When Kondapa Naidu Bobba, PhD, walked into the Tennessee Statewide Cancer Collaborative Scientific Meeting led by the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Nashville last year, he didn’t know the conversations he’d have there would help reshape the direction of his research and ultimately help secure a $225,000 award to fight prostate cancer. Dr. Bobba,… Read More
A University of Tennessee Health Sciences researcher has published findings that could reshape how medicine approaches aging, longevity and late-life health, including the prospect of personalized interventions that keep people healthier longer. Rob Williams, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics in the College of Medicine, is the lead author… Read More
The Department of Physiology concludes its Spring Seminar Series this week featuring Dr. Hong S. Lu, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky at Lexington – will present her seminar titled “Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection: Translational Insights from Mouse Models to Human Disease” Thursday, JUNE 18th from 3:30… Read More
Date: June 18, 2026 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Location: Hybrid (See Zoom link below) Doctor’s Office Building, 400 66 N. Pauline Street, Memphis, TN 38163 Presenter: Dr. William Cushman (Bill) Title of talk: “Breaking Barriers: Systolic Blood Pressure Control to Benefit the Heart and Brain” Brief bio: Dr. William Cushman is Medical Director, Department of Preventive Medicine,… Read More
Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Speaker: Nisha Raj, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Human Genetics Emory University School of Medicine Title: “Mapping the Developmental Proteome in NDDs” Time: 12:00pm CDT In Person: Cancer Research Building Auditorium-Room 114 Virtual: Please send an email to Tamara Brock ([email protected]) if you are interested in the Zoom seminar.
Date: May 21, 2026 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Location: Hybrid (See Zoom link below) Doctor’s Office Building, 400 66 N. Pauline Street, Memphis, TN 38163 Presenter: Dr. Yuru Huang Title of talk: “From warning labels to healthy checkout: policy approaches to improve the food environment in the US” Brief bio: Yuru Huang, PhD, is an assistant… Read More
Please, join the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology for our (PHAST) Spring 2026 seminar. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in CRB 114 Auditorium 12:00pm – 1:00pm Presenter: Dr. Giordano de Guglielmo, University of California, San Diego Department of Psychiatry Hosted by Dr. Hao Chen Brief summary of presentation: To bridge the translational gap in addiction research, we… Read More
The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a competitive renewal grant of $2.26 million to Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, professor and Muirhead Chair of Excellence in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Dr. Narayanan also serves as deputy director of UT Health Sciences’ Center for… Read More
