UTHSC 2021-22 Annual Report

2021–22 ANNUAL REPORT

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Table of Contents A New Chancellor, a New Vision ....................................................................... 2 The Numbers............................................................................................................. 4 Academics: Reaccreditation Accomplished, Colleges Ranked ............ 6 Clinical Care: Record Transplants, Our Clinical Reach Grows.............. 10 Research: A Record Year for Grant Awards.................................................14 Inclusion, Equity, Diversity: Always Our Focus .........................................20 Philanthropy: Thank You to our Supporters! .............................................. 22 Our Students Speak .............................................................................................24

OUR LEADERSHIP

COLLEGE DEANS

Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD

Dentistry James C. Ragain, DDS, MS, PhD, FICD, FACD

Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operations Officer Kennard Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer Anthony A. Ferrara, CPA, MAS Vice Chancellor Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs Cynthia Russell, PhD, RN Vice Chancellor Clinical Affairs Scott E. Strome, MD Vice Chancellor, Research Steven R. Goodman, PhD Vice Chancellor, Development and Alumni Affairs Love Collins, III, MBA Vice Chancellor, Human Resources Chandra Alston, EdD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Vice Chancellor, Communications and Marketing Sally Badoud, MBA Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity /Chief Diversity Officer Michael Alston, EdD, CCDP/AP Chief Information Officer Dan Harder, MPM

Graduate Health Sciences Donald Thomason, PhD Health Professions Stephen E. Alway, PhD, FACSM Nursing Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-BC Pharmacy Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FASHP, FAST Medicine Robert Kaplan Executive Dean Scott E. Strome, MD Dean – Knoxville Paul Hauptman, MD Interim Dean – Chattanooga James Haynes, MD, MBA, FAAFP Dean – Nashville Gregory James, MD

CREDITS Content Peggy Reisser Design Adam Gaines Photography Jay Adkins Nick McGinn David Roseberry SAGE Creative

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MEMPHIS IS OUR HOME. TENNESSEE IS OUR CAMPUS. After spending 2021 leading the battle against the coronavirus pandemic locally and statewide, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center began a new chapter in early 2022, expressing our gratitude to Steve Schwab, MD, for over 12 years of exemplary service as our chancellor, and welcoming Peter Buckley, MD, as our new chancellor.

In service to the UTHSC community and the wider public it cares for, Chancellor Buckley set his sights on amplifying the university’s reach across Tennessee, with its clinical campuses in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, and its nearly 900 educational and clinical training sites across the state, where UTHSC faculty, residents, and trainees learn and provide care.

We are proud to say that: • UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in Tennessee.

• UTHSC has the largest residency/ fellowship program in Tennessee.

• UTHSC faculty and clinicians staff major hospitals across Tennessee.

“We are Tennessee’s only public statewide academic health system,” Chancellor Buckley said.

“UTHSC Truly Cares for Tennessee.”

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Achieving Quality Health for all Tennesseans MISSION STATEMENT As Tennessee’s only public, statewide, academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. The main campus in Memphis includes six colleges: Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. UTHSC also educates and trains medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and health professions students, as well as medical residents and fellows, at major clinical sites in Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville.

UTHSC AT A GLANCE

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HEALTH CARE COLLEGES

Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy

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FULL CLINICAL CAMPUSES

Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville

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MISSION

Transform Health Care 3

By The Numbers (Latest figures available)

$309 MILLION

SPONSORED PROGRAM EXPENDITURES (ALL-SOURCE NON-CLINICAL GRANTS AND PROGRAMS) THE LARGEST IN THE UT SYSTEM

95.4%

GRADUATION RATE (96% GRADUATE LEVEL, 95% UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL) 4

$308 MILLION

GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET (STATE APPROPRIATIONS, TUITION, AND OTHER PROGRAMS)

95%

FIRST-ATTEMPT BOARD PASS RATE

$126.6 MILLION TOTAL RESEARCH GRANT AND CONTRACT AWARDS

3,883

1,419

3,237

1,436

REGULAR AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES (STATEWIDE)

ENROLLMENT (FALL 2021)

RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS

DEGREES AWARDED

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ACADEMICS

10 YEARS

REACCREDITED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS COMMISSION ON COLLEGES (SACSCOC) WITH 0 ADVERSE FINDINGS OR RECOMMENDATIONS

“The fact that we were reaffirmed with no further monitoring or action required shows that the entire campus is in compliance. This is a reflection of the entire university and the leadership.”

