The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has landed $3.2 million in federal money to upgrade a laboratory used for research on infectious diseases. In a news release, the Memphis campus says the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded the money for equipment and infrastructure improvements at the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
Here’s a look at promotions, hirings, movers and newsmakers in the Memphis area business scene: Cynthia Russell has been named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She has served as the interim vice chancellor for AFSA since December. With almost three decades of service to the… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded $3.2 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to upgrade the equipment and infrastructure in the UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) on the Memphis campus to enhance the university’s research of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
If it was what she wanted, Erika Dillard wouldn’t struggle to find work as a physician. She has an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and spent four years as a neurosurgery resident at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. Yet after growing up in Huntsville, Alabama — where NASA’s… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has landed $3.2 million in federal money to upgrade a laboratory used for research on infectious diseases. In a news release, the Memphis campus says the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded the money for equipment and infrastructure improvements at the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
This week is National Nurse Midwifery Week, to raise awareness to the work and importance of midwives. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has become the second school in the state to offer a midwifery program.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received $3.2 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to upgrade the equipment and infrastructure in the UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory to enhance the university’s research of infectious diseases like COVID-19.
If federal guidance on who needs a booster shot seems complicated and long, the state commissioner of health shortens it to two words: “should” and “may.” Yes, if you are 65, you should get a booster, says Dr. Lisa Piercey. The same is true of anyone living in a long-term care facility and those ages… Read More
