New department at UT in Memphis focuses on genetics
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.
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Rizzo’s Diner and Memphis Crisis Center hold fundraiser Wed., July 9
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 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
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 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.
Dr. Williams to Chair College of Medicine’s new Genetics Dept.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine says it is forming new department on the Memphis campus, the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics (GGI). Professor Robert W. Williams will serve as the department’s founding chair.
Dr. Fran Tylavsky Quoted in Good Health Memphis
“One of the healthiest things you can do is increase the amount of fruits and vegetables you eat,” she said.
Dean Chisholm-Burns Writes Column ‘Pharmacists help fill health-care gap’ in The Tennessean
Dr. Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, is dean and professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy in Memphis, Knoxville and Nashville.