Allen Dupont, PhD, director of Institutional Effectiveness on UTHSC’s reaccreditation by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

3,237

TOTAL ENROLLMENT (FALL 2021) PER COLLEGE DENTISTRY: 468, GRADUATE HEALTH SCIENCES: 327, HEALTH PROFESSIONS: 610, MEDICINE: 765, NURSING: 395, PHARMACY: 682

1,436 DEGREES AWARDED

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UTHSC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY RANK IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AMONG COLLEGES OF PHARMACY

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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE RANK IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST GRAD SCHOOLS RANKING FOR BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS FOR PRIMARY CARE IN THE COUNTRY

95.4%

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GRADUATION RATE (96% GRADUATE LEVEL, 95% UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL)

COLLEGE OF NURSING RANK IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AMONG DOCTOR OF NURSING PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY

95%

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FIRST-ATTEMPT BOARD PASS RATE

DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY (AUD) PROGRAM RANK IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AMONG AUD PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY 7

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS • The College of Pharmacy established a three-year accelerated PharmD pathway, offering an option for qualified student pharmacists to complete training and enter the workforce one year earlier.

• The National League for Nursing (NLN) recognized the College of Nursing as a NLN Center of ExcellenceTM in the category of Enhancing Student Learning and Professional Development.

• For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, UTHSC held in-person commencement ceremonies graduating 792 new health care professionals in May and 149 graduates in December.

• The UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga was awarded Institutional ACGME accreditation for being in substantial compliance with all Institutional and Common Program Requirements with no institutional citations.

• The UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) received accreditation in Teaching/Education from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the Council for Accreditation of Healthcare Simulation Programs, signifying that CHIPS is delivering high-quality simulations to prepare future clinicians for the health care situations they will encounter in the patient-care setting.

• Four programs in the College of Health Professions are ranked in the Top 50 nationally in their fields by U.S. News & World Report, including the doctoral program in Audiology (26), the master’s program in Speech and Language Pathology (38), the master’s program in Occupational Therapy (42), and the doctoral program in Physical Therapy (49).

• The College of Nursing is the highest-ranked BSN program in Tennessee on U.S. News & World Report’s list of undergraduate nursing programs in its Best Colleges 2022 list. The Nursing Schools Almanac ranked UTHSC as No. 1 in Tennessee on its list of Best Prelicensure BSN Programs based on its 97.8% first-time pass rate for BSN graduates on the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses.

• With almost three decades of service to the university, Cynthia Russell, PhD, RN, was named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs.

• UTHSC has the only state-funded, public Physician Assistant program in Tennessee, part of the UTHSC College of Medicine since 2016. It has a 10-year accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.

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• Forty-two faculty members completed courses from The Teaching and Learning Center’s Teaching Excellence Institute, a series of yearlong programs for instructors interested in focusing on a specific topic related to teaching and learning.

• The Division of Rehabilitation Sciences in the College of Health Professions was renamed to the Division of Regenerative and Rehabilitation Sciences. This new name aligns with UTHSC’s strategic research goals and brings together the disciplines of regeneration with rehabilitation.

CLINICAL CARE

Photo by Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.

“We are proud of our role in educating the state’s health care workforce.

Scott Strome, MD, executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine speaking to the college’s Board of Visitors

$306 MILLION CLINICAL REVENUE

CORE TEACHING HOSPITAL PARTNERS • Regional One Health • Memphis VA Medical Center • Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital • Baptist Memorial Healthcare

1,419

RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS

• Ascension Saint Thomas System • Erlanger Health System • UT Medical Center

AFFILIATED TEACHING HOSPITALS • St. Francis Hospital

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CORE TEACHING HOSPITAL PARTNERS ACROSS TENNESSEE

• Methodist University Hospital • West Tennessee Healthcare

UTHSC AFFILIATED CLINICAL PRACTICES (YEAR FOUNDED) • UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists (2011) • UT Regional One Physicians (2014) • University Clinical Health (successor to UT Medical Group) (2016) • Erlanger (EMG-UT) (2019) • University Surgical Associates (Chattanooga) (2019) • West Tennessee UT Medicine (Jackson) (2019)

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DENTAL CLINICS ACROSS TENNESSEE CARING FOR UNDERSERVED

ACHIEVEMENTS IN CLINICAL CARE College of Medicine

College of Dentistry

• The James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital, a partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, performed 317 transplants, a record number, in 2021.

