KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knox County Health Department on Thursday announced its new public health officer. Dr. Megan Edwards, a University of Tennessee alumna, will start in March. The health department says Dr. Edwards is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and received her doctorate at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. She… Read More
“They would like to major in nursing and they don’t have a pathway. Until now. We do now. We have a pathway,” said Charlie Folsom Jr., the Student Affairs Admission Manager at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Students at Lane College will now have the chance to receive an education in the nursing field. Lane… Read More
When MBJ first spoke to Mark Myers in February 2022, he said the “ever-living hamster wheel” of work had taken up most of his weekend. Because Myers is still an assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). He’s still an adjunct professor at Christian Brothers University (CBU). He’s still… Read More
Dr. Jason Vanatta, a longtime member of Methodist’s transplant institute’s surgical team, has been named program director of the Methodist Transplant Institute in Memphis. The institute, which is known for broad success with liver, kidney and pancreas transplants, is also known as the James D. Eason Transplant Institute, in honor of Vanatta’s predecessor.
Almost three years after returning to the place he spent his early surgical years, Dr. Jason Vanatta has settled into the driver’s seat at the Methodist Transplant Institute. And he has a finely honed vision for how to move the center forward. The institute also partners with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Police Department issued a safety alert to their students, staff, and faculty. Over the past two weeks, UTHSC police investigated multiple vehicle thefts on campus such as two catalytic converters and two other cars. This uptick in vehicle thefts within Memphis is due in part to technology, such… Read More
Southern states continue to see high numbers of dangerous respiratory infections but have likely passed the worst of the so-called “tripledemic” of influenza, RSV and COVID-19 that led to widespread school closures this fall and has strained some of the region’s hospitals. “We’re seeing a lot of vaccine hesitancy with influenza shots this year. I think people… Read More
“We have to listen to our young people. They may not know everything, but this is their environment, their universe,” said Dr. Altha Stewart with UTHSC. Tennessee’s State of the Child report showed that 41% of our youth face at least one adversity. That’s higher than most other states. Here’s what the University of Tennessee Health… Read More
