The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is taking cancer screening to urban and rural communities, thanks to two mobile health units donated by the West Cancer Center and Research Institute and grant funding from regional and national organizations.
As University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials announced a new hire for the troubled occupational therapy program Wednesday, March 25, sources confirmed that two more instructors in that department have resigned.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare officials, Memphis Mayor Paul Young and other partners gathered at Methodist University Hospital on Wednesday, March 24, to celebrate a program aimed at getting more nurses into the workforce.
A sixth University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty member has resigned over another instructor’s alleged mistreatment of students.
Briana Henderson, a radiology technologist now furthering her studies at Methodist University Hospital (part of UT Health Sciences), is approaching age 30. She said she does not want the things her younger self thought she would want at this age – marriage, children, a home. “I realize now that my plan was crazy!,” she said.… Read More
A sixth faculty member in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s occupational therapy department has resigned over allegations that officials failed to address a colleague accused of verbally abusing students, multiple sources said Tuesday, March 24.
Experts warn of ongoing RSV risk through spring, especially for high-risk groups. (The players: Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, Medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and Shirin Mazumder, MD, Infectious diseases specialist and associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
“A ripple effect from the COVID pandemic may be one reason for the shift in RSV circulation this year, as natural immunity to RSV may have been reduced with mitigation measures that were in place at the time,” said Shirin Mazumder, MD, infectious diseases specialist and associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
