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
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
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
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
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
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
The use of chatbots and natural language processing technology, such as ChatGPT, has the potential to change the future of medical writing —with some caveats— says Som Biswas, MD, a Radiology fellow at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in an article published in Radiology. The published article, “ChatGPT… Read More
On Tuesday, April 25, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will hold its third-annual UTHSC Giving Day, a 24-hour campaign that raises funds to support the university and its dedication to building a healthier community. The goal of UTHSC Giving Day 2023 is 1,100 gifts. “We’re looking towards our internal community — our faculty,… Read More
