Category: Research


Research Collaboration on New Treatment for Ovarian Cancer Receives National Support

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A team of UTHSC researchers has been awarded $924,000 from the Department of Defense for their work developing a new treatment for ovarian cancer. The project is a collaboration between the labs of Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Drug Discovery Center in the College of Pharmacy, Junming Yue,… Read More


Students, Postdocs, and Faculty Recognized at the 2023 Graduate Research Day and Awards

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Christopher Pitzer, president of the Graduate Student Executive Council, reflected on the moment he received the Outstanding Graduate Student award in Molecular and Translational Physiology at the UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences Graduate Research Day earlier this month. “It is awesome, and I just felt like proud of what I’ve done in the past… Read More


2023 Graduate Health Sciences Magazine Highlights Success of Students, Faculty, Alumni

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The Spring 2023 issue of the College of Graduate Health Sciences Magazine showcases how the college provides a pathway to success for its students and scholars, offering opportunities to accomplish great things while studying and researching and setting them up for a successful and impactful career. Supporting Independence Learn how the college’s new Trainee Support… Read More


UTHSC Advisory Board Approves 2023-2028 Strategic Plan

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday unanimously approved the UTHSC 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, a comprehensive roadmap 18 months in development that defines the institution’s direction for the future. The plan will go before the UT Board of Trustees for a final vote at its meeting in June, which is set for… Read More


Toward Our Statewide Mission, UTHSC Welcomes Two New Vice Chancellors

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For Brigitte Grant, the new vice chancellor for Advancement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, moving to Memphis has been in some ways a homecoming. Her grandmother, Fanny Higgins grew up in Memphis, where she met and married her grandfather, Jack Oetzel, who was in the Navy in Millington. They moved to Central… Read More


2023 UTHSC Giving Day a Success, $635,000 Raised

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Thanks to the generosity of students, alumni, faculty, and staff, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s third-annual Giving Day April 25 raised more than $635,000 and exceeded its goal of 1,100 gifts in 24 hours with more than 1,200 donations. The outstanding support helped unlock a $150,000 gift to the university that contributed to… Read More


UTHSC Researchers Part of Decades-Long Project to Drastically Improve Brain Imaging

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After nearly 40 years of research, a team including two researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has published a process for improving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capabilities, allowing the researchers to capture brain images at a higher resolution than ever before. As a result of the study, scientists can now create images that… Read More


Radiology Fellow at UTHSC and Le Bonheur Publishes Journal Article Written by ChatGPT

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The use of chatbots and natural language processing technology, such as ChatGPT, has the potential to change the future of medical writing —with some caveats— says Som Biswas, MD, a Radiology fellow at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in an article published in Radiology. The published article, “ChatGPT… Read More