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Congressman Cohen Announces $872,804 in Research Grants to St. Jude and UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will each be receiving a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue their critical research.


Memphis Top Workplaces 2019: Meet the winning companies

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center was among the sixty employers who made the list of Top Workplaces for the Memphis area for 2019.            


Pharmacists Contribute to Increased Patient Satisfaction

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Patients who received focused attention from pharmacists during hospital stays expressed higher satisfaction, according to research presented at the ASHP’s (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) 54th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, which took place December 8-12 in Las Vegas… …“Our Pharmacy Department was charged from our administrative senior leadership team to create innovative ways to… Read More


UTHSC sickle cell researcher on ground floor in latest FDA approvals

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November was affirming for Dr. Kenneth Ataga, physician-researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of its Center for Sickle Cell Disease. Ataga is from Nigeria, where an estimated 1 million people, including 250,000 newborns every year, have sickle cell. In the space of 10 days last month, the FDA approved two… Read More


UTHSC, Le Bonheur add public pediatric dental clinic

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In the east quadrant what used to be a wide breezeway at the front of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is a new dental clinic just for children. When the hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials formally open it Wednesday afternoon, they will cut a ribbon of floss, a symbol perhaps of the strings… Read More


Miracle baby’: Mississippi woman finds out she’s pregnant — nine days before giving birth

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Lauren and Keith Chalk struggled for years to have a baby. The Southaven couple suffered two miscarriages, and they thought a full-term pregnancy may not be possible for them. Then, on Dec. 2, they welcomed their first child into the world — nine after days after they found out they were pregnant.


 UTHSC announces record-breaking $100 million in research grants and contracts

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Steven Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, announced that UTHSC has achieved record growth in research funding. Recently released numbers from the Office of Research show research grants and contract awards for FY19 totaling more than $100 million for the first time in UTHSC history. This number… Read More


Pediatric dentistry office opens at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

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A rare –but much needed– pediatric dentistry office is now open inside Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. That’s because children in high poverty areas have limited access to dental clinics. They called it a “floss-cutting” Wednesday by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Organizers hope by opening the clinic inside the hospital parents can group… Read More