People: Alumni


Graduate Health Sciences Alumnus Strives to Help Students Decades After Graduating

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Joseph Tarnowski, PhD, has led a successful career since graduating from the College of Graduate Health Sciences in 1979. Now, as he prepares to retire in November, he is dedicated to helping students achieve their own success. Dr. Tarnowski’s decades-long career in the biopharmaceutical industry began essentially as a back-up plan. Before attending UTHSC, where… Read More


Nursing Magazine Demonstrates College’s Achievements in Expanding Health Care Access

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The fall 2023 issue of the College of Nursing Magazine showcases the innovative ways the college has reached into communities across Tennessee and the Mid-South region with new partnerships, new pathways for students, and new rural outreach programs. Going Mobile See how the new UTHSC Nursing Mobile Health Unit has begun to increase access to… Read More


CHIPS Wins 2023 Innovation Award

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The Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center was one of five recipients of the 2023 Innovation Awards presented today by Inside Memphis Business magazine and Memphis Magazine. CHIPS was recognized for putting Memphis and Tennessee on the map for cutting-edge simulation training across all health… Read More


2023 Norfleet Forum to Focus on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

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The 2023 Frank Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health is set for Friday, October 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Held for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, this prestigious health forum will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and how it… Read More


$6 Million Awarded to Jim Bailey, MD, and Team at UTHSC to Expand Tennessee Heart Health Network

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The Tennessee Heart Health Network, an initiative of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue and expand its work to improve heart health across Tennessee over the next five years. The Tennessee Heart Health Network Innovative Cardiovascular Disease Program… Read More


UTHSC College of Nursing and UT Southern Collaborate to Offer Joint BSN Program

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The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has approved a proposal for a joint Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program operated by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing and the UT Southern Jeanette M. Travis School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The proposal was approved at THEC’s Aug. 17 meeting. The… Read More


‘We All Have a Role to Play’ in Fulfilling the UTHSC Vision, New EVC Says

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Raaj Kurapati, the new executive vice chancellor and chief operating and financial officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, traces his career in higher education to a conversation he had with his father, who was in the hospital preparing for heart surgery. His father, Rajarathnam Kurapati, asked for three things he thought would… Read More


UTHSC License Plate Makes You an Ambassador Wherever You Go

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Wherever Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance Michael Ebbs drives, he shows his support for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Ebbs is among faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center who have purchased a UTHSC license plate and show their spirit anywhere the road takes them. “I just… Read More