UTHSC News


UTHSC TARGIT Study Reaches Enrollment Milestone

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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

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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

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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

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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.


Mark LeDoux Identifies Mutations Causing Adult-Onset Cervical Dystonia

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A team of researchers led by Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD, professor in the Department at Neurology at the UTHSC, has made a discovery that may lead to a cure for primary cervical dystonia.


Pharmacist William Edward Evans Receives Remington Honor Medal

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UTHSC alumnus William Edward Evans, PharmD, is the recipient of the 2012 Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists’Association (APhA).


Russell Chesney Publishes Article to Show Cause of Tiny Tim’s Illness

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Russell Chesney, MD, professor of Pediatrics and Physiology at the UTHSC and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, believes he knows what was ailing Tiny Tim, the iconic character from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”


UTHSC and MIFA Launch Health Care Challenge

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has partnered with MIFA (Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association) to launch the first Health Care Challenge.