Ugwueke serves on several boards, including the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board, the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, the Tennessee Business Leadership Council, the National Civil Rights Museum and the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Board of Directors, and was recently elected the 2026–2027 Chair-Elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will receive nearly $2.5 million in grants to support medical research.
Cohen announced $2.4 million in NIH grants to UTHSC for research on fungi, cancer, aging, and neonatal brain injury.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive four grants totaling $2,447,031 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
UnitedHealth Group this week announced new support to expand the University of Tennessee Health Sciences’ health hub model statewide, helping more Tennesseans access preventive care, chronic condition support and local health resources in their communities.
Extreme heat is no longer a seasonal inconvenience—it is a documented driver of emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
What began as an effort to improve healthcare access in Memphis is now expanding across Tennessee, bringing preventive care and chronic disease support to more underserved communities.
Free healthcare services are expanding across the State of Tennessee.
