Dr. Yangbo Sun, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, conducts research on cardiovascular diseases and modifiable lifestyle risk factors. A study led by Dr. Sun found that eating one meal a day was associated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults aged 40 or older.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing is working to increase the number of nurse-midwives in the Delta region, where maternal mortality rates are high and maternity care is scarce.
A recent spate of awards shines a light on the strides UTHSC researchers are making in translating their discoveries into novel solutions for human health and well-being. Three licensees, two spinoffs founded by UTHSC researchers and one long-standing partner, have received funding from the highly competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology… Read More
Ten forward-thinking organizations honored for innovative and impactful use of the Paylocity HCM platform during the company’s annual Elevate Conference University Clinical Health – the only independent and physician-led faculty practice plan of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Memphis’ new mayor, Paul Young, is married to Dr. Jamila S. Smith Young, who is an assistant professor at the College of Nursing at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In fact, as per the university’s official website, Dr. Smith-Young is also associated with the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and serves at… Read More
It takes a good dose of practical experience before a student in the health sciences can truly master the art of healing. As it happens, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has one of the top programs in the country that delivers cutting-edge methods of teaching: practical simulations.
One physician who knows that well is Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSC, MBA, a professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. He was a principal investigator at one of the 27 centers set up around the U.S. from 1996-2001 for the long-running Diabetes Prevention… Read More
Jihan Esmail, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, United States, and colleagues aimed to evaluate the incidence of abnormal glucose homeostasis during the first 72 hours of life and they studied its associated with major morbidities in infants admitted to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).