•T he College of Dentistry opened its newest dental clinic on the Memphis campus in July. Staffed by dental residents with support and supervision from faculty of the Department of General Dentistry, the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Clinic in the Dunn Dental Building offers comprehensive dental care for adults, including root canal treatments, crowns and bridges, and implants.

•L e Bonheur Children’s Hospital, UTHSC’s pediatric partner teaching hospital, was named a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report for the 11th consecutive year, with recognition in eight specialties. including cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.

• Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland honored College of Medicine leaders, Executive Dean Scott Strome and Jon McCullers, senior executive associate dean of Clinical Affairs, along with other health care and civic leaders, with 2022 MLK Luminary Awards, the highest honor the city gives, for playing key roles in helping the city battle COVID-19.

• Researchers from the UTHSC College of Medicine and Le Bonheur, in collaboration with the Regeneron Genetics Center, sequenced the DNA of nearly 10,000 children with parental consent since 2015. This biorepository is now one of the largest databases in the U. S. to contain the genetic information of Black Americans linked to their de-identified electronic medical data to help in understanding how specific genetic variations in DNA affect risk for disease and potentially to devise better treatments for individuals who have those variations.

•U THSC Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville launched the Advancing Access to Careers in Medicine Scholars Program to help undergraduate students, particularly from historically underrepresented groups in medicine and science, gain access to experiences in translational and clinical research.

•T he College of Medicine in Chattanooga achieved approval for a new Urology Laparoscopy/Robotic Surgery Fellowship to begin in 2022.

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College of Pharmacy •M ore than 600 College of Pharmacy student and faculty volunteers participated in more than 15 COVID-19 vaccination events across Tennessee.

• The first cohort of the College of Pharmacy’s Primary Care Certificate Training Program completed the program in June. The 12-week program prepares pharmacists to engage in direct patient care and develop the skills and expertise necessary to succeed in the outpatient primary care setting.

College of Health Professions •T he Division of Rehabilitation Sciences was renamed to the Division of Regenerative and Rehabilitation Sciences. This new name aligns with UTHSC’s strategic research goals and brings together the disciplines of regeneration with rehabilitation.

• Occupational Therapy students saw approximately 7,613 clients during their clinical placements during 2021. The Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center, a student-run, pro-bono pediatric occupational therapy clinic serving uninsured and underinsured children in the Mid-South, had 37 client OT interactions in the clinic, 25 children were screened in childcare centers, 23 parents were served, and 100 teachers were served in teacher training sessions.

College of Nursing •W ith $377,000 from the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, faculty and staff of the College of Nursing are on the ground three days a week in six rural West Tennessee counties to offer education on the COVID vaccine to residents.

•T he College of Nursing was selected as a Satellite Telehealth Training Site for the South Central Telehealth Resource Center.

•T he college received a $50,00 grant from Global Blood Therapeutics to develop an innovative and intensive training program for nurses who care for patients with sickle cell disease.

RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

“A success story such as this is built on the combined commitment of the UTHSC chancellery, deans, faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students” Steven R. Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research at UTHSC on UTHSC’s record research awards

$126.6 MILLION TOTAL RESEARCH GRANT AND CONTRACT AWARDS (A RECORD!)

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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY RANK IN ANNUAL RESEARCH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

$30.4 MILLION

TOTAL EXTERNAL DOLLARS GENERATED FROM THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH NETWORK (CORNET)-FUNDED WORK (A MILESTONE!)

56

NUMBER OF TRIALS, INCLUDING COVID-19 TRIALS, CONTRACTED THROUGH THE CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK OF TENNESSEE (CTN2) WORTH OVER $16.3 MILLION

255

CLINICAL TRIAL OPPORTUNITIES BROUGHT TO UTHSC INVESTIGATORS

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RECENT MAJOR GRANT AWARDS $4.5 MILLION From the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to the Tennessee Heart Health Network led

by Jim Bailey, MD, Robert S. Pearce Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine and director of the Tennessee Population Health Consortium, to identify evidencebased interventions to aid primary care providers across the state in treating cardiovascular disease, the main cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the country.

