Department: Office of Research

$2.6 Million Grant Renewal Awarded to College of Nursing to Improve Maternal/Infant Care to Underserved

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Clinical CareEducationPublic Service

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing will provide significant support annually to 19 advanced practice nursing students committed to serving rural and underserved communities, thanks to the $2.6 million renewal of a federal grant initially awarded in 2019.  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has renewed the Advanced Nursing Education… Read More

Craft Named Dean of UTHSC College of Medicine in Knoxville

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

Robert M. Craft, MD, a native of East Tennessee and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has been named dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine in Knoxville. Dean Craft has served since October 2022 as the interim dean of the College of Medicine in Knoxville and the senior vice… Read More

Pfeffer Awarded $2.6 Million to Continue Glioblastoma Research

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareResearch

Lawrence Pfeffer, PhD, has spent the better part of 20 years trying to improve treatments for glioblastoma, the most common malignancy of the brain and the most lethal. After over 30 years as a professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dr. Pfeffer was nearing retirement and thought he… Read More

Annual Medical Student Research Fellowship Event Features Presentations, Awards

Written by Lee Ferguson

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EducationResearch

Faculty, fellows, post-doctoral fellows, and residents in the College of Medicine gathered Thursday, July 27th, for the 44th Annual Medical Student Research Fellowship (MSRF) program presentations. The event took place from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm in the South Auditorium of the Coleman Building. Co-directed by Matthew Ennis, PhD, professor and chair of Anatomy and… Read More

African Journalists Visit UTHSC to Learn about Health Care in the U.S.

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

Namibian journalist Shelleygan Petersen spent the morning Thursday at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, along with more than a dozen African journalists visiting the United States on a media tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Press Centers. The journalists came to UTHSC to learn about health care in the United States,… Read More

Dinosaurs Could Not Have Become as Smart as Humans, UTHSC Researcher Argues

Written by Christopher Green

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Research

A person’s interest in dinosaurs often ends with childhood, but Anton Reiner, PhD, has been able to carry his fascination with the prehistoric animals into his career at UTHSC. After the topic of dinosaur intelligence recently returned to the forefront, Dr. Reiner, an emeritus professor in the UTHSC College of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy and… Read More

New Strategic Plan Aims to Improve Health of Tennesseans

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s new 2023-2028 Strategic Plan defines UTHSC’s direction for the future, as it continues to strive to improve health care and overall health across Tennessee. The plan, approved in late June by the UT Board of Trustees, serves as a roadmap for UTHSC’s next five years and outlines the… Read More

Kurapati Named Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at UTHSC

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

After a national search and several on-campus interviews and presentations, Raaj Kurapati, AIFA, a seasoned executive with more than three decades of experience in public higher education and private industry, has been named the new executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Kurapati comes to UTHSC… Read More