Category: Research

Hamilton Eye Institute Receives $300,000 Grant From Research to Prevent Blindness to Continue Vision Research Initiatives

Written by Amber Carter

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Research

The Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded an RPB Challenge Grant by Research to Prevent Blindness  to continue vision research initiatives conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology at UTHSC. The $300,00 grant will be distributed over four years. HEI holds one of three RPB Challenge Grants… Read More

UTHSC Health Sciences Library Faculty Present Research at National Meeting

Written by Sarah Thompson

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EducationResearch

Rick Fought, EdD, MLIS, assistant vice chancellor of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, became interested in studying the topic of leadership more than six years ago. Dr. Fought had the opportunity to share his research at the Medical Library Association’s 2020 virtual conference, where he presented his paper… Read More

UTHSC Participating in Autism Intervention Research Network for Physical Health

Written by Amber Carter

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Research

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is partnering with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities to participate in the Autism Intervention Research Network for Physical Health (AIR-P), which was recently funded by a $15 million investment over five years by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The purpose of the AIR-P… Read More

UTHSC’s Jefferies Receives $2.1 Million Grant for Childhood Cancer Research

Written by Amber Carter

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Research

John L. Jefferies, MD, MPH, Jay M. Sullivan Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and chief of Cardiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, to study how exercise impacts childhood cancer survivors. His co-principal investigator is Kirsten K.… Read More

UTHSC to Host Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention For Zoom Conversation About COVID-19 Pandemic

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host Robert R. Redfield, MD, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Monday, December 14, from 11 a.m. to noon CST, for a conversation on Zoom about the COVID-19 pandemic and public health response to the virus. Scott Strome, MD, executive dean of… Read More

UTHSC Researcher Awarded $1.25 Million for Study Aimed at Raising Rate of HPV Vaccination Among Young People

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was introduced in the United States for preteens more than a dozen years ago, yet adherence rates are still below those for other childhood vaccines. Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Emory University have received a major grant totaling $2.7 million from the National Cancer Institute/National… Read More

Emergency Treatment for Devastating Stroke to be Tested in Memphis

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Research

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Stroke Team is joining researchers from more than 100 hospitals worldwide to conduct a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research study called FASTEST that will test the safety and efficacy of a medication called recombinant factor Vlla to prevent hemorrhage expansion in patients with strokes caused by bleeding… Read More

Study Led by UTHSC’s Burt Sharp, MD, Published In ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Research

A study led by Burt Sharp, MD, Distinguished Professor in the UTHSC Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics in the College of Medicine, was recently published in ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. The study sought to determine whether compounds called positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) reduce the likelihood of stress-induced smoking relapses in nicotine-addicted individuals. GABA… Read More