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UTHSC News: National Institutes of Health Grant Could Mean Progress Toward Improved Outcomes for Stroke Patients

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The Associate Dean of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a two-year, $421,188 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve cognitive screening in people who suffer from a devastating type of stroke called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).

The Associate Dean of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a two-year, $421,188 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve cognitive screening in people who suffer from a devastating type of stroke called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).

“Over the last 20 years we have done a much better job of saving people. But there is always the question, ‘What are we saving them to?’” Dr. Stanfill said. “My goal is to return them to a good quality of life and to ameliorate their symptoms.”

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