On Wednesday, July 21 at 10 a.m., Mid-South Lions Sight & Hearing Service will donate $150,000 to the UT Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI) during a check presentation and reception. The event will be held at 930 Madison Avenue.
On Friday, July 30, 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, July 31, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research (CHEER) will host a free conference titled Health in the City: A Fresh Take on Food.
The UT Board of Trustees elected Steve J. Schwab, M.D., as chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Organizers of the CANDLE Research Study at UTHSC announce they have enrolled 1,000 pregnant women since recruitment began in December 2006. The goal is to enroll a total of 1,500 participants.
On Tuesday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., UTHSC and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will host a seminar on increasing African-American and Latino participation in clinical trials.
John DeVincenzo, MD, professor and researcher in the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Sciences at UTHSC, has proven for the first time that a totally new concept in drug design can be used to treat human disease.
David C. Seaberg, MD, dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine, Chattanooga, will present an abstract titled, “Redirecting Low-Acuity Pediatric Emergency Department Patients to a Hospital-Based Federally Qualified Health Center.”
Martin A. Croce, MD, professor of Surgery at UTHSC is the recipient of a $225,000 research grant from the National Trauma Institute (NTI). Dr. Croce’s study is one of seven awarded grants this month by NTI.
