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UTHSC College of Nursing Expands Partnerships with Regional Colleges to Increase Nursing Pipeline

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Education

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) College of Nursing has added three colleges to its Partnership Enrollment Programs (PEP), bringing the total to eight colleges in the Mid-South and New Orleans. This increases opportunities for students from a variety of educational backgrounds to continue their baccalaureate and advanced nursing degrees at UTHSC. The… Read More

UTHSC, Bluff City Medical Society Partner to Mentor Students, Residents in College of Medicine

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Fourth-year medical student Okeoghene Ogaga is excited to be participating for the second year in Project STAR (Student Achievement and Retention), one of two mentoring programs established through a collaboration between the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Bluff City Medical Society. Project STAR, for medical students, and… Read More

UTHSC Researchers Uncover How Celebrities Influenced Public Opinions on COVID-19 Vaccines

Written by Christopher Green

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Research

Research conducted at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is receiving national attention for explaining how celebrities may have influenced the public’s opinions of COVID-19 vaccines before, during, and after their development. According to the study, published in the journal BMJ Health & Care Informatics and covered by CNN, Medpage Today, and other news… Read More

Paul Wesolowski Named Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical Care

After a national search, Paul J. Wesolowski, MBA, an accomplished health care leader, has been named the first-ever Vice Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The new position reflects UTHSC’s commitment to strengthening and expanding the clinical, educational, and all strategic partnerships across the state that are vital to… Read More

UTHSC Named Health Care Provider of the Year by Collierville Chamber of Commerce

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

The Collierville Chamber of Commerce Tuesday named the University of Tennessee Health Science Center its 2022 Health Care Provider of the Year during its annual Excellence in Business Awards at the Hilton Memphis. According to the Chamber, the awards recognize organizations that set the standard of excellence and innovation in local business. UTHSC was selected… Read More

Kaleidoscope Story Slam a Display of Vulnerability, Inspiration

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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EducationPublic Service

Students, faculty, and staff all felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that affected their workplaces, their confidence, their understanding of nursing, and their faith. Six members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) community shared their COVID stories during the Second Annual Kaleidoscope Story Slam, presented by the UTHSC College… Read More

Newly Funded Study Focuses on HIV-Induced Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

HIV in the United States has become a manageable disease, thanks to the free and wide accessibility of antiretroviral therapy. Antiretrovirals work by preventing the virus from making copies of itself by blocking stages of its life cycle. But these drugs have poor permeability in the brain. HIV replication persists in brain cells, causing HIV-associated… Read More

College of Nursing Midwifery Program Aims to Change Outcomes

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Education

In the southwestern-most corner of Tennessee, nursing students learn suturing and other skills vital to their future roles as nurse-midwives who will serve some of the state’s most vulnerable patients. They are among 16 students in the new Doctor of Nursing Practice program in nurse midwifery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College… Read More