UTHSC In the Media


A Tennessee Titans Team Physician Sees Rising Trend of Adults Choosing Regenerative Alternatives Before Knee Replacement

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Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Ethan Kellum outlines alternative treatments, as total knee replacement procedures are projected to grow 85% by 2030


Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid

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The hantavirus outbreak is still small. But it’s a huge test for a battered public health sector.


Memphis Medical District shows how collaboration works | Opinion

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Collaboration isn’t just a feel-good concept. It’s an economic strategy that has transformed the once-overlooked Memphis Medical District into a model for equitable community revitalization.


UTHSC earns more than $300M in state funding for expansion project

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The Tennessee General Assembly approved $311 million in funding for the construction of a new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary building at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences.


Congressman Cohen Announces Eye Research Grant to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $466,103 from the National Eye Institute for research on sphingolipid signaling in vesicating ocular injury under the direction of Dr. Nawajes Mandal, a professor in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.


‘Don’t give up on yourself’: Regional One team defy odds to save officer’s leg

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As Dr. Thao Wolbert and Darrell Prewitt talked in a medical exam room at Regional One Hospital, family members and staff kept a close eye on his left leg. That’s because Prewitt’s leg, after being hit by a car after a high-speed chase in Arkansas, was recently hanging on by a thread — or rather,… Read More


Integrative analysis of the mouse cecal microbiome across diet, age, and weight in the diverse BXD population

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The gut microbiota adapts to and shapes the host’s metabolic state through affecting circulating metabolites and consequent gene regulatory networks, resulting in systemic influences in diverse organs via connections such as the gut–liver axis.


Twin nurse anesthetists from UTHSC share journey for National Nurses Week

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is marking National Nurses Week by sharing the story of Hunter and Spencer Turner, identical twins both in the nursing practice with a concentration in nurse anesthesia.