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LED Imaging partners with UTHSC College of Dentistry to provide students with advanced imaging technology

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Students, residents, and faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry will now have access to new, sophisticated oral and maxillofacial imaging technology due to apartnership between the UT College of Dentistry and LED Imaging, a new division of LED Dental announced earlier this month.


Fighting Lyme Disease With a Vaccine — for Mice

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Instead of abandoning hope, University of Tennessee molecular biologist Maria Gomes-Solecki decided to apply the vaccine to another carrier: mice. Ticks that sucked the blood of vaccinated mice would also ingest antibodies the mice had produced, which would kill any bacteria the ticks carried, preventing them from transmitting the disease.


Dr. Karen Johnson Quoted: Diet Soda Concerns For Women

WREG

Dr. Karen Johnson, interim director of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, is interviewed on WREG-TV’s Live@9 show about study results showing there may be a link between diet sodas and cardiovascular events in post-menopausal women. Dr. Johnson is the interim chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and joined… Read More


Dr. Brandon Triplett named SIC Distinguished Alumnus

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Dr. Brandon Triplett has been selected by members of the Southeastern Illinois College Mu Psi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society to join Southeastern’s Distinguished Alumni roster. He is an assistant member in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Assistant Professor in the Department… Read More


Dr. Klesges Quoted on E-Cigarettes

My Fox Memphis

“Nicotine is a known cardiovascular risk factor; it causes heart attacks and strokes.”


UTHSC associate dean for Med Ed is stepping down

The Memphis Business Journal

Robert G. Shreve has decided to step down from his role as associate dean for Medical Education in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, effective June 16. “As Bob steps down, it is not only appropriate that we recognize his hard work and his successes, but also that we embrace his legacy of continually improving… Read More


LED Imaging Partners with UTHSC College of Dentistry to Provide Students with Advanced Imaging Technology

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Through this partnership, students, residents and faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry will now have access to new, sophisticated oral and maxillofacial imaging technology.


Dr. McCullers Discusses Influenza

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Dr. McCullers, a world-renowned infectious disease specialist, and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … calls for large-scale studies involving consortia or clinical networks to unlock the next unanswered questions about co-infections and viruses in order to prevent the loss of life of a pandemic similar to the one in… Read More