UTHSC In the Media


How neuroscience can save Memphis: Jami Flick, Anne Zachry quoted

The Commercial Appeal

Anne Zachry, also an OT and professor for UT, educates and mentors teen moms through the Exchange Club Family Center’s First S.T.E.P.S. program. “We know how brains develop, or don’t, and how that impacts everything — behavior, learning, physical and mental health,” said Zachry, who also attended the conference. “We have the research. We need to… Read More


Dr. Laizure Quoted on Adderall

Memphis Flyer

UTHSC’s Laizure says there’s still a lot of unknowns when it comes to Adderall.


UTHSC scientist partners with entrepreneurs to prevent Lyme disease

High Ground

The newest scientific weapon against Lyme disease is coming out of the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Maria Gomes-Solecki, doctor of veterinary medicine and assistant professor in microbiology, immunology and biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has developed a groundbreaking vaccine that prevents the transmission of Lyme disease – in mice.


Childhood Link to Crime

WREG

Some of the top medical doctors and researchers are in Memphis this week to discuss their findings, and share ideas on early childhood development. Dr. Paul Juarez was actually recruited to Memphis to open a center here that studies health disparities, including links between neglect and poverty as a child to bad behavior as adults


First innovation district taking shape in Memphis

High Ground

The past few years has seen a flurry of construction work throughout the Memphis Medical District, with new projects completed or underway by UTHSC …


Demolition and construction are reshaping Memphis UT campus: Campus upgrades to help UTHSC attract top researchers

The Commercial Appeal

Heavy equipment demolished another chunk of the Goodman Family Residence Hall on Wednesday, and a former bus barn, Randolph Hall and the Feurt also are slated to bite the dust on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus. Meanwhile, a $49 million Translational Science Research Building is shaping up for its debut by the summer of… Read More


Ballo to lead new Radiation Oncology Department at UTHSC

The Memphis Business Journal

Matthew T. Ballo, MD, recently received dual appointments as founding chairman of the new Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of Radiation Oncology at The UT/West Cancer Center.


Support for Those who Stutter

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… there’s no reason for anyone to “battle their speech all alone,” said Tricia Hedinger, clinical assistant professor in the University of Tennessee’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.