Steinle named director of research for UTHSC eye institute
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has tapped Jena J. Steinle to be director of research at the Hamilton Eye Institute.
UTHSC In the Media
Long-term weight loss may be difficult, but it’s not impossible
[Karen] Johnson, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, worked as the principal invesstigator in Memphis for a national study that examined the long-term effects of intensive weight loss intervention on diabetic participants.
Nurses Making Some Noise: 1922
The photo above appears in The Legacy the Future: A Centennial Portrait of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with a caption that reads “For recreation, UT student nurses formed an orchestra at Baptist Hospital, where they were housed. Because their exhausting duties included washing, folding and replacing hospital linens in addition to their studies, playing… Read More
Forty under 40: Salute to rising stars
Stacey Patterson, Assistant vice president for research, director of research partnerships, University of Tennessee; co-founder and chief technical officer, 490 BioTech
Combination Protocol Accurately Diagnoses Appendicitis in Kids
Ashley Saucier, MD, from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues conducted a prospective observational cohort study involving 196 patients to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a clinical pathway for suspected appendicitis.
Proposed Cuts For TN Perinatal Program – Dr. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy quoted
Dr. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy said the program, which has five different centers statewide, is effective for West Tennesse and run from the Regional Medical Center.
UTHSC team wins $1.6 million grant
A $1.58 million federal grant to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center team will fund research on scanning patients for amyloid, a combination of protein fibers and sugar molecules found in patients with Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes and some other diseases.
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital adds residents program
The residency program is part of an expansion of an agreement between Saint Thomas Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center announced in April 2012 to train the state’s future physicians.