Author: Lee Ferguson

Brian Peters Part of Multi-Disciplinary Team Awarded $3.9 Million to Study Mixed Fungal-Bacterial Infections

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Research

Brian Peters, PhD, First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy and professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the UT Health Science Center, was recently awarded $3.9 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project aimed at unravelling intricate mysteries surrounding complex fungal-bacterial infections.… Read More

Medical Student Research Fellowship Event Marks 45 Years with Presentations, Awards

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Faculty, fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and residents in the College of Medicine came together recently for the 45th-Annual Medical Student Research Fellowship (MSRF) program presentations. The event took place from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the General Education Building. The MSRF program enables UT Health Science Center medical students, selected on a competitive basis, to… Read More

Dr. Guoyun Chen Recieves $2.28 Million for Sepsis Treatment Research

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Research

Guoyun Chen, PhD, MD, an associate professor of Pediatrics Research at the UT Health Science Center and basic scientist at the Children’s Foundation Research Institute at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, has been awarded $2.26 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue researching new ways to treat sepsis, a potentially deadly… Read More

Statewide Biomedical and Clinical Research Collaborative Awards Granted

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Research

A systemwide collaborative grant program led by the UT Health Science Center College of Medicine in Knoxville is supporting research and scholarly activities to pursue discoveries addressing health issues across Tennessee and beyond. The program will fund six awards totaling more than $450,000 to support teams of clinicians, faculty, and researchers from across the state… Read More

Parfenova, Pourcyrous Awarded $2.5 Million to Study Neonatal Cerebral Vascular Disease Pathology

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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded $2.5 million to a research team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for a project aimed at finding new ways to treat brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth. Helena Parfenova, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology, is principal investigator… Read More

Marko Radic, PhD, Committed to Making a Difference for Patients, Awarded Lupus Insight Prize

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Clinical CareResearch

Ten years ago, Marko Radic, PhD, laced up his walking shoes to participate in the Virginia Davis Memorial Walk/Run for Lupus, a fundraiser to support the Lupus Foundation of America. An associate professor in the UT Health Science Center’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Dr. Radic had spent his research career up to that… Read More

Father and Son Share Pursuit of Translational Research to Improve Health

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Research

There’s no shortage of noteworthy research duos at UT Health Science Center, but it’s unusual to find two researchers who are father and son.  Ramesh Narayanan and Arvind Ramesh are such a pair. Each is making important research contributions in their own right at UT Health Science Center. And each draws inspiration from the other.… Read More

Zhongjie Sun Awarded $2.4 Million to Study Regulation of Kidney Function and Blood Pressure in Aging

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Zhongjie Sun, MD, PhD, Thomas A. Gerwin Chair of Excellence in Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and co-director of the UT Methodist Cardiovascular Institute, has been awarded $2.4 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for a project that may lead to new therapeutic strategies to… Read More