$3.2 MILLION From the National Cancer Institute to test the use of health information technology in managing obesity among disadvantaged groups. Karen Johnson MD, MPH, Endowed Professor of Women’s Health and chair of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, is leading a clinical trial to determine whether an existing weight-loss intervention method can be modified and delivered via primary care IT to target high-risk, underserved populations in the Delta region, which has some of the highest rates of obesity in the nation.

$3.2 MILLION

From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to upgrade the equipment and infrastructure in the UTHSC Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) on the Memphis campus to enhance the university’s research of infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Colleen Jonsson, PhD, director of the RBL, is the project director for the award that will fund improvements to the hardware and building automation system software and provide state-of-theart equipment for basic research and preclinical studies for testing new therapeutics and vaccines.

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$3.2 MILLION From the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to Kenneth Ataga, MD, director of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease at UTHSC, for a project that enlists artificial intelligence in the fight against sickle cell disease. Santosh Saraf, MD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a co-PI on the grant, which will use AI for predicting kidney function decline in sickle cell patients.

$3.1 MILLION From the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to Toni Whitaker, MD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics and division chief for Developmental Pediatrics in the College of Medicine, for the UTHSC Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program, to improve health outcomes in children with, or at risk for, neurodevelopmental and related disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders.

$2.39 MILLION From the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director to create the Emotional Well-being and Economic Burden Research Network (EMOT-ECON). The award to Michelle Martin, PhD, director of the Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research at UTHSC, and Maria Pisu, PhD, professor at UAB, seeks to understand the relationships between financial burden, emotional well-being, and broader health outcomes.

$2.3 MILLION From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to Jonathan H. Jaggar, PhD, Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology, for blood pressure research to provide a new understanding of how endothelial cells regulate blood pressure.

$1.99 MILLION From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, A.C., chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, along with Nawajes Mandal, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, for their work to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and related complications.

$1.79 MILLION From the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to Jonathan Wall, PhD, professor in the UTHSC Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville to develop a new peptibody (a peptidefused antibody fragment) capable of clearing amyloid deposits in tissue.

$1.5 MILLION From the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to the College of Nursing to fund expansion of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and certification in West Tennessee to train nurses to address survivors’ needs and provide traumainformed care.

The International Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference, a major international scientific conference jointly hosted by UTHSC and the Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine (TennIRM), was set in Memphis in late April. The summit, in its 16th year, is the most inclusive and expansive interdisciplinary, networking, and partnering meeting in the stem cell science and regenerative medicine field.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

“The university has a responsibility, as it has from the beginning of the pandemic, to do whatever it can to assist in protecting the health and welfare of the citizens of our community.”

Ken Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE, executive vice chancellor and chief operations officer for UTHSC

41,302

Hours of community service was completed by 3,527 volunteers during the calendar year 2021

$17,165

The value of 634 procedures performed at no cost by 110 dental students for middle school students from Freedom Preparatory Academy in Memphis during Give Kids A Smile Day in February. This is the eighth year the college has put on the event, and the first since the start of the pandemic.

4,800

The number of tests administered at the drivethrough COVID-19 testing site the UTHSC College of Medicine and University Clinical Health opened for the Memphis community January 5 on the UTHSC campus as the omicron variant accelerated. The site operated through February. UTHSC and UCH have led testing in the community since the pandemic began, including establishing and staffing the largest site at Tiger Lane at the Mid-South Fairgrounds.

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The Campus Police Department held a fundraiser and donation in Memphis to assist Middle Tennessee residents with flood recovery efforts in September. Three truckloads of items were delivered to the Waverly Donation Center in Humphreys County, including more than 50 cases of bottled water and 17 boxes of assorted personal hygiene items.

In October, the College of Medicine opened the UTHSC Health Hub in Uptown, the first in what is hoped will be many locations established by the college to provide a convenient entry point to primary care in areas of Memphis and Shelby County that are underserved. The care focuses on three conditions – obesity, hypertension, and diabetes – all of which are linked to increased mortality.

$4,800

The Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center held its fifth-annual Art Show and Auction raising a recordbreaking sum for the center by auctioning artwork created by children in the community who receive OT services, as well as pieces by professional artists. The auction raises funds for the Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center, the only student-run, pro bono occupational therapy clinic in the Mid-South.

