With nearly 140 academic medical centers across the United States, administrators are constantly tasked with finding persuasive and innovative ways to entice the brightest minds to choose their facility for their studies. One of those facilities is the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), established in 1911 and located in the heart of Memphis’… Read More
A recent human study published in The FASEB Journal discovered the presence of fungal communities in the fetal gut. The study marks the first of its kind to observe fungal DNA in this developmental setting.
One of cancer’s most formidable adversaries is Dr. Neil Hayes. A physician and scientist with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Hayes has played a vital role in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The cancer genomics program is a collaboration, started in 2006, between the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome… Read More
Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be successfully implemented as a standard of care, according to an observational study by physicians at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital.
A new study from Memphis physicians says transplanting hepatitis C-infected kidneys into patients without the disease is safe, opening the door for an increased supply of transplant-ready kidneys people wait years to receive.The observational study of 53 transplant patients by physicians at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Methodist University Hospital says kidney… Read More
In a few weeks, a pilot program that has taken years of research, planning and preparation will launch, with resources in place to decrease the number of young people who come in contact with the Shelby County juvenile justice system. Previously called the Shelby County Youth Assessment Center, the renamed Shelby County Youth Advocacy Center… Read More
In a community filled to the brim with medical professionals, each year the Memphis Business Journal honors the standouts. MBJ held its 21st annual Health Care Heroes awards Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis. Finalists were recognized in the categories of Administrative Excellence, Community Outreach, Health Care Innovations, Health Care Provider-Physician, and Health… Read More
Monday, the first full day of the first full week of classes in many high-stress graduate programs in health sciences, the treadmills and ellipticals were humming in the workout room in the Student Alumni Center at 800 Madison. Around the corner in the Schreier Auditorium, dozens and dozens of students and staff were breathing quietly,… Read More
