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UT Health Sciences Joins U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Initiative to Advance Nutrition Education in Health Care

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The University of Tennessee sign on arches with yellow flowers in the foreground

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is pleased to join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a national initiative to strengthen nutrition education across health care training programs, reinforcing the critical role of nutrition in improving patient outcomes and advancing public health. As part of this initiative, UT Health Sciences affirms… Read More


Tennessee Leaders Gather in Memphis to Chart the Future of Rural Health

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Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. John Dunn speaks at a podium with his presentation and a red-lit curtain in the background.

Nearly 100 people committed to transforming rural health care in Tennessee gathered in Memphis Tuesday at the first Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence Innovation and Practice Conference. The event brought together leaders from across the state in policy, research, and practice, along with the seven organizations that received funding from the center’s first… Read More


Researcher Receives Renewed Federal Grant to Develop Next-Generation Prostate Cancer Treatments

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Dr. Ramesh Narayanan's headshot.

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a competitive renewal grant of $2.26 million to Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, professor and Muirhead Chair of Excellence in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Dr. Narayanan also serves as deputy director of UT Health Sciences’ Center for… Read More


Mid-South AI Research Consortium to Fuel Innovation

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Peter Buckley, Glenn Boyce, Charles Robinson, and Bill Hardgrave sit side-by-side at a table while announcing the Mid-South AI Research Consortium

Recognizing the unprecedented surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure and investment across the Mid-South, the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, University of Arkansas, the University of Memphis, and University of Mississippi announced Monday the formation of the Mid-South AI Research Consortium. This collaboration seeks to unify the region’s fragmented AI capabilities into a scalable ecosystem, leveraging… Read More


Where Dental Care Isn’t Reaching, They Go

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Students in gray scrubs are standing together, waving at the camera, in front of two huge silos, one with a bald eagle on it and one with the UT logo on it as well as the phrase "Everywhere you look, UT."

Teresa O’Daniel was killing time. It was a stretch of downtime between visits to Margaret Newton Elementary School and a Lake County middle school, and she found herself scrolling through what health services might exist in the area surrounding Tiptonville, Tenn. A name she didn’t recognize popped up, a rural ministry. She called. The woman… Read More


$311 Million Approved for Construction of New UT Health Sciences College of Medicine Building

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The College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building rendering, showing a large building with many windows and a green space.

The Tennessee General Assembly Thursday approved the funding of $311 million recommended by Governor Bill Lee for the construction of a new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. The 275,000- to 300,000-square-foot building will be located on the Memphis campus on Madison Avenue, between the College of… Read More


UT Health Sciences Launches Naloxone Training Plus OneBoxes

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Dr. Jessi Gold is wearing a "Narcan Saves Lives" T-shirt, smiling, and holding a box of naloxone medicine and a gray bag it came in.

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences held a pilot naloxone training April 14, gathering a group of interdisciplinary students to dive deeper into overdose recognition and proper administration of intranasal naloxone. The event also kickstarted the Memphis campus OneBox effort, placing over a dozen naloxone overdose kits alongside existing automated external defibrillators in high-traffic locations… Read More


UT Health Sciences Nursing Professor to Enter International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

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Anne Alexandrov's headshot.

A professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Nursing is among 26 nurse researchers who will be inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) this summer. These nurse leaders representing Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States have achieved significant, sustained national or international recognition for their… Read More