500

UTHSC partnered with Omega Ministries to give away 500 free backpacks filled with school supplies to K-12 students in the Memphis community before the start of school last August.

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The number of individuals whose sight was restored at no cost by the physicians at the Hamilton Eye Institute at UTHSC who donated their services during the fourth Ivan Marais Cataract-A-Thon in June. Since the first Cataract-A-Thon in 2017, more than 130 people have had their sight restored during the event that was held annually, until the pandemic put it on hold in 2020.

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INCLUSION, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY

• Seven exemplary students were honored during the 30th-annual Black Student Association (BSA) Awards Ceremony held virtually in late February. The awards honor the accomplishments of graduating Black student leaders from each of the six colleges at UTHSC. • The Office of Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (OIED) presented the UTHSC Impact Awards in January to recognize outstanding work being done by faculty, staff, students, and trainees at UTHSC. Winners of the Lichterman Award, the Chancellor’s Exempt Staff Award, six Student Social Justice and Diversity Leadership Awards, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Award were announced during a ceremony on Zoom.

• The Moving Forward Committee in the College of Dentistry continued its focus on recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented populations. The committee has been working with UTHSC’s Pre-Health Scholars program to develop relationships with undergraduate students interested in dentistry, launch a mentoring program for prospective students by working with pre-health advisers at undergraduate institutions, and to create student-led outreach opportunities to introduce young people to the dental profession. The first cohort of its Pre-Health Scholars 3D program had 5 students, the second cohort will have eight students.

• UTHSC and the Bluff City Medical Society have partnered to launch two mentoring programs to improve the academic environment for medical students and postgraduate trainees traditionally underrepresented in medicine. The programs, Project STAR (Student Advancement and Retention) for medical students and Project REZ (Resident Empowerment Zone) for postgraduate medical trainees, are also designed to aid in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students, residents, and fellows, and ultimately, to increase the diversity in the ranks of the physician workforce.

“Diversity is front and center at this institution. This is particularly important at any health science institution because we know health care to individuals is maximized when there is a good match demographically and ethnically across the patient and the provider.”

Chancellor Buckley at the 30th annual Black Student Association Awards

• OIED had 28 applications, and eight grants awarded in its Diversity and Inclusion Mini-Grants Program. These seed grants are offered annually thanks to donations from various campus departments to assist members of the community in implementing accepted project proposals that support the university’s cross-cutting strategic goal to foster and sustain a diverse and inclusive campus culture.

• The Diversity Certificate Program had 26 participants for its Fall 2021 cohort. The program aims to develop a more knowledgeable workforce by enhancing competencies around diversity and inclusion to leverage them toward achieving and sustaining campus-wide excellence.

• The Diversity and inclusion Book Club, designed to stimulate discussions on diversity, equality, and inclusion, had 86 participants in 2021.

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PHILANTHROPY “We are very appreciative of such a strong philanthropic response to the needs of our students and faculty from our alumni and friends, particularly given very challenging global economic and health climates.“ Love Collins, III, Vice Chancellor of Development and Alumni Affairs

$15 MILLION

1,565

>$3.8 MILLION

210

RAISED FROM 4,942 DONORS, SURPASSING THE PRIMARY GOAL OF $14.7 MILLION AND 3,710 DONORS

GIVEN TO ENDOWMENTS

>$3 MILLION

PROPOSALS DELIVERED BY DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS, SURPASSING THE GOAL OF 160 PROPOSALS

(ANNUALLY)

PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS REALIZED BY THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN 2019

23,579

THE NUMBER OF ENGAGED ALUMNI REACHED, SURPASSING THE GOAL OF 23,400

VISITS CONDUCTED WITH PROSPECTS AND DONORS, SURPASSING PREVIOUS YEAR’S 1,434

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COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS HAVE JOINED OUR NEWLY CREATED AND INNOVATIVE CORPORATE EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

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NEW ENDOWMENTS CREATED

BY GENEROUS DONORS

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UTHSC

LARGE GIFTS

GIVING DAY 2021

$1 MILLION

689

$1 MILLION

$680,340

$1 MILLION

1,035

TO ESTABLISH THE TENNESSEE POPULATION HEALTH CONSORTIUM

PLANNED GIFT TO SUPPORT SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

COMMITMENT TO CREATE DENTISTRY REGIONAL CLINICS

GIFTS RECEIVED, EXCEEDING GOAL OF 500 GIFTS IN 24 HOURS

RAISED

DONORS

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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM OUR STUDENTS

Abraham Almatari

Hannah Feruglio

Medical student, who discovered a mass on his kidney in an ultrasound lab during his first semester of medical school. He is now a healthy second-year medical student.

