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
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
It is an exciting time for the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Not only is the college expanding on the Memphis campus, but as the winter 2023 issue of the College of Dentistry Magazine shows, it is continuing to grow its statewide reach with new opportunities for students and… Read More
Residents Kaitlyn Kerley, Dakota Raines, and Kelsey Stephens Schreuders in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy’s Community-Based Pharmacy Residency program were selected as 2023 incentive grant recipients of the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. Each recipient has been awarded $1,000 to support their community pharmacy research projects. The APhA Foundation is a… Read More
The Hamilton Eye Institute Lions Club at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is hosting the 6th-annual Brad Baker Honorary Race for Sight 5K on Saturday, March 4, at 9 a.m. The race will be held at the Tour de Wolf Pavilion at Shelby Farms Park, 500 North Pine Lake Dr, Memphis, 38120. The… Read More
Since 1992, the Black Student Association (BSA) Awards Ceremony has honored student leaders from each of the colleges at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, as they move toward graduation. Seven outstanding students were recognized at this year’s awards ceremony Friday, February 17, at Collage Dance Collective in Memphis. Shanea McKinney, PharmD, an… Read More
The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will hold its annual Give Kids a Smile Day February 23, providing free dental services to 97 children and teens from Freedom Preparatory Academy in Memphis. For roughly a decade, the UTHSC College of Dentistry has participated annually in Give Kids a Smile… Read More
Growing up in rural Middle Tennessee, Thomas Atkins, MD, saw firsthand the need for improved access to health care outside of cities and metropolitan areas. “People in my community would have to decide between taking off work and driving all the way to Nashville to get care for something, or just dealing with being sick… Read More
