On Sunday, healthcare workers in Memphis gained new skills they can now take back to hospitals in our area. Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital hosted a “Trauma Sumposium” in which doctors and nurses learned recognition and intervention skills. It was the eighth year the event was held, and it all took place at the Holiday Inn… Read More
Rebecca Pearson Tuttle has been with the Office of General Counsel at the University of Tennessee since 1999. Her practice is based out of UTHSC, where she focuses on medical malpractice litigation before the Tennessee Claims Commission. She’s been a prosecutor with the Shelby County District Attorney General’s office.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Office of Research has reported another record-breaking high for grant and contract awards received in a single fiscal year. The final numbers for UTHSC’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (FY22) show annual grant and contract awards totaled $133 million, a $6.3 million increase from last year’s… Read More
Researchers have long established that infants who drink infant formula instead of breast milk already carry an increased risk of obesity. But the new study found a difference in the type of formula and obesity outcomes of children. Babies under age 1 who received lactose-reduced formula made partially of corn syrup solids were at a 10% increased risk of being obese by age… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $507,693 grant for ethanol research involving the arteries and brain from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: “I am always pleased to see scientific research investments in our Memphis… Read More
For aspiring American doctors who aren’t fresh out of college and don’t have the highest test scores, the road to medical school can be cluttered with obstacles — even impassable. That’s prompted a number of Memphians to pursue their medical degrees at St. George’s University on the Caribbean island of Grenada. Dr. Samantha Gutierrez is… Read More
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded $2.13 million to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) team studying how neural cells that build a functional brain are generated during embryonic and neonatal life. Viktor Chizhikov, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, is the principal investigator. Igor… Read More
Ronald Cowan, MD, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), recently was named to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Scientific Council. Dr. Cowan, a respected physician-scientist, was jointly nominated for the position because of his… Read More
