UTHSC In the Media


$596K NIH Grant for UTHSC Research on Heart & Vascular Health

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Research into the fundamental workings of blood vessels at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) received a significant boost today with a $596,176 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).


Health Care Anywhere: VCMC’s Family Medicine Residency Program equips physicians to practice medicine at home and abroad

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(Dr. Zack) Self said he considered oncology as a specialty after seeing the multi-year battle his mom went through before deciding on family medicine while at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis where he graduated in 2008.


Top Research Stories of 2025: UTHSC’s Year of Impact

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In 2025, UT Health Sciences earned the prestigious R1 Designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the highest level of research excellence in the United States.


2026 Legislative Priorities for TMA/Memphis Medical Society/MGMA

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A special thank you goes to our partners at University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Baptist University College of Medicine for contributing to the great turnout.


College of Nursing Mobile Units Expand Cancer Screening Outreach

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The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is taking cancer screening to urban and rural communities, thanks to two mobile health units donated by the West Cancer Center and Research Institute and grant funding from regional and national organizations.


Two more resign from troubled UTHSC department as officials announce a new hire

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As University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials announced a new hire for the troubled occupational therapy program Wednesday, March 25, sources confirmed that two more instructors in that department have resigned.


Tennessee will need 8,500 new nurses by 2035. So Methodist Le Bonheur made a pipeline.

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare officials, Memphis Mayor Paul Young and other partners gathered at Methodist University Hospital on Wednesday, March 24, to celebrate a program aimed at getting more nurses into the workforce.


The Early Word: More UTHSC drama and something new for old Muddy’s

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A sixth University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty member has resigned over another instructor’s alleged mistreatment of students.