During its winter meetings on Feb. 26–27 at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus, the UT Board of Trustees approved the UT System’s five-year strategic plan, which provides a clear roadmap for advancing the mission of serving Tennesseans and beyond through education, discovery and outreach.
Underlying herpes infection may have an impact on brain health in people with HIV (PWH), according to new data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2026 Annual Meeting.
The importance of children’s oral health goes far beyond a bright smile.
The importance of children’s oral health goes far beyond a bright smile.
One of the first classes medical students take is gross anatomy. They first learn about the human body during a lecture and then it’s onto the lab, where their first patient — a donor body — awaits them.
Childhood obesity in the United States has reached its highest level on record, and Mid-South health experts say they are seeing weight-related health problems in children younger than ever.
Biomedical researchers Frank Park, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Andrew Wilber, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, have been awarded the ninth annual Orphan Dream Award for their groundbreaking work advancing MiNiRoLu, a next-generation gene therapy designed to treat Sickle Cell… Read More
“Drs. Park and Wilber have dedicated their careers to creating therapies that are not only effective but also accessible to patients who need them most.”
