Tremont camp provides speech therapy
That was the hope of Tricia Hedinger, clinical assistant professor in the University of Tennessee’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology and one of the camp leaders.
UTHSC In the Media
Untreated Sleep Apnea Boosts Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke
… wrote Miklos Z. Molnar, MD, PhD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues, in the journal Thorax.
Synthetic biology: Engineered cells detect diabetes and cancer
It is a very exciting initial foray into this fairly novel field. There is a need for better faster diagnosis of metabolic perturbations in people with diabetes,” said Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack, president of medicine and science for the American Diabetes Association.
National Transplant Society Honors UTHSC Professor
Marie Chisholm-Burns, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was given the Clinician of Distinction award from the American Society of Transplantation at the recent 2015 American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia.
Dentist Launches New Website for Denture-Wearers
Dr. Russell Kirk, an experienced Lebanon dental implant dentist, has launched a new website devoted entirely to helping patients who are struggling with loose or uncomfortable dentures … He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee-Martin in 1990 before graduating with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in 1994.
High honors bestowed upon UTHSC dean
Distinct honors were recently awarded to Marie Chisholm-Burns, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC. Dr. Chisholm-Burns received the Clinician of Distinction Award from the American Society of Transplantation at the recent 2015 American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia.
Astronaut from Tennessee inducted into Hall of Fame
Dr. Margaret Rhea Seddon is a 1973 graduate of the medical school and one of NASA’s first female astronauts … The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis said [that] from 1996 to 2007, Seddon was assistant chief medical officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Fewer U.S. Hospitals Send New Moms Home With Formula
“The first few weeks of breast-feeding can be difficult for many women, and this unfortunately occurs during one of the most stressful and overwhelming times in a mother’s life,” said Dr. Natalie Bishop, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.