Everyone is invited to join in at the University of Tennessee Space Institute auditorium on March 29 at 10 a.m. for a Women’s History Month celebration with special guest Chandra Alston. Alston serves as the vice chancellor of human resources at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Her 23-year career embraces roles in… Read More
Long before Kennard Brown was spearheading transformational projects at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTSHC), he was just a kid in Chicago, being told by his grandmother to do his homework. A former sharecropper who couldn’t read or write, she understood, as much as anyone, the importance of education. And with Brown’s mother working night… Read More
Crosstown High students were guest lecturers for the day in Dr. Janeane N. Anderson’s Qualitative Research Methods course in the fall of 2022.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has educational and clinical partnerships with an array of hospitals and medical groups, which have helped create a comprehensive local health care ecosystem. Now, the institution is looking to strengthen and expand partnerships like these throughout not just Memphis, but also the entire state — and it’s… Read More
Shelby County commissioners didn’t exactly give a green light Wednesday, March 8, to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ still-forming plan to come up with $350 million in capital funding for a rebuild of Regional One Health. Harris, along with Regional One leaders and leaders of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, are also talking… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has named Paul J. Wesolowski as their first-ever Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships. The vice chancellor will work with hospitals, physician groups, community health, and health system partners to build and expand clinical programs of excellence; develop community engagement and outreach services; and support alliances that enhance research opportunities.
It’s the third year for the conference, which attracted more than 120 people last year. UTHSC anticipates double the number of attendees this year when the focus will be “Serving Families Affected by Opioid Misuse.” The conference will bring together experts in substance use disorder to share how genetics, trauma and opportunity contribute to developing… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $1,312,806. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive $890,694 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the interaction between T-cell receptors and the peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a… Read More
