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UTHSC Team Receives National Support for Project To Help Adolescents with Sexual Behavior Problems

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Public ServiceResearch

A project aimed at helping Memphis-area youth with sexual abuse issues has received support from the U.S. Department of Justice. Principal investigator Jacqueline Page, PsyD, professor, and William Murphy, PhD, professor emeritus, both in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, were recently awarded $475,000 by the Office of Justice and… Read More

College of Pharmacy has Accomplished Much Under Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Over the past decade, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has increased its research awards significantly, revised its curriculum, launched new degree programs, expanded its statewide footprint, and ranked as a Top 20 school of pharmacy. All these accomplishments have come under the leadership of College of Pharmacy Dean… Read More

UTHSC College of Medicine Leaders Honored by Memphis Mayor for COVID-19 Work

Written by Jane Roberts

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Public Service

Within weeks of the first COVID-19 case in Shelby County in early March 2020, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and its clinical practice partner, University Clinical Health, had the largest drive-through testing station in Shelby County up and running, staffing it morning to night with dozens of volunteers, many of them students. For… Read More

UTHSC/UCH Reducing COVID-19 Testing Hours Starting Tuesday, Jan. 18

Written by Jane Roberts

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Public Service
The UTHSC/UCH COVID-19 testing site is reducing its hours based on demand.

The UTHSC/UCH COVID-19 testing site at 3 N. Dunlap Street will reduce hours of operation to reflect declining demand. Starting Tuesday, January 18, the site will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Staffed and run by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and its clinical partner, University Clinical Health, the site opened… Read More

UTHSC Advisory Board votes to hold line on tuition  

Written by Jane Roberts

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Education

  No tuition increases are expected for the coming year at any of the six colleges at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, including for non-residents.    The UTHSC Advisory Board voted unanimously in favor of the recommendation from Chancellor Steve Schwab, MD, in a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, January 12.   “This is all assuming what we anticipate the governor will do as far as funding… Read More

Impact Award Winners Make UTHSC a Better Place

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education
Jean Perdicaris

The Office of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity presented the UTHSC Impact Awards recently to recognize outstanding work being done by faculty, staff, students, and trainees at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Winners of the Lichterman Award, the Chancellor’s Exempt Staff Award, Student Social Justice and Diversity Leadership Awards, and the Diversity, Equity, and… Read More

UTHSC, UCH to Open Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Site January 5

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Public Service
UTHSC and UCH have been leaders in COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in the community.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and its clinical practice partner, University Clinical Health (UCH), will open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site for the community on Wednesday, January 5, on the UTHSC campus. Located in the driveway area of the Van Vleet Building at 3 North Dunlap Street, the site will be open… Read More

Schwartz Named Chair of UTHSC Department of Radiation Oncology

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CarePublic Service

  David Schwartz, MD, FACR, has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Schwartz, who joined the UTHSC Department of Radiation Oncology in 2016, is an internationally recognized physician researcher, whose work aims to improve the treatment and survivorship… Read More