UTHSC In the Media


State awards $2.6 million

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Memphis has received $2.6 million from the state of Tennessee to hire a veterinary pathologist and a pre-clinical orthopedic or toxicology researcher who will work with the school, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and TriMetis Life Sciences. TriMetis is a medical research laboratory located in the UT-Baptist Research Park and… Read More


Does a Fetus Feel Pain at 20 Weeks?

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Proponents of 20-week abortion bans often also cite Kanwaljeet Anand, a professor of pediatrics, anesthesiology and neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … In testimony before Congress in 2005, however, Anand was specifically asked about this idea.


Medical Advances in Memphis

The Commercial Appeal

Studies show that “every time you’re able to take a surgeon that does open surgery and get them to do his surgeries with a robot, even with all the costs associated with the machine, the final cost to the hospital is actually less,” said Dr. Benny Weksler, chief of the thoracic division of the University… Read More


UTHSC to hold six graduation ceremonies for Memphis class of 2015

The Commercial Appeal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will graduate 698 new health care professionals at not one, but six ceremonies beginning Friday and ending May 29, officials said.


Dr. George Huang awarded the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award

The Daily News

Dr. George Huang, director and professor in the Department of Bioscience Research in the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded the 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology by the International Association for Dental Research.


Medication Errors

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Amanda Howard-Thompson, PharmD, BCPS, is an associate professor in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Interview: Dr. Jim Bailey, Author of ‘The End of Healing’

Jim is professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and his research appears in many peer-reviewed medical journals.


GTx Provides First Quarter 2015 Financial Results

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“I am pleased that we have been able to add to our platform of agents targeting hormonal receptors by successfully licensing the exclusive rights to the University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s SARD technology. We now have the opportunity to develop a potentially novel therapy to treat men with castration-resistant prostate cancer who do not respond… Read More