105 UTHSC Students to Graduate Dec. 12
By demographics, the graduating class includes 22 African-Americans, four Latino-Americans and 29 graduates who came from out of state to study at UTHSC. Eighty-six of the 105 graduates are women.
UTHSC In the Media
Pedi-Flite improves outcomes, reduces costs for pediatric diabetic patients
Providing families with diabetic children access via pager to a transport team improves outcomes and efficiency, according to a recent study performed at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The study, “Real-time Support of Pediatric Diabetes Self-care by a Transport Team,” was reported online ahead of print inDiabetes… Read More
Jim Bailey’s The End of Healing
Bailey, professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center …
UTHSC Donating Flu Vaccines
University Health Services, the campus health and illness care facility at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has donated 150 doses of flu vaccine for distribution to employees at Memphis International Airport, Christian Brothers University and Baptist College of Health Sciences.
UTHSC campus plan capitalizing on opportunity
University of Tennessee Health Science Center leaders launched a campus master plan designed to enhance UTHSC’s position as an urban academic medical center at the core of a larger revitalization of the Memphis Medical Center District.
Master Plan UTHSC campus plan capitalizing on opportunity
When the campus master plan is fully implemented, UTHSC will have at least 15 new buildings to meet growing academic, research, clinical care and support needs.
UTHSC professor Jim Bailey to sign novel
Jim Bailey, a professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, will read from his debut novel, “The End of Healing” (The Healthy City, $33.95), at a book-signing from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Tsunami restaurant, next door to Burke’s Book Store, sponsor of the event. The book’s protagonist is a… Read More
Dr. Kovesdy Study Indicates Niacin May Slow Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Progression
A team led by Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, of the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, found that niacin treatment was associated with a significant decrease in the proportion of patients with rapid decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and a significant decrease in all-cause… Read More