Roughly six months after chancellor Steve Schwab announced his retirement, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is close to having a new leader. UT Systems president Randy Boyd is recommending to the Board of Trustees that Dr. Peter F. Buckley be named the next UTHSC chancellor. Buckley is currently the dean of the School of Medicine at Virginia… Read More
The Shelby County Health Department is working with the UT Health Science Center to provide COVID-19 vaccinations at the Pipkin Building until December 31.
ean of the College of Nursing and professor, Ruth Neil Murry Endowed Chair in Nursing, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Here’s a simple truth: We need nurses. The pandemic has underlined how crucial the care is that nurses provide and highlighted how important it is to nurture the education of future nurses.… Read More
Studies suggest that exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with a variety of different mental health consequences including reports of depression, loneliness, and insomnia. People who are more than 65 years of age and those with underlying medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity are particularly vulnerable to negative outcomes from… Read More
When he was a kid growing up in North Memphis, Kenneth Bradshaw dreamed of becoming an architect, but he couldn’t afford college. So, after he graduated from Manassas High in the 1970s, he took a job as a carpenter’s assistant at the nearby University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Over the next 46 years, Bradshaw… Read More
A outdoor public art installation in the medical district is creating a powerful visual image of the number of pedestrians killed on the streets of Memphis last year. Local artist Colin Kidder created the artwork called ‘Naming”. The 3D art is made of colorful crosswalk cutouts and represents the 69 people who died in pedestrian accidents.
Providing better access to healthcare while getting the tools and the support to live a healthier life can be found all in one place here in the Mid-South. The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center has just opened a health hub in Memphis’ Uptown neighborhood. It’s on North Second Street and will offer one stop… Read More
Mdical director, Ambulatory Services, Regional One Health; Assistant professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center The desire to be a doctor began early for Cyrilyn Walters. “As a young child, I dealt with the unexpected deaths of close family members, which started my interest in the medical field. The health care setting was very unfamiliar to… Read More
