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November 6-12, 2015: This week in Memphis history

The Daily News

1924: The University of Tennessee Doctors football team plays the West Tennessee State Normal Tigers at Russwood Park. Today, that game would be a matchup between the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis.


Could A New Skin Test Detect Parkinson’s Disease Earlier?

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An analysis of current Parkinson’s detection methods conducted by a researcher from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center found that, aside from the breath test, other scientists are experimenting with testing cerebral fluid, cranial ultrasounds and voice patterns.


Dr. Jackson T. Wright Jr. honored for reducing heart disease among African-Americans

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Another fellow hypertension researcher, William C. Cushman, MD, professor of preventive medicine and medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and chief of preventive medicine at the VA Medical Center, concurs: “His advocacy has had a tremendous impact not only in conducting the clinical trials, but also in disseminating that evidence through educating… Read More


Memphis Doctors’ Vaccine to be Used in Canadian Clinical Trial

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StreptAnova was invented by James B. Dale, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, and Gene H. Stollerman, MD, Endowed Professor in Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Research Scientist at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


West Cancer Center Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift from Moores

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West Cancer Center has received what officials call “a significant gift” from Jack and Betty Moore to The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research, the fundraising arm of West Cancer Center.


UTHSC’s Michio Kurosu Receives $431,000 Grant from NIH

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Michio Kurosu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center,  has received a grant totaling $431,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.


Dean of UTHSC College of Pharmacy Honored by Pharmaceutical Association

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Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received the Chauncey I. Cooper Award from the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA).


Hill Points Out Need for More Geriatric Psychiatrists

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After some 22 years in private practice, including 18 with Memphis Psychiatry Group, Hill now is teaching full-time at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), where he did his internship and where he has maintained an affiliation throughout his career. He is one of a small number of geriatric psychiatrists in the Memphis… Read More