UTHSC In the Media


Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF) Brings its Patient and Family Conference to UTHSC

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is partnering with the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF), along with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Regional One Health, and Baptist Memorial Hospital, to hold the AAMDSIF Patient and Family Conference for the first time in Memphis on July 23.


Tennessee universities won’t detail how they’ll offer abortion training amid new laws

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Current and future medical professionals are raising the red flag about the ripple effects the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling will have on medical students’ training. But Tennessee universities aren’t disclosing how they’ll navigate the new laws and keep their programs in the good graces of accreditation systems. Of the five medical schools in Tennessee, four… Read More


TEM ecosystem aims to enrich talent pipeline

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A group of organizations representing some of Memphis’ brightest minds is building an ecosystem to expand access to STEM education for students who have been historically underrepresented in science-related careers. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis-Shelby County Schools, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, LeMoyne-Owen College and Frayser Community PTSA are among the… Read More


UTHSC, Le Bonheur secure funding for projects to treat mental trauma in children

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The Urban Child Institute granted $375,000 to the UTHSC Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being, and $500,000 for Le Bonheur’s Family Resilience Initiative.


Here are the candidates who came (and didn’t) to the forums in six Tennessee cities

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The USA TODAY Network Tennessee hosted candidate forums over two months in six cities across all three Grand Divisions in partnership with the University of Tennessee system and Lipscomb University. June 16: University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) Gubernatorial candidates Carnita Atwater, Democrat Jason Martin, Democrat JB Smiley, Democrat


Dr. Peter Buckley, Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Dr. Peter Buckley, Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and welcomes him to Memphis, Tennessee, after being named the 11th Chancellor and stepping into the role on February 1, 2022. During the interview, Dr. Buckley shares some of his background growing up in Ireland and becoming a psychiatrist… Read More


UTHSC College of Nursing receives $3.9M grant for rural mobile health needs

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The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been selected to receive a four-year, $3.9 million grant that will help fund a mobile health unit for Lake and Lauderdale counties.  The money will also help UTHSC implement rural health education into its undergraduate and graduate programs.


LI School To Study Music’s Impact On Autism

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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — Using a $90,000 grant, Molloy University is creating a study to determine the impact of music therapy on autistic children. The research will examine whether improvisational music therapy can improve neurological outcomes for autistic children. The study will be done by graduate assistants and music therapists at the Rebecca Center for… Read More