UTHSC In the Media


UTHSC Researchers Find Racial Gap in Medication Adherence

The Daily News

That’s according to a study by researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center presented at a recent session of the American Heart Association. The study’s lead author, Mustafa Hussein, presented the research at the heart association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2014 Scientific Sessions in June, the same month he successfully defended his… Read More


UTHSC Forms Biomedical Research Department

The Daily News

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine has formed a new biomedical research department on the Memphis campus, the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics. Professor Robert W. Williams, the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Computational Genomics, will serve as founding chair.


Dr. Laizure Studies Caffeine

The Commercial Appeal

Professors at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) plan to be the first in the country to study how rapidly caffeine gets into the body after an energy drink is consumed or a caffeine powder is inhaled using an Aeroshot device. Dr. S. Casey Laizure, Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the UTHSC College… Read More


New department at UT in Memphis focuses on genetics

The Commercial Appeal

Robert W. Williams, an experimental neurogeneticist on the university’s faculty for 25 years, is the founding chairman of the new Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics.


Rizzo’s Diner and Memphis Crisis Center hold fundraiser Wed., July 9

The Memphis Business Journal

Rizzo’s Diner and the Memphis Crisis Center will hold a “Less to Wine About Wednesday” fundraiser Wednesday, July 9, at the restaurant, 106 G.E. Patterson Ave. Rizzo’s will donate 25 percent of the day’s profits to the crisis center. Visit rizzosdiner.com.


UTHSC taking on all deaths west of Tennessee River

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded a $3.1 million contract to operate the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center and the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office.


UTHSC College of Allied Health Sciences Gets New Name

The Daily News

Dean Noma Anderson says the time was right for a name change that more accurately captures the mission of the college, which was founded in 1972 and originally known as the College of Community and Allied Health.


UTHSC to Operate Regional Forensic Center

The Daily News

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded a $3.1 million contract to operate the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center and the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office.