UTHSC News


Two UTHSC Professors Receive Awards for Inspiring Other Women Physicians

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Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, F-RCP London, and Catherine Womack, MD, FACP, have received the American Medical Women’s Association INSPIRE Award for their accomplishments as exceptional women physicians. The AMWA Leadership Council presents the awards every September to mark Women in Medicine month. According to AMWA, the awards honor women physicians who exemplify the highest values… Read More


Resilience, Community Support Push Midwifery Student toward Goal after Tragedy

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Allison Doyle looks through a microscope.

Empowering. That is how Alison Doyle describes the care she received from a midwife during her first pregnancy at age 20. “She was really compassionate and caring and encouraged us to read books about childbirth and research all the recommendations she made,” Doyle said. “I wanted everyone to be treated this way.” National Midwifery Week… Read More


UTHSC Researcher Co-Leads Study of Genes that Modulate Aging, Lifespan

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Headshot of Dr. Robert Williams

Scientists led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are exploring the elaborate interplay between genes, sex, growth, and age and how they influence variation in longevity. Their findings, which are being published in the peer-reviewed journal Science, are an important step in understanding why some people live… Read More


James W. Haynes, MD, Named Dean of UTHSC College of Medicine – Chattanooga

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James W. Haynes, MD, MBA, FAAFP, has been named dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine – Chattanooga. Dr. Haynes has served as the interim dean in Chattanooga since December 2021. “I am grateful for the opportunity and I believe we have a bright future here,” Dr. Haynes said. The College of Medicine – Chattanooga… Read More


UTHSC Campus Police Department is Participating in the Faith & Blue Initiative

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus Police Department, in partnership with several local law enforcement entities and faith-based organizations, is hosting the Faith & Blue Field Day and Church in the Park events free to the public Saturday, October 8, and Sunday, October 9. The Faith & Blue Field Day will be held… Read More


Hospital Partnership Covers Tuition, Offers Jobs to UTHSC Accelerated BSN Students

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Imagine becoming a nurse in just one year – with tuition and fees covered – and going to work at a guaranteed job upon graduation. This is reality for some Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing, thanks to an agreement with Methodist Le… Read More


Expertise in Gut Barrier Dysfunction Earns UTHSC Researcher Two Awards Totaling $5 Million

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Radhakrishna Rao, PhD, vice-chair and professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received two large national awards totaling $5 million for separate studies involving the gut as a therapeutic target for treating disease. Dr. Rao is known worldwide for his two decades of research into the… Read More


New CHIPS Leader Drawn by Excellence in Simulation at UTHSC, Looks to Future

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Tara Jackson Lemoine, DO, came to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to lead the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) on the Memphis campus, as much for the state-of-the-art facility, as for the outstanding staff members who operate it. “The building is beautiful, and it is a standout, but I think… Read More