UTAA Distinguished Service Professorships
| Date | Name | College |
| 2024-2027 |
Carolyn J. Graff, PhD |
Nursing |
| 2024-2027 |
Mark A. Miller, PhD |
Medicine |
| 2023-2026 | Patrick N. Plyler. PhD | Health Professions |
| 2023-2026 | Michael A. Whitt, PhD | Medicine |
| 2022-2025 | Andrea Franks, PharmD, BCPS | Pharmacy |
| 2022-2023 | Angela Cantrell, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 2017-2020 | Elizabeth “Betsy” Tolley, PhD | Medicine/Clinical Science |
| 2017-2020 | Trevor Sweatman, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 2016-2019 | Ashley Harkrider, PhD | Health Professions |
| 2016-2019 | James “Pat” Ryan, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 2015-2018 | Rob Nolly, MS, PhD | Pharmacy |
| 2014-2017 | Ken Nishimoto, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 2014-2017 | Lawrence Weeda, DDS | Dentistry |
| 2000 - 2013 | Jack L. Wilson, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 2006 – 2010 | Barbara H. Connolly, ED | Allied Health |
| 1998 - 2005 | Carl L. Sebelius, Jr. DDS | Dentistry |
| 1997 - 2008 | Marion Dugdale, MD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 1992 - 1998 | Alexander A. Fedinec, PhD | Medicine |
| 1989 – 2009 | Sheldon B. Korones, MD | Medicine |
| 1989 - 2000 | William B. Wood, PhD | Medicine/Basic Science |
| 1989 - 1990 | Andrew Lasslo, PhD | Pharmacy |
| 1988 - 1996 | Bob A. Freeman, PhD | Medicine |
| 1988 - 1992 | Joe Hall Morris, DDS | Dentistry |
| 1986 - 1989 | Lester Van Middlesworth, MD, PhD | Medicine |
| 1983 - 1989 | Louis G. Britt, MD | Medicine |
| 1983 - 1985 | Sidney A. Cohn, PhD | Medicine |
| 1971 - 1983 | Ronald P. Quintana, PhD | Pharmacy |
| 1971 - 1980 | John L. Wood, PhD | Medicine |
(1971-2013: 4 awards at $3,000 annually each until awardee departs UTHSC)
(2014-on: 5 awards at $1,000 annually each for three years, then maintain title)