At UT Health Sciences, our story has never been more compelling — or more important to tell well. Every day, across our six colleges, we are educating the next generation of health care professionals, advancing discovery, and improving the lives of Tennesseans. Central to this work is our shared mission: to create Healthier Tennesseans and Thriving Communities across… Read More
New College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building a Game Changer for Tennessee 2026 College of Medicine Class President Ben Finder took the long view when he heard that the Tennessee General Assembly had appropriated $311 million for the construction of the new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building. “The new College of Medicine building represents a… Read More
A new generation of Physician Assistants trained at UT Health Sciences are heading toward the communities that need them most. The bus pulled out of Memphis before sunrise. A few students dozed in the early dark, heads tilted toward windows as the highway unspooled west to east. In the quiet, a voice carried from the front. “What are you doing?” Another student… Read More
In the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, care, learning, and community come together one patient at a time. On a recent morning inside the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Audiology and Speech Pathology (ASP) clinic in downtown Knoxville, Rachel Brock sat for a routine appointment she has experienced dozens of times before. A clinician adjusted the settings on her… Read More
Trauma Care Led by UT Health Sciences Physicians Achieves Highest National Recognition Andrew Kerwin, MD, often compares a trauma center to a fire department, an essential resource people hope they never need. “Nobody ever gets up in the morning and says, ‘I’m going to slip on the ice while I’m shoveling snow and hit my… Read More
Medicine’s Class of 2026 Brave Tension and Thrill of Match Day Fourth-year medical student Avery Dargie had always viewed medicine as something more than a job. That grounding shapes her vision for the future. “It’s something that allows for this beautiful combination of science with teamwork, and this human connection that is so tangible,” she said.… Read More
Back in 2012, Union City businessman William “Bill” Latimer had an idea that has helped thousands of Tennesseans smile. “Everyone has medical care in the U.S., because they can always go to an emergency room,” he said. “But you don’t have an emergency place for dental care. I knew a lot of people don’t have… Read More
Center of Excellence at UT Health Sciences Fosters Rural Health Care Solutions Michelle DeBord-Rains grew up in Bledsoe County, where she lives and works as a health services supervisor for Bledsoe County’s Coordinated School Health program. Mountainous and sparsely populated, Bledsoe County is one of the 10 most distressed counties in Tennessee. Home to Fall… Read More
Prestigious Fellowship Helps PhD Student Thrive “I’ve always been fascinated by the brain and how it shapes who we are.” That curiosity has guided Kelsey Glasper to national recognition as she works toward her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Glasper is the first UT Health Sciences student to be selected… Read More
There is a version of the artificial intelligence story that everyone has heard by now: the billion-dollar campuses, the coastal cities competing for the next great tech company. Memphis, Tennessee, does not fit that story. And that, it turns out, may be precisely the point. The University of Tennessee Health Sciences’ achievement of R1 research… Read More
