Dr. Jim Bailey awarded $5.2 million
Dr. Jim Bailey of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded $5.2 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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UTHSC doctor receives $1.1M grant to continue diabetes study program
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, FRCP, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a $1.1 million grant to continue the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Dr. Dagogo-Jack, who directs the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the College of Medicine at UTHSC, has worked to fight against diabetes throughout his career.
Hundreds take advantage of free health fair
A line of hundreds of people snaked from the parking lot into the auditorium of Raleigh Assembly of God Church Saturday morning for a free community health fair… First-year pharmacy school student Erica Washington manned a table at the fair with her fellow University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy students. They performed blood pressure and… Read More
e-cigarettes not without risk
But Robert Klesgas, professor of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, wants to be sure no one is kidding themselves about nicotine use. Klesges has been researching the health impacts of nicotine addiction and smoking for more than 30 years.
Sleep Disorder Treatments Still Face Challenges
It is not uncommon that a sleep specialist discovers that a patient has other health issues resulting from sleep deficiency, according to Amado Freire, MD, professor and chief of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.
Michael Ugwueke rose from war-torn Nigeria to become Methodist LeBonheur’s next CEO
… a 2001 decision to make academic – or teaching – hospitals of Methodist University and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital through its partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …
Dr. Muneeza Khan Quoted on Medical Scribes
The participants … are … Muneeza Khan, MD, chair, Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis …
New collaborative shapes medical district’s future
Dr. Ken Brown said he believes there is a lot of long-term possibilities for the medical district.