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.
The March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter is advancing maternal and infant health in Memphis by supporting the Children’s Foundation Research Center at UTHSC.
Edward F. Rosloniec, PhD, associate professor of medicine and pathology, was selected as the first recipient of the College of Graduate Health Science’s Annual Research Advisor Award at UTHSC.
The National Flu Vaccine Conference being held in Memphis June 17 is drawing healthcare leaders from the CDC, NIH, the FDA and major phamaceutical companies.
Russell W. Chesney, MD, the LeBonheur Professor and chairman of the pediatrics department at UTHSC, received the Founders Award from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.
On Friday, May 27 Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen gave the charge to approximately 450 graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
One of the longest running NIH grants ever awarded to UTHSC researchers has just been renewed for another five years, for a total of 30 years.
The NIH has awarded the UTHSC an $800,000 grant to study the effect of alarm monitoring in reducing hospitalized patient falls.
