Good Morning, Friends of DASH! We invite you to our next DASH Town Hall event on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EST. You don’t want to miss this exciting session focused on training information! Mark your calendars to join us as we hear from leadership and see a demonstration of employee and manager… Read More
Alvin Crawford, MD, the first African American to attend and graduate from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, will return to his alma mater Monday, February 26, for a celebration and book signing of his recently published autobiography, a presentation on his research, and visits with students. A 1964 College of… Read More
Element Biosciences’ AVITI Sequencer, now at UTHSC’s Molecular Resource Center, leverages novel chemistry and instrumentation to deliver ultra high-quality sequencing at low cost
Speakers: Solomon Hailu, PhD, Applications Technical Sales Specialist and Chris Higgins, PhD, Sr. Sales Representative, Southeast
Please mark your calendars and join us in-person on Monday, February 26, 3:00pm in the Freeman Auditorium for a talk by Alvin H. Crawford, MD, FACS, Hon Causa GR, UC, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine. Dr. Crawford is the first African-American to graduate from the UT Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.
Dr. Stephanie Lancaster of UTHSC teams up with ITEEA for a Go Baby Go! Event in Memphis on March 8, 2024. Aimed at enhancing mobility for preschool-aged children with disabilities, the event will modify ride-on toy vehicles for five children, promoting independence and joy. Held at the Renesant Convention Center, this collaboration underscores a commitment to innovation and inclusivity.
The NLM exhibit “The Literature of Prescription,” which looks at the impact and the medical knowledge of the day presented in “The Yellow Wallpaper” will run February 26 – April 6, on the second floor of the UTHSC Health Sciences Library and is sponsored by the Library’s Health Science Historical Collections.
Drs. Theodore Cory and Santosh Kumar are enrolling African American women for a research
project “Isolation of Blood from Healthy Control Donors”, to find out how the immune system
responds to infection with infectious diseases.
Subjects must be between the ages of 18-50, and generally healthy. Subjects must not be
heavy alcohol users, use illicit substances, have liver damage, have HIV, the human
papillomavirus (HPV), or be pregnant.
Subjects will be asked to provide 4 tablespoons of blood in one blood draw and will be
compensated $25.
Please contact Dr. Theodore Cory at tcory1@uthsc.edu, or 901-448-7216.
