The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced that Vivian S. Loveless, PharmD, BCNP, FAPhA, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the recipient of the 2012 APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice.  She is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical… Read More

The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has announced that the TARGIT Research Study (Treating Adults at Risk for Weight Gain with Interactive Technology) has reached a milestone of enrolling 200 participants.  The purpose of the study is to test an intervention, which targets young adult smokers who… Read More

From April 10 to 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will host a TEDMEDLive Simulcast on its Memphis campus, inviting about 250 local health care professionals to participate in each day’s events.

A team of researchers led by Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD, professor in the Department at Neurology at the UTHSC, has made a discovery that may lead to a cure for primary cervical dystonia.

The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin held a press conference announcing the release of the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. Robert C. Klesges, PhD, was a major contributor to the report.

In spring 2011, for the first time, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital was named to the U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list.

David M. Stern, MD, executive dean of the College of Medicine and interim vice chancellor of Research at the UTHSC, has appointed Gerald Byrne, PhD, the full-time director of the UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL).

The search committee charged with finding top candidates to fill the position of dean for the College of Nursing at UTHSC has selected three finalists. During the next few weeks, the finalists will visit the main UTHSC campus.