UTHSC News


UTHSC to Confer Its First Honorary Degree on Howard Baker

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The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr., former U.S. senator, received the first honorary degree ever conferred by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at the UTHSC graduation Friday, May 25 at the FedEx Forum.


UTHSC Alumni Honor Three

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The UT National Alumni Association has named three UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) faculty members as its 2007 Outstanding Public Service and Teacher Award recipients.


UTHSC Pharmacy Students Recognized Nationally for Community Service

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The UT Health Science Center International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Student Chapter was selected as the Outstanding ISPOR Student Chapter of the Year for 2006-2007.


Thomason New Associate Dean for College of Graduate Health Sciences

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Donald B. Thomason, PhD, professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Department of Physiology, has been appointed associate dean of students for the College of Graduate Health Sciences.


UT Health Science Center Forms Search Committee for New Chancellor

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UT President John Petersen visited Memphis to support the Health Science Center in the search for its next chancellor. President Petersen charged the 18-member committee to conduct a national search to identify candidates.


UTHSC College of Nursing Lauds Outstanding Alumnus and Preceptors

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Four University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) faculty will be honored at the College of Nursing Alumni Awards Banquet on Friday, April 27 at the Memphis Hilton.


Reed Chosen President-Elect of National Student Pharmacists

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Brent Reed, a second-year student at UTHSC College of Pharmacy, has been chosen national president-elect of the Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP), the student branch of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).


Hamilton Eye Institute Selected as Macular Degeneration Trial Site

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Following a nationwide competition, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Hamilton Eye Institute has been selected as one of the sites for conducting the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2).