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Recently Published Study Examines a Novel Drug Candidate for the Treatment of neuroHIV

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The study, led by Dr. Kumar and his team, including recent graduate Dr. Mirzahosseini, from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, suggests that the LM11A-31 compound could be a promising new treatment for neuroHIV and HAND.


UTHSC honors Church Health’s Scott Morris for service to Memphis

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center honored Church Health founder Dr. Scott Morris for his contributions to health care in Memphis.


Health Care Heroes 2024 finalist leads Methodist Le Bonheur stroke centers

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Administrative Excellence Dr. Balaji Krishnaiah Chief, Division of Cerebrovascular Disease, and vice chair for Education/associate professor, Department of Neurology, UTHSC; physician, UT Neurology; medical director, Comprehensive Stroke Program, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare


Health Care Heroes 2024 finalist is pediatric palliative physician with UTHSC/Le Bonheur

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Administrative Excellence Dr. Austin Dalgo Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTHSC/Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital; medical director, Healing Center Wellness & Stress Clinic; director, Center for Bioethics and Health Equity, Le Bonheur


Health Care Heroes 2024 finalist caps 30 years of trauma care with admin role

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Administrative Excellence Dr. Martin Croce SVP/chief medical officer, Regional One Health; professor of surgery, UTHSC


COVID now looks more like other common respiratory viruses

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When Team USA Olympic runner Noah Lyles won the bronze in the 200-meter men’s final in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 8., after testing positive for COVID, it was a far cry from 2020’s Toyko games, where a positive test would have landed an athlete in immediate isolation.


UT’s first-ever wellness officer centers mental health on campus

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Dr. Jessi Gold has spent the past six months creating a culture of wellness across the University of Tennessee system. The University of Tennessee brought Gold on board in February as its first-ever chief wellness officer for its entire system.


Are the Therapy Sessions on Reality TV Shows Even Remotely Legit?

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The major benefit of having a reality star like Frankel work with a therapist on TV is that it normalizes therapy, psychiatrist Jessi Gold, MD, chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee System and author of How Do You Feel?, tells SELF. (Roughly 1.4 million viewers tuned into each episode of Bethenny Ever After in 2011!)