching approaches to change the nature of primary care, encouraging quality improvement and population health research. In addition, the consortium will… Read More
A new statewide initiative aims to shift primary doctors away from “pill-pushing” to treating the root causes of three of Tennessee’s obesity-related natural killers. The new push comes from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Its Tennessee Population Health Consortium is taking aim at heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
