Dustin Fulton, EdD, assistant dean for Admissions in the College of Medicine, is a continuous supporter and an advocate for giving to the university. “Think about the legacy you want to leave. Any stop that you have on your journey, whether personal or professional, what is the legacy you want to leave behind,” Dr. Fulton… Read More
First-year medical student Aaliyah Flake recalls there were no health care services available in the Frayser community of Memphis when she was growing up. “We did not have a doctor or a hospital in Frayser,” she said. “We had to go over to Raleigh just to get my regular checkups. I had to go to… Read More
“It’s exciting to have so many of our amazing educators come together and be recognized for the time and effort they devote to giving their students and future health care providers at UT Health Science Center a top-notch education,” Tom Laughner, PhD, director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), said at the recent Annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence.… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus Police Department, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), recently conducted a critical tabletop exercise focusing on terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The exercise, dubbed “Bluff City Thunder,” was a part… Read More
William (Bill) Basco, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine – Chattanooga at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger. Dr. Basco joins the college from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) where he served as professor of pediatrics… Read More
Community-led collaboration was a key theme at the two-day Soulsville Heart Health Summit August 9 and 10 at Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the first annual meeting of the Tennessee Heart Health Network in partnership with the Soulsville Foundation. The network is the signature project of the Tennessee Population Health Consortium at the University… Read More
“We are in a good place and moving in a good direction,” Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, told members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday during their summer meeting in Memphis. With many new leaders now in place and joining already committed colleagues to forge a more-cohesive team across all four Health Science Center campuses, the… Read More
Terrance (Terry) Cooper, PhD, developed his interest in biology while taking photomicrographs with direction from his biology professor as an undergraduate student at Wayne State University in the mid-1960s. Now, Dr. Cooper, a researcher and Harriet Van Vleet professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry in the College of Medicine, is a nationally… Read More
