The UTHSC Center on Developmental Disabilities has received a five-year, $3.03 million grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living to continue serving as a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). According to a July 12th release, the grant will support several model projects, including the Relative Caregiver Program, the Scottish-Rite Communication Disorders… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $616,949 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an instrument called a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter.
More than 40 years ago, Doan and Mylinh Dinh fled Vietnam and established a new family here in Memphis — a city that gave them not just a chance for survival but the opportunity to thrive. Their eldest daughter, Theresa Dinh, M.D., has begun her residency in general surgery at University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and its local university partners are launching a new program this fall to provide specialized schooling for its youngest patients. All Kids Academy is a semester-long internship for University of Memphis senior child development and family studies majors. The program helps students learn how to educate hospitalized children 5 years old… Read More
The University of Memphis will be seeking a new CFO and COO, while the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is gaining an experienced higher education executive this fall. Five years after joining the U of M, Raaj Kurapati is moving over to UTHSC to become that institution’s executive vice chancellor and COO.
If the great dinosaurs had not gone extinct, would one of their species have dominated Earth today? In a parallel universe, would there be intelligent feathered giants relaxing and reading Scientific American? But the number of neurons may not be enough. For intelligence, brain architecture also matters. And this could have been the Achilles’ heel of dinosaurs,… Read More
While you should always speak to your baby’s pediatrician, New York Post Shopping consulted a medical expert skilled in pediatric nutrition to put together an in-depth FAQ section detailing what to know when shopping for formula, deciphering a product label and more. “Every company has its unique spin on formula (marketing factors, of course),” Mark R. Corkins,… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $504,020 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study glioblastoma chemosensitivity.