Student in the College of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) program

“I had the support I needed. The college helped guide me in what the next steps were and helped communicate what was going on to the professors, who were extremely understanding and made sure I knew they were there to help with whatever I needed.”

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“Nursing is not just medicine, it’s therapy. You should be their shoulder to cry on, their rock – their comfortable rock.”

Chance Arnold

Alicia Johnson

Doctor of Physical Therapy student in the College of Health Professions

Fourth-year Student in the College of Dentistry

“I chose UTHSC because of the long-lasting impact it has on the community. It has a lot of resources, and it is very affordable to attend. The quality of the education that you receive here is immeasurable.”

“Tennessee has been my home for years, and something about going to dental school in the state where I grew up and intend to practice felt special to me. I wanted to learn in the community that I one day would serve. UTHSC’s clinical focus and the opportunity to address the needs of the surrounding community were additionally a priority for me. Another big factor in choosing UTHSC was its class size. I loved the thought of feeling like our class was a family, which it truly has become.”

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WORDS OF WISDOM FROM OUR STUDENTS

Amelia Thompson

Luis Romero

Fourth-year College of Pharmacy student

Second-year College of Graduate Health Sciences student

“I hope to be a beacon to educate the public in all the things a pharmacist can do. I hope to educate more young black men and women about the profession, and hopefully, recruit some.”

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“I came to UTHSC not only because it has a wonderful physiology department, but it’s also well-funded and the working environment is very good. Everyone is very thoughtful and supportive when it comes to your needs.”

THANK YOU TO OUR UTHSC ADVISORY BOARD! Gubernatorial Appointment

Philip Wenk, DDS, chair

Randall A. Davis, MD

Michael Ugwueke, PhD

Natalie Tate, PharmD, MBA

Josh J. Wayman

Faculty Senate Elected

Student Representative

Terrance Cooper, PhD

Leah Burns (UTHSC College of Pharmacy)

Secretary

Anthony A. Ferrara, CPA, MAS 27

BUILDING ON SUCCESS Thanks to a cumulative $7.65 million generous lead gift from Delta Dental of Tennessee, our new $45 million Delta Dental of Tennessee Building is under construction in Memphis, with a possible completion this year. The entire physical plant footprint encompassing the Dunn Dental Building and all others for the College is named the Delta Dental of Tennessee Oral Health Complex.

“The best is yet to come. There is an opportunity to raise more funding, increase and grow our scholarships, and build the best and bring in the best, and focus on our research.”

Chancellor Buckley in his Inaugural Address to campus February 2022

AT A GLANCE 68,000 SQUARE FEET LOCKER SPACES FOR STUDENTS

4 FLOORS FACULTY OFFICES

ADDITIONAL STUDY AREAS, STUDENT ACTIVITY SPACE, GATHERING AREAS

DEAN’S SUITE (On top floor)

SPRING 2023

131

INNOVATION LAB (Space for manufacturers to showcase new products)

EXPANDED AND MODERNIZED UNIVERSITY DENTAL PRACTICE (10 dental treatment rooms with updated radiographic equipment)

SPECIAL NEEDS CLINIC (6 dental treatment rooms)

2 LARGE SEMINAR ROOMS

EXPECTED COMPLETION (Barring weather delays)

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SEATS FOR STUDENTS IN LARGE LECTURE AUDITORIUM

RECENT MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR UTHSC

Completion of Phase 1 of the renovation of the UT Conference Center in Knoxville for the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology allowed much of the department to move into new state-of-the-art space. Phase 2 that will allow all of the department’s faculty and clinics to be under the same roof.

$70 MILLION The Historic Quadrangle renovation completed in Spring 2021, brought the Memphis campus new administration space in the Mooney Building, a new home for the College of Nursing in the Crowe Building, and almost 70,000 square feet of wet lab research space in the Nash and Nash Annex Building

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