UTHSC In the Media


UTHSC returns to in-person commencement ceremonies

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Medical professionals graduating from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will get to celebrate commencement in person. It will be the first in-person commencement ceremonies since 2019 and will celebrate 792 graduates, including medicine, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy.   May 5: WMC-TV May 5: Local 24 May 5: Local 24 News at 6… Read More


Ascension launches heart fellowship at Tennessee hospital

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Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Heart will train the next generation of cardiologists with the launch of a cardiology fellowship program, according to a May 3 announcement shared with Becker’s. It’s the hospital’s first Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited fellowship, and was sponsored by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of… Read More


Shelby County likely to drop mask mandate, business restrictions next week; issue recommendations

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Shelby County officials said Tuesday that they plan to remove business restrictions and make the county’s mask mandate and health directive primarily “recommendations” rather than requirements next week.


Study: Algae-Derived Nasal Spray Effective in Reducing COVID Infection Among ICU Staff

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Amcyte Pharma, a Seattle-based company dedicated to the commercialization of immunomodulators, announced the results of an independent clinical trial among ICU staff suggesting that its product, Nasitrol TM nasal spray, represents a safe and effective treatment that could prevent transmission of COVID-19  


Local workers speak out at UTHSC rally

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May 1st is recognized as International Workers’ Day. Concerned workers gathered to let their voices be heard about reversing the lay-offs at University of Tennessee Health Science Center on Saturday afternoon. May 1: Local 24 News at 10


UTHSC professor among nine arrested in Memphis drug bust, placed on administrative leave, school says

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FOX13 has been continuing to learn new information after nine people were arrested in a Parkway Village drug bust. FOX13 learned that a University of Tennessee Health Science Center chairman was arrested during that raid. April 30: WREG May 1: Fox 13 News–9PM May 1: Boxden May 1: WREG News Channel 3 Saturday at 10:00… Read More


Jones receives $2.87 million for Gulf war illness study

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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded Byron C. Jones, PhD, professor in the Department of Genetics, Geonomics, and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, $2.87 million for his continuing study of genetic alterations associated with Gulf War illness among former military personnel. April 30: News Medical April 30: Bioengineer


Revotek Deploys Its Bioink Technology to Research Institutes

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Recently, Revotek Co., Ltd. (“Revotek”), a vertically integrated biotech company specialized in 3D bioprinting, and West China Hospital of Sichuan University, a leading research hospital in China, have reached an agreement, in which the latter shall introduce Revotek’s cell encapsulation technology, or Biosynsphere, for the use in its basic and translational research in stem cell… Read More