New president takes helm at growing Baptist Health Sciences University
Baptist Health Sciences University’s new president, Hampton Hopkins, officially stepped into his new role on Friday, March 22, with an inauguration ceremony on campus in the Memphis Medical District. (Courtesy Baptist Health Sciences University)
Baptist Health Sciences University inaugurated Hampton Hopkins just as its College of Osteopathic Medicine opens. Its other programs range from nursing to biomedical sciences to public health.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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