“Nutrition is not a side issue in healthcare, it’s fundamental to many of the things that we need to have a healthy lifespan,” UT Health Sciences Vice Chancellor for Research Jessica Snowden, MD, told a national audience Monday during a press conference hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Brittany Grayless holds not one but two doctorates from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Already a Doctor of Audiology (AuD), she graduated in May with a PhD in Speech and Hearing Science from the university. “You are never done learning,” says Dr. Grayless, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech… Read More
Nicole Schumacher began working at 14, when she started helping her dad with his eBay side business of selling electronic components from their garage. At 18, the California native worked for Best Buy and had no plans for college. Today, Dr. Schumacher is doing research on glucose levels in stroke patients, especially in the very early stage of the stroke called… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Office of Communications and Marketing earned four awards, including two top honors, at the 2026 Tennessee College Public Relations Association (TCPRA) conference. The annual event, held May 20–22 in Chattanooga, brought together communicators from public and private colleges and universities across the state. This year’s competition drew a record-breaking… Read More
Memphis wasn’t on Alicia Barnes’ bingo card, but she saw an alignment she couldn’t ignore. The physician arrived three years ago, answering a listserv post from a colleague she had first met as a medical student at a national community psychiatry conference. She wasn’t actively looking. Yet when Altha Stewart, MD, posted about a leadership… Read More
Markela Albright could not miss her family in the crowded lobby of Memphis’ Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Monday morning after the first of three UT Health Sciences commencement ceremonies. They were the large group waving fans emblazoned with her photo complete with a doctoral tam and tassel. Albright, now Dr. Albright, had just… Read More
During its spring meeting Friday, the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Advisory Board unanimously approved the university’s balanced operating budget proposal of $747 million for Fiscal Year 2027. The proposal, which goes before the UT Board of Trustees in June, includes $4 million for cost-of-living adjustments and $2.5 million for one-time performance-based compensation adjustments for employees, $1 million for institutional student scholarships, $150,000 to fund half of the increase… Read More
If you notice a student seems off, showing up less, falling behind, acting out of character, the instinct can be to wait and see. Charles Snyder, PhD, vice chancellor for Student Success and co-chair of the CARE Team at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, wants you to know there’s another option. “The problem is… Read More
