UTHSC In the Media


BIG plans at Le Bonheur include archive of DNA

The Memphis Business Journal

Le Bonheur established BIG just over two years ago, with the goal of studying the influence of genes on diseases and their treatment. UTHSC researchers will be able to submit a proposal to request use of DNA from the biorepository. If approved, researchers will sign a material use agreement in which they would agree to… Read More


Haslam announces school safety task force members, but the list lacks a Democrat

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced his school safety committee members on Monday, but the 16-member group is lacking a Democrat. The group includes Dr. Altha Stewart, University of Tennessee, incoming president of American Psychiatric Association.


Teen depression guidelines equip primary care providers

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Dr. Valerie Arnold, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said she’s excited the guidelines encourage providers to address an important problem that too often goes unidentified.


MBJ honors projects ‘revitalizing’ and ‘reinvigorating’ Memphis

The Memphis Business Journal

UTHSC’s Plough Center for Sterile Drug Delivery Solutions won Best Renovation (Large Category) in the 2018 Building Memphis Awards sponsored by the Memphis Business Journal.


Dotson honored by UT Health Science Center

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In celebration of Black History Month, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) recently recognized Aisha Jenae Dotson for her outstanding academic performance and community service.


College Awarded Training Grant for Nurses for Crisis Situations

The Daily News

The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in collaboration with Regional One Health, has been awarded a $16,000 grant to train area nurses to handle and diffuse crisis situations in hospitals and other health care settings.


Local doctor tries to make physical therapy simpler

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Dr. Scott Holmes is a physical therapist who’s seen the effect of mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) in his own life, and he’s gone out on his own to try to have that same effect on others in West Tennessee.


For patients with disabilities, dental treatment presents extra challenges

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Disability advocate Jean-Marie Lawrence was born with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, a category of rare, inherited neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness and wasting. As a result, she’s must use a wheelchair. Lawrence works full time at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, serves on the Council on Developmental Disability, and aside from an assistant… Read More