When Anissa Christian crosses the stage to accept her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree on Monday, she will be crossing the threshold to a new career built on a desire to serve and confidence in the power of education. Christian, 55, worked as an elementary school teacher for 27 years, first in South Carolina… Read More
Editor’s note: This story is part of a five-part community pharmacy series covering College of Pharmacy alumni who operate independent pharmacies in rural or underserved communities across Tennessee. Derek Holyfield, PharmD, CEO of West Tennessee Pharms, and his co-owners witnessed pharmacies and other health care facilities move away from rural areas of Tennessee, leading to… Read More
Most of the U.S. population has easy access to health care through community pharmacies. In fact, approximately 90% of Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy, making pharmacists the most accessible health care provider. While chain pharmacies are prevalent in many areas, independent pharmacies and regional franchises are the primary pharmacy options in rural… Read More
A $500,000, two-year grant led by faculty from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing will increase outreach, education, and health care workforce development in rural areas of the state. The effort is a collaboration with nursing faculty from the University of Tennessee at Martin and the University of Tennessee Southern in… Read More
Third-year dental student Gustavo Morrice spoke of the joy he felt to be able to provide a full set of dentures for a patient recently. “To me, that was really powerful,” he said. “I love what I do.” A Nashville native who has dreamed of being a dentist since fourth grade, Morrice was addressing the… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Tennessee Population Health Consortium is piloting a program aimed at closing the health care gap for rural Tennessee counties. Under the UT Extension Rural Health Hubs initiative, health coaches are being placed in University of Tennessee Extension Offices in Hardin and Decatur counties to bring essential primary and preventive… Read More
Tabitha House, PharmD, worked as a high school science teacher before going back to school to study pharmacy. Through a new fellowship program in the UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, she can return to teaching while also caring for patients. Dr. House is one of two recent College of Pharmacy alumni in the… Read More
When Seetharaman Jayaraman, PhD, associate professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, learned that his former collaborator and renowned computational biologist, David Baker, PhD, had won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he felt a deep sense of pride. As a structural biologist, Dr. Jayaraman played a key role to… Read More
