National Comprehensive Cancer Network Celebrates 20 Years
The NCCN Member Institutions are … St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
UTHSC In the Media
UT medical school dean in Chattanooga stepping down
The dean of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine — Chattanooga and senior vice president of Erlanger Health System, Dr. David Seaberg, is stepping down from the joint positions once a replacement for him is found, officials announced Friday. . . The executive dean of the Memphis-based College of Medicine at the University of… Read More
Welch Allyn Inc. Acquires Hubble Telemedical, co-founded by UTHSC’s Dr. Ed Chaum
Welch Allyn Inc. has acquired Hubble Telemedical Inc., a privately held health care company founded by University of Tennessee Health Science Center researcher Edward Chaum and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Kenneth Tobin . . .
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle adds Dr. Angela Riley
Dr. Angela M. Riley, a nephrologist, has joined the medical staff. Riley recently joined Nephrology Associates in Columbus . . . Riley has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Belhaven College in Jackson and earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis.
Organizers urge black women to register for event on breast health
African-American women from Memphis and the West Tennessee area are invited to register for a breast cancer summit at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center on Feb. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. . . UTHSC’s Research Center on Health Disparities, Equity and the Exposome (RCHDEE) has convened a Breast Cancer Awareness and… Read More
Anti-radiation drug could work days after exposure, says Dr. Tigyi
Cells try to repair damage to their DNA after radiation exposure, says Gábor Tigyi at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
UTHSC Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors
Duane Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Fighting Breast Cancer Requires Awareness
“We’re the last to get screened, the last to get treated, and because of that we tend to die earlier,” said Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD, and co-director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Research Center on Health Disparities, Equity and the Exposome.