Category: Research


Longtime Partnerships, Strong Financials Shine at Summer Advisory Board Meeting

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During its summer meeting Friday, Aug. 7, the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Advisory Board honored the Memphis Medical Society, heard about research developments and received an update on the university’s improving overall financial position and capital projects. Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, honored the Memphis Medical Society, founded in 1876 and celebrating 150 years of remarkable service.… Read More


First Horizon Foundation Commits $5 Million Lead Gift for New College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building

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College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building (rendering)

Transformational investment officially launches private fundraising efforts for state’s largest higher education project The University of Tennessee Health Sciences announced today that First Horizon Foundation has committed $5 million as a lead private investment in the new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building, part of the largest state-funded higher education capital investment in Tennessee history. The… Read More


UT Foundation and UT Health Sciences Name Melissa Robinson Vice Chancellor for Advancement

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Vicd Chancellor for Advancement Melissa Robinson

The University of Tennessee Foundation, Inc., and UT Health Sciences have named Melissa Robinson, DHA, MBA, vice chancellor for Advancement. Robinson, who has served as chief development officer since joining UT Health Sciences, steps into the expanded role after helping lead a record-setting fundraising year and at a pivotal moment of growth for the institution.… Read More


The Long Way Around: How Dr. James Parrett Became UTRF Memphis’s New Vice President

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“My background is a little atypical of how people do things,” says James Parrett, PharmD, JD, and it’s hard to argue. Chemist, patent litigator, pharmacist, technology transfer manager: Dr. Parrett has worn all four hats on his way to a fifth. This July, he became vice president of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s Memphis… Read More


47th Annual Medical Student Research Fellowship Presentations Mark a Record Year

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Photo of the UT Health Science Center arches

For 47 years, the Medical Student Research Fellowship (MSRF) program has provided competitively selected UT Health Sciences medical students the opportunity to conduct individualized research under the mentorship of College of Medicine faculty in both basic science and clinical science departments over the summer. The program served as an introduction to biomedical research and careers… Read More


UT Health Sciences Advisory Board to Meet Friday, Aug. 7

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The UTHSC Advisory Board will meet in person May 11 in the Mooney Building on the Memphis campus.

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Advisory Board will meet Friday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m., in the Mooney Library, 875 Monroe Ave., on the Memphis campus. On the agenda:  While the meeting will be conducted in person, it will also be available to view online. The webcast link, more information about the UT Health Sciences… Read More


Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF and Hanover Family Foundation Invest $530,000 in Nursing Student Success

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The participants on a recent tour of a UT Health Sciences College of Nursing simulation suite. The participants are gathered around a simulation mannequin patient in a hospital bed.

The Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF and the Hanover Family Foundation have made a combined $530,000 gift to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Nursing to strengthen student success initiatives that help undergraduate students thrive academically, persist to graduation and enter the nursing workforce prepared to meet growing healthcare needs. This gift represents a collaborative… Read More


One Conversation Led to a $225,000 Cancer Research Award. This Year’s Conference Could Lead to the Next

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Dr. Kondapa Naidu Bobba speaking at a podium

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