UTHSC In the Media


Valeria Vásquez Recognized

The Memphis Business Journal

Valeria Vásquez, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Physiology in the College of Medicine at UT Health Science Center, received a Young Investigator Award at the International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer Inflammation and Related Diseases, which was held in Budapest, Hungary


Universities Ranked in Research

The Memphis Business Journal

The U of M is just ahead of the University of Alabama and a few spots behind the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Cohesive Care Team Ups Health Benefit of EHR Use in Diabetes

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Ilana Graetz, Ph.D., from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues conducted a retrospective longitudinal study to examine whether team cohesion among primary care team members impacts the association between EHR use and changes in clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes.


SPRINT study likely to change BP treatment

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Pipkin says he feels great, thanks to the SPRINT study team members at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). They worked with him to reduce his systolic blood pressure from about 140 to under 120, through a carefully monitored regimen of medication.


2015 a Big Year for Memphis Health Community

The Daily News

Vaxent chief scientific officer James B. Dale, who also serves as a professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, invented the vaccine based on more than 25 years of laboratory research.


Local law enforcement train for active shooter scenarios

There were about 400 homicides in the workplace last year,” said Dr. Daniel Sumrok … director of the Center for Addiction Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Dr. James Wheless Interviewed for Infantile Spasms Week

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“We have Dr. James Whelees. He’s a professor and chief of pediatric neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … “


The largest colleges and universities in the Mid-South

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center was near the top of the list.