UT Health Science Center is partnering with Emory University for a Holistic Health Fair this weekend as a part of Emory Cares International Service Day.
UTHSC In the Media
UT, ORNL See Future of Eye Disease Diagnosis
As a retinal specialist, Dr. Edward Chaum pores over hundreds of images of patients’ eyes a year, looking for diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness if not caught and treated early. But what he sees coming in the future scares him: a predicted fivefold increase in diabetic patients over the next three decades, an… Read More
Minority-owned business helps UTHSC campus flourish
A local minority-owned business has secured a contract with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) as part of an effort to make the campus and the Medical District more welcoming. Immaculate Landscaping, a certified Minority Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise with offices in Olive Branch, won the nearly $200,000 landscaping contract to… Read More
Four African Americans in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Anthony Berryhill is the new chief of police for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He is the former deputy director of the Memphis Police Department. Berryhill has 31 years of experience as a police officer and served in the U.S. military for seven years.
Football Concussions are a Concern at all Levels of the Game
Concussions have many NFL players pointing to the other side of the sport, what it leaves you with years later. There is more research on the lasting damage from football concussions. “What’s thought to happen is the brain can go forward or backward,” said Dr. Jack Tsao, a Professor of Neurology at University of Tennessee… Read More
Medical breakthrough gives back Mirror Image of Old Faces
Maddie Singer, director of anaplastology at UT Health Science Center, gives patients back their lives through remarkably life-like prosthetics she fashions. Here is the story of two of her patients.
Unlocking your DNA
Finding out who you are and where you came from using at-home DNA testing kits. Bottom line, we are all very much alike.
Looking for Clues for Failed Medical Implants
The steel rod of the artificial hip had been slathered in antibiotic cement, an effort to ward off a nasty infection that had gone to the bone. But when it had to be removed, the metal-and-plastic contraption was not disposed of as medical waste. Instead, it now sits on a shelf at Drexel University, alongside… Read More