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Demolition and construction are reshaping Memphis UT campus: Campus upgrades to help UTHSC attract top researchers

The Commercial Appeal

Heavy equipment demolished another chunk of the Goodman Family Residence Hall on Wednesday, and a former bus barn, Randolph Hall and the Feurt also are slated to bite the dust on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus. Meanwhile, a $49 million Translational Science Research Building is shaping up for its debut by the summer of… Read More


Ballo to lead new Radiation Oncology Department at UTHSC

The Memphis Business Journal

Matthew T. Ballo, MD, recently received dual appointments as founding chairman of the new Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of Radiation Oncology at The UT/West Cancer Center.


Support for Those who Stutter

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… there’s no reason for anyone to “battle their speech all alone,” said Tricia Hedinger, clinical assistant professor in the University of Tennessee’s Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.


UT Health Science Center offers online nursing program

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has launched an online certificate program for experienced nurse practitioners.


Ballo Begins New Roles At UTHSC, West Clinic

The Daily News

Dr. Matthew T. Ballo has received appointments as founding chairman of the new Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of radiation oncology at the UT/West Clinic… Ballo will play a key role in expanding the radiation/oncology program at UT/West Clinic. He also has plans to develop a radiation oncology… Read More


Local Infant Mortality Rates Decrease, But African-Americans Still Disproportionately Affected

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This is part of a series on pediatric healthcare challenges in this region.  Organizations profiled in this series include the BLUES Project, which is part of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and is fighting infant mortality


Mar. 20: UTHSC/Urban Child Institute: Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health:

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University of Memphis: 678-2000, memphis.edu. … Mar. 20: UTHSC/Urban Child Institute: Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health: “Early Brain Development and Function: Impact on Social and Health Outcomes,” 7:15a–3:30p, 385-4242, urbanchildinstitute.org/brain-awareness-2014.  


Norfleet Forum to Focus on Brain Development

The Daily News

The event is part of the 2014 Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health, presented by the Urban Child Institute, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Preventive Medicine, the UTHSC Neuroscience Institute and the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. The forum is open to the public, health care workers and researchers for… Read More