The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Nursing ranked No. 24 nationwide among public and private universities on the latest list by U.S. News & World Report. Among public universities, the program ranked No. 10 nationwide. It is the most highly ranked DNP program at a public university in Tennessee. The… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Pharmacy ranked No. 16 nationwide in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 graduate school rankings, maintaining its status as the top college of pharmacy in Tennessee. The ranking places the UT Health Sciences College of Pharmacy in the top 12% of 142 pharmacy schools nationwide. The college’s… Read More
Hannah Black spent her first year teaching high school science without a teaching license. She had signed up to be a substitute teacher while her husband completed graduate school in Knoxville. But when the phone rang, the school district had a different proposal. “They said, ‘Hi, you have a degree in science, right? Do you… Read More
From East Tennessee to West Tennessee, the Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences is enabling providers to close health care gaps in rural communities statewide with $1.75 million in grants announced today. Established in 2025 with a $12 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Health, the… Read More
A nursing theory that originated at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has made a major impact worldwide, especially in Japan. Followers of this theory traveled from Japan to Memphis recently to visit the Dr. Margaret A. Newman Center for Nursing Theory, established at the UT Health Sciences College of Nursing in 2023. There… Read More
When someone is a cardiothoracic surgeon, has authored publications, held leadership and teaching roles, presented internationally, been listed in “Best Doctors in America,” trail-blazed cancer prevention and treatment, and helped raise a family, you might think that person grew up surrounded by degrees and overflowing with confidence. “Kind of the opposite,” says John Howington, MD,… Read More
Childhood obesity is often framed as a problem of habits, including what children eat, how much they move, and the environments in which they grow up. But researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences began asking a different question: what if some of the risk for obesity is set in motion long before a… Read More
On one of the first sunny days last spring, virologist Colleen Jonsson, PhD, sat outside her office building at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, face up to the sun. “You have to get your sun,” she says to a passerby. The Harriet S. Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology in the Department of… Read More
