In making the appointment, David Stern, MD, Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine, said UTHSC is “delighted and honored” that Dr. Shack will lead the college’s Chattanooga campus.
“We are excited to encourage individuals who have innovative ideas that will draw people, activity, and attention to the Memphis Medical District,” said Ken Brown, chief operations officer for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and an MMDC board member. “UTHSC is proud to support this program as a way to showcase some of… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is moving pieces in place to ensure the school will be in prime position to attract students who want to have the most advanced facilities.
Dr. Valeria Vásquez, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, has received a $120,000 grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation to study the causes of chronic pain.
A $1.66 million federal research grant will allow a University of Tennessee Health Science Center scientist in Memphis to track down the role of a brain chemical called dopamine. Associate professor Fu-Ming Zhou won the five-year grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of more than two dozen in the National… Read More
A University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor received a $1.6 million grant to study the role of dopamine in Parkinson’s disease. Fu-Ming Zhou, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine, received the grant, distributed over five years, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
With medical errors becoming a major cause of death in hospitals, simulation may be one way to reverse a terrible trend.
Dr. Chisholm-Burns has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST). The honor recognizes members in good standing who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the field of transplantation as well as outstanding service to the American Society of Transplantation.
