‘Purple Night’ Showcases Pancreatic Cancer Fight
The Kosten Foundation’s Purple Night is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Auditorium in the Cancer Research Building at 19 S. Manassas St.
UTHSC In the Media
UTHSC physical therapy students bring mobility to special needs children
On Saturday, Sept. 10, a dozen children ages 13 months to 4 years old, got to drive and take home shiny new ride-on toy cars modified to fit their special needs. The cars were part of the first-ever GoBabyGo! Memphis project presented by the first-year PT students under the direction of Roberta “Bertie” Gatlin, PT, ScD,… Read More
Anaplastology crafts a new nose for chef at Bardog Tavern
An anaplastologist, Maddie Singer, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry, applied finishing touches on Tuesday to the silicone nose that restores John Haley’s, a chef at Bardog Tavern, profile.
Concerns over long delays for mentally ill inmates’ treatment
Shelby County’s Chief Public Defender Stephen Bush wrote a letter to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health in Nashville, saying the current wait time for treatment is the longest he’s seen in his 25 year career. “Once in the system, the amount of work that goes into providing [mental health inmates] with services, keeping them… Read More
Projects Position UTHSC For Transformation in 2017
The campus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is as much a home to a major health care education institution these days as it is ground zero for major development projects poised to come online soon. The onset of the fourth quarter finds the campus on track to bring some of those projects… Read More
UTHSC Adds New Department Chair
Dr. Boyd Gillespie has been named chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
UTHSC receives $3 million for pancreatic cancer research
A professor in the departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center received two grants totaling $3.4 million. Dr. Subhash Chauhan, a professor in the UTHSC Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, will use the funding to develop nanotherapeutic options to combat pancreatic cancer.
UTHSC Professor Awarded $3.4M in Grants
Dr. Subhash Chauhan, a professor in the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pathology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, has received two grants totaling $3.4 million to develop targeted nanomedicine for pancreatic cancer.