Harry S. Courtney, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $126,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health.
Steve J. Schwab, MD, chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has announced the appointment of Laura A. Talbot, PhD, EdD, RN, GCNS-BC, as the next dean for the UTHSC College of Nursing.
P. David Rogers, PharmD, PhD, FCCP, has received a grant totaling $1,836,580 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health.
The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin held a press conference announcing the release of the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. Robert C. Klesges, PhD, was a major contributor to the report.
Lawrence Reiter, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, has received a grant totaling $412,344 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
In spring 2011, for the first time, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital was named to the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list.
In 2011, the Methodist University Hospital (MUH) Transplant Institute, which is operated by physicians at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), set new records for transplant volumes and patient survival rates.
Longtime Memphian Fred C. Heros, DDS, has been selected as the 2012 UTHSC College of Dentistry Outstanding Alumnus. Dr. Heros will receive the award at the Alumni Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 2 at the Hilton Memphis.
