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UTHSC to Award 860 Degrees in May 2023 Commencement Ceremonies

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will hold its 2023 spring commencement ceremonies in Memphis today, May 8, tomorrow, May 9, and in Knoxville on May 21. Degrees will be awarded to 860 graduates, including 129 from the College of Health Professions, 166 from the College of Medicine, 178 from the College of Pharmacy,… Read More


UTHSC College of Pharmacy Professor Led International Conference

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Santosh Kumar, PhD, professor and assistant dean of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, coordinated the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology’s 27th annual scientific conference in New Delhi, India. Dr. Kumar is the 2023 president of the society. The conference featured eight plenary/special lectures, 53 symposium speakers, 70 posters, and 164 attendees. “The first president of the… Read More


Toward Our Statewide Mission, UTHSC Welcomes Two New Vice Chancellors

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For Brigitte Grant, the new vice chancellor for Advancement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, moving to Memphis has been in some ways a homecoming. Her grandmother, Fanny Higgins grew up in Memphis, where she met and married her grandfather, Jack Oetzel, who was in the Navy in Millington. They moved to Central… Read More


College of Nursing to Unveil Mobile Health Unit for Rural Health Outreach, Education

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The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will unveil a mobile health unit dedicated to expanding rural health care access in Tennessee at 11:30 a.m., May 11, on the Memphis campus. The unveiling and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the UTHSC Nursing Mobile Health unit (MHU) will take place in the… Read More


Physician Assistant Program at UTHSC No. 1 in Tennessee, No. 46 in Nation

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The Physician Assistant (PA) Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is ranked No. 1 in Tennessee and No. 46 in the country, according to the U. S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools ranking released Tuesday. The UTHSC Physician Assistant Program accepted its first cohort in 2014 and achieved a… Read More


UTHSC Researchers Part of Decades-Long Project to Drastically Improve Brain Imaging

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After nearly 40 years of research, a team including two researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has published a process for improving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capabilities, allowing the researchers to capture brain images at a higher resolution than ever before. As a result of the study, scientists can now create images that… Read More


UTHSC College of Nursing’s Doctoral Program Ranked 23rd by U.S. News & World Report

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing has been ranked No. 23 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program on the magazine’s Best Graduate Schools list for 2023–2024. This is the DNP program’s highest ranking ever on the Best Graduate Schools list.… Read More


Schwartzberg Named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, DIO for College of Medicine – Chattanooga

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga has named Paul M. Schwartzberg, DO, MBA, FAAP, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Designated Institutional Official (DIO), effective May 1, 2023. In his new role, Dr. Schwartzberg will work in collaboration with the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) to oversee all… Read More