UTHSC In the News

Below is a snapshot of a few of the stories in the media about the UT Health Science Center that occurred during May and June of 2025. As we help tell the UT Health Science Center story, we will send out a bi-monthly look at top media placements. For a more comprehensive list of media mentions please visit UT Health Science Center In the Media at news.uthsc.edu.

 

895 million

Estimated Reach

(15.3% increase from March – April 2025)

$11.5 million

Estimated Publicity Value

(18% increase from March – April 2025)

400

Total Media Mentions

(3.1% increase from March – April 2025)

71

Media Appearances by Our Experts

(63.4% decrease from March – April 2025)

* Based on total mentions here and others, as reported by Critical Mention media monitoring service.

Social Media

154,737

Facebook Reach

(16.3% decrease from March – April 2025)

24,946

Instagram Reach

(60.7% decrease from March – April 2025)

70,173

LinkedIn Impressions

(105.9% increase from March – April 2025)

* Based on estimated metrics reported in each social media platform's analytics.

 

May 2025

May 1 (Choose 901)

How UTHSC’s College of Pharmacy Is Proving Memphis Is a National Leader in Healthcare Education

 

May 2 (Memphis Medical News)

A New Hope for Autism Treatment Arises at UT Health Science Center

 

May 5 (Action News 5)

UTHSC offering free dental services to 100 Memphis students

  • Similar stories featured in News Channel 3, Yahoo! Life, WREG-TV broadcasts, WMC-TV broadcasts, WHBQ-TV broadcasts, WATN-TV broadcasts, and WGHP broadcasts

 

May 6 (WBIR)

UT Health and Science Center has record-breaking Giving Day, raises nearly $1M for cancer research

 

May 12 (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

University of Tennessee system loses $37.7 million in federal grants

  • Similar stories featured in Daily Memphian, The Commercial Appeal, Smart City Memphis, Tennessee Lookout, FOX17 Nashville, and Successful Farming

 

May 13 (Hoodline)

University of Tennessee Health Science Center Advisory Board Approves $711.3 Million Budget, Celebrates Nashville Partnership, and Welcomes New Leadership

 

May 14 (MLK50)

At a Memphis cancer clinic, researchers help drive record Black patient enrollment in clinical trials

  • Story also featured in The Commercial Appeal

 

May 15 (NBC News)

Up against Musk's Colossus supercomputer, a Memphis neighborhood fights for clean air

 

May 16 (Action News 5)

10-year celebration of helping at-risk youth in Memphis

 

May 21 (Memphis Business Journal)

40 Under 40

  • Balaji Krishnaiah with UTHSC and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
  • Joseph Fong with UTHSC Hamilton Eye Institute and University Clinical Health

 

May 21 (State Gazette)

College of Nursing dean to lead UT Health Science Center’s statewide rural health initiative

 

May 25 (Daily Memphian)

Making Memphis healthier one neighborhood at a time

June 2025

June 2 (Daily Memphian)

Center crucial for performing autopsies for 20 counties faces uncertain future

  • Similar stories featured in Daily Memphian (follow-up), Daily Memphian (follow-up), News Channel 3, Yahoo! News, MSN, Tri-State Defender, and WREG-TV broadcasts

 

June 2 (News Channel 3)

Memphis leaders on raising awareness on suicide in upcoming conference

 

June 8 (Daily Memphian)

Le Bonheur doc retires from Heart Institute he built

  • Similar stories featured in Yahoo! Finance, KXAN-TV, WFMZ-TV, Benzinga, WV News, and Investors Hangout

 

June 10 (Choose901)

Free Eye Surgeries for Underserved Memphians: UT Health Science Center Hosts 2025 Cataract-A-Thon

 

June 10 (WVLT-TV)

Knox County commissioner pushing to remove fluoride from drinking water in his district

 

June 11 (TimesNews)

Local dental clinics work to address need

 

June 13 (FOX13)

Free healthcare services provided at ShelbyCares' community fair

  • Similar story featured in Hoodline

 

June 17 (State Gazette)

Cardiovascular risk higher for individuals with sickle cell trait

  • Similar story featured in a FOX13 broadcast

 

June 18 (The Commercial Appeal)

How Trump's foreign policy moves are impacting Memphis' universities | Education Notebook

 

June 27 (Action News 5)

A Better Memphis: UTHSC Chancellor joins AAHCI steering committee

  • Similar story featured in Daily Memphian

 

June 27 (Pulaski Citizen)

Three UT Nursing Programs Collaborate for Rural Health Access

  • Similar stories featured in State Gazette and Radio NWTN

 

June 30 (Memphis Business Journal)

MBJ announces 2025 Health Care Heroes finalists

 

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