Chandra Alston, EdD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, has been named vice chancellor for Human Resources at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Alston has served as associate vice chancellor of HR since 2013, shortly after taking over as interim director after the previous retired on short notice in 2012. At the time, Dr. Alston was… Read More
A University of Tennessee Health Science Center team has received $2.05 million from the National Cancer Institute for an advanced genetics project that could help develop targeted therapies and personalized treatment for breast cancer. Liza Makowski, PhD, professor of Hematology and Oncology in the College of Medicine, is the lead investigator on the award. Developing… Read More
“Know your worth, step into your power, know your grace, and bring other women along.” That was the message Chandra Alston, EdD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, vice chancellor for Human Resources at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, presented Tuesday at the 2022 Women’s History Month Luncheon on the Memphis campus. The luncheon in the library of the… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has been ranked No. 27 by U.S. News & World Report for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs in the magazine’s Best Graduate Schools list for 2023. This ranking places the college in the top 7 percent of all DNP programs nationwide, ranked and… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine is ranked No. 26 for primary care in the U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Grad Schools Ranking. Out of 124 institutions ranked by the publication, UTHSC’s College of Medicine tied for No. 26 with East Carolina University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the… Read More
Tim Barton, director of Research Safety Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received the Patriot Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The award is given to supervisors and bosses for providing direct support to an employee who serves in… Read More
During Match Day 2022, 166 medical students from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center learned where they will spend the next three to seven years as resident physicians. Of those, 43% will be attending Tennessee-based residencies. Students gathered on the UTHSC campus in the Nash and Mooney buildings to celebrate their career placements… Read More
First-year medical student Hayden Hall stood in the breezy courtyard of UT Health Science Center’s Historic Quadrangle at noon Friday to be commissioned into the Air Force as part of the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). He was surrounded by a small group of classmates, several of whom are also members of the Health Professions… Read More
