Saint Thomas Health and UTHSC Expand Joint Residency Training Program in Nashville, Middle Tennessee
|Nearly 100 Residents Will Be Trained Every Year, First Phase Starts in 2013.
UTHSC News
Randy L. Farmer Appointed Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs at UTHSC
|Steve J. Schwab, MD, chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Johnnie D. Ray, president, University of Tennessee Foundation, have appointed Randy L. Farmer, EdD, as vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs at UTHSC. In his new position, Dr. Farmer will report directly to the chancellor and supervise a 19-person… Read More
Vivian S. Loveless Receives the 2012 APhA-APPM William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice
|The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced that Vivian S. Loveless, PharmD, BCNP, FAPhA, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the recipient of the 2012 APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice. She is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical… Read More
Assistant Professor Roderick Hori of UTHSC Receives $112,266 Grant for Prostate Cancer Research
|Roderick Hori, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received an award of $112,266 from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for a study titled, “Delineation of Methyl-DNA Binding Protein Interactions in the Prostate Cancer Genome.” The award will fund… Read More
UTHSC TARGIT Study Reaches Enrollment Milestone
|The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has announced that the TARGIT Research Study (Treating Adults at Risk for Weight Gain with Interactive Technology) has reached a milestone of enrolling 200 participants. The purpose of the study is to test an intervention, which targets young adult smokers who… Read More
Assistant Professor Tonia Rex of UTHSC Receives $1.8 Million Grant to Continue Glaucoma Research
|Tonia Rex, PhD, assistant professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant totaling $1,874,688 from the National Eye Institute, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health. The award will fund research on glaucoma. The study titled, “Novel Therapy and Mechanisms… Read More
UTHSC Welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson to Memphis Campus
|Chancellor Steve J. Schwab, MD, senior-level administrators and students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently welcomed Rev. Jesse Jackson to the UTHSC main campus in Memphis. The civil rights leader and Baptist minister is in town to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and… Read More
UTHSC To Host TEDMEDLive Simulcast
|From April 10 to 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will host a TEDMEDLive Simulcast on its Memphis campus, inviting about 250 local health care professionals to participate in each day’s events.