UTHSC News


UTHSC Salutes Top Physicians with 2011 Outstanding Alumni Awards

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As part of this year’s historic 100-year celebration of UTHSC, the UT College of Medicine (COM) 2011 Outstanding Alumni awards event will celebrate the history and future of medicine.


Blues Babies & Beyond: A Joint Commitment to Reduce Infant Mortality

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UTHSC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation (THF) are pleased to announce a new collaboration titled, “Blues Babies & Beyond.”


UTHSC College of Pharmacy Dedicates State-of-the-Art Building

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At 10:00 a.m. today, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) dedicated its new 183,857-square-foot College of Pharmacy building on the UT-Baptist Research Park in the Memphis Medical Center.


Nursing Receives Grant from Health Resources & Services Administration

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Tommie L. Norris, DNS, RN, associate professor of Nursing and director of the Clinical Nurse Leader Program at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $814,100 from the Health Resources and Services Administration.


Andrzej Slominski Receives $1,662,408 Grant to Further Skin Research

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Andrzej Slominski, MD, PhD, professor of Pathology and director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program and Skin Cancer Division of the UT Center for Cancer Research at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $1,662,408.


Meiyun Fan Receives Grant Extension for Breast Cancer Research

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Meiyun Fan, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a $707,988 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for an existing study on breast cancer therapy.


Doctoral Nursing Student Receives Fellowship Award

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This year, Wafa Khasawneh, a doctoral nursing student at the UTHSC, is one of six individuals nationwide to receive a three- to five-year doctoral fellowship award from the Southern Regional Education Board.


Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Awards Grant to Ophthalmology

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Jena J. Steinle, PhD, associate professor in the UTHSC Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy and Neurobiology, has been awarded a grant for $495,000 by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).