A Memphis-trained physician, turned NASA astronaut returns to her alma mater — UTHSC — this fall. Margaret Rhea Seddon, MD, a 1973 graduate of UT, will deliver the evening address at the UTHSC Centennial Gala on September 17.
The UT Alliance of Women Philanthropists is accepting grant applications for its Giving Circle grants program. Applications must be submitted electronically to alliance@tennessee.edu by Friday, September 30, 2011.
On June 20 through 22, the Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research (CHEER) will host a regional conference to promote health equity among minority communities.
Guy Reed, MD, chair of the UTHSC Department of Medicine and Lemuel Diggs Professor of Medicine, has announced that Stephen Thomas Miller, MD, MACP, is the inaugural Robert S. Pearce Chair in Internal Medicine.
Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH, professor and interim chair of the UTHSC Department of Preventive Medicine, has contributed to the discovery of a new treatment that reduces breast cancer risks in postmenopausal women.
Stephanie J. Phelps, PharmD, associate dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Pharmacy and professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics, received the Richard A. Helms Award for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice.
UTHSC will host an Offense-Defense (O-D) camp which will take place on June 12-15. Organized by the National Football League (NFL), the camp is geared towards high school students and youth ages 7 to 14.
Heather Martin, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist student in Nursing and First Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, is being awarded a Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $3,000 by the Army Nurse Corps Association.
