UTHSC News


One Hundred and Fifty Participate in Health Career Summer Programs

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Getting a summer job took on new meaning for more than 150 undergraduate and high school students who participated in four different health career programs offered by UTHSC.


Research to Prevent Blindness Awards Grant to Ophthalmology Department

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Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a $110,000 grant to the UTHSC ophthalmology department to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.


Program to Offer Training to Bilingual Individuals

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Are you fluent in Spanish and English, as well as interested in becoming a trained interpreter in a healthcare setting.


Cashion Selected for Prestigious National Fellowship

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Ann Cashion, PhD, associate professor and chair of the Acute and Chronic Care Department at the UTHSC College of Nursing, has been selected as a 2005 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.


Researcher Wins Grant to Investigate Non-Toxic Lung Cancer Treatment

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The Phillip Morris External Research Program awarded a $744,765 three-year grant to Susan E. Senogles, PhD, UTHSC associate professor of molecular sciences.


Researcher Awarded Grant to Investigate New Approach

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Mitchell A. Watsky, PhD, UTHSC associate professor of physiology, has been awarded a two-year grant totaling $150,000 by the Scleroderma Foundation.


UTHSC Wins Grant to Extend Rural Patient Access to Cancer Care

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Thanks to a $1.5 million three-year grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to UTHSC, rural Mid-South cancer patients can now be treated by leading oncology and hematology speacialists with the UT Cancer Institute.


Chapter Award Grant to Help Hispanic Mothers and Babies

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The March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter is advancing maternal and infant health in Memphis by supporting the Children’s Foundation Research Center at UTHSC.