UTHSC In the Media


Norris says state’s Kids Count ranking of 36th is “unacceptable”

The Commercial Appeal

One component of his efforts has been at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where Norris is helping create and fund a Center for Health in Justice-Involved Youth to study the neurological impacts of violence on children and youth.


Memphis-based Methodist Healthcare taps into Mayo Clinic network

The Commercial Appeal

Shorb said that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis remains Methodist’s academic partner and the Mayo collaboration is going to enhance UTHSC researchers, faculty and residents as well as other Methodist physicians.


UTHSC Appoints New Department Chair

The Daily News

Matthew Allman has been appointed chair for the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Jackson, TN Dentist Dr. Brian Pearson Introduces Top-Rated Teeth Whitening System for Patients

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Dr. Brian Pearson is a native of Jackson, TN, graduating from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and founding Pearson Family Dentistry in his hometown.


UTHSC College of Dentistry study cited

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Pulpdent’s Activa bioactive restorative is more resistant to fractures than traditional composites, according to studies conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in Memphis and Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston.


Check out your skin this summer

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Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, is the Amonette-Rosenberg Chair and a professor in the Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


New grant awarded to UTHSC to train a new class of speech pathologists

High Ground

Jillian McCarthy-Maeder, PhD, CCC-SLP, assistant professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in the College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant totaling $1,020,381 from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. The funds will support the training of master’s-level students… Read More


Did your doctor get money and gifts from drug companies?

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Studies have shown that doctors can be influenced by drug company marketing, even in the form of free meals or promotional pens, said Haavi Morreim, professor of ethics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.