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UTHSC Campus Police Department to Participate in “Operation Southern Slow Down” Tennessee Highway Safety Campaign

Written by Janay Jeans

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Public Service
UTHSC Campus Police

The Campus Police Department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) in the “Operation Southern Slow Down” campaign this week until July 24. Law enforcement agencies in the five participating southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee will collaborate and conduct enforcement… Read More

Campus Lactation Rooms Available to the UTHSC Community

Written by Janay Jeans

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Clinical Care

Three lactation rooms are now available on campus, providing a private space for all nursing mothers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Initially developed by the Office of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (OIED) and Human Resources in 2018, two lactation rooms supported the needs of working mothers on campus. A third was later… Read More

BSN Student Committed to Bringing Young Black Women to Health Care

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Nursing student Amber Balkcom is on a mission to help young Black women like herself pursue careers in health care. Balkcom, 24, from Jacksonville, Florida, is in the second semester of the three-semester accelerated BSN program in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing. She is also a co-founder of the National… Read More

2021-22 Annual Report: UTHSC Cares for Tennessee

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic Service

As the state’s only public academic health care institution, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is committed to the health and well-being of every citizen in Tennessee. With six colleges – Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy – our students, trainees, faculty, staff, and alumni impact health care from one… Read More

College of Dentistry Volunteers help the Community

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Public Service

When the world shut down early in the COVID-19 pandemic, students of the UTHSC College of Dentistry were looking for a way to help their community. So much was yet unknown about transmission of the coronavirus, and the college was adamant about protecting its students, faculty, staff, and patients from exposure. “They were just kind… Read More

UTHSC Chancellor, a Native of Ireland, and the Greater Memphis Chamber Host Ambassador from Ireland for Business Luncheon

Written by Peggy Reisser

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EducationPublic Service

It was his first trip to Memphis, but Daniel Mulhall, the ambassador from Ireland to the United States, must have felt right at home Friday when he visited the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for a luncheon. That’s because his host was Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, who is a native of Dublin. “A hundred… Read More

Alumnus Brings Dental Robotics Technology to UTHSC College of Dentistry

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation

Third-year dental student Benjamin Jones got what he called “a glimpse the future” for dental implant surgery recently. In an air-conditioned trailer parked behind the College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, he watched a demonstration of Yomi, the first and only FDA-cleared robotic device for dental implant surgery. Representatives from… Read More

Boucher Named Interim Dean of UTHSC College of Pharmacy

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Bradley A. Boucher, PharmD, FCCP, FNAP, MCCM, has been named the interim dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Pharmacy. On June 1, Dr. Boucher, currently the associate dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations in the college, will succeed Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, who served as… Read More