UTHSC In the Media


‘A collective trauma’: New report details the effects of stress in America in 2020

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A new report from the American Psychological Association shows just how stressful life in America was in 2020… “I’m not surprised,” said Kara Caruthers, an associate professor in the physician assistant program at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis. Caruthers explained that when the body feels stress, a cascade… Read More


Partisan politics influencing the decision to get COVID-19 vaccination, study shows

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New information shows a partisan divide is getting in the way of vaccinating everyone in the United States. According to a Monmouth University Polling Institute study, one in four Republicans said they would not get vaccinated.


Memphis People in Business: March 11, 2021

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Bruce L. Keisling, executive director for Developmental Disabilities at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). He will be recognized during the organization’s 145th  annual meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., in June. Dr. Keisling also holds the Shainberg Professorship in… Read More


Shelby County Health Department confirms UK variant COVID-19 cluster within University of Memphis athletics program

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Wednesday, David Sweat with the Shelby County Health Department said there was cluster of more than 20 cases last month within the University of Memphis’ athletics program of the highly contagious, COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Wednesday, Local 24 News also learned area labs detected five times as many COVID-19 variant cases… Read More


Jonathan Jaggar receives $2.3 million for blood pressure research

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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recently awarded Jonathan H. Jaggar, PhD, Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), a $2.3 million grant for his study titled “PKD proteins in endothelial cells.” The proposal’s goal is to provide a new understanding of how… Read More


How an Indian immigrant became ‘the Dr. Fauci of Memphis’

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On Sunday, March 8, one year ago, Dr. Manoj Jain stood at a nurse’s station at Baptist Memorial Hospital and watched his world and ours suddenly and inevitably change forever….Jain teaches classes in health policy and management for the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, and for UTHSC in Memphis.


A YEAR LATER: The effects COVID-19 left on schools across the Mid-South

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This past year has been anything but normal, especially for our students and teachers. Perhaps the biggest decision school leaders had to make when to return to in-person learning.


Doctors weigh in on what our future looks like after COVID-19

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For many, the light at the end of the tunnel lies in the vaccine. The key is the vaccine mixed with staying vigilant in our practices, wearing masks and social distancing. What could put a big wrench in the outcome is something we’ve already seen, states opening way too soon.