The Hamilton Eye Institute (HEI) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center once again opened its doors to innovation, inspiration, and scientific discovery during its fourth-annual Summer Student and Resident/Fellow Symposium, held Wednesday, July 23, in the Freeman Auditorium. Now a signature event for HEI, this year’s symposium drew strong participation from across the… Read More
A grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will expand a longstanding behavioral health workforce and education training program at the University of Memphis to include the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Together, the two institutions will launch an initiative aimed at building a stronger behavioral health workforce in West Tennessee. The… Read More
A research team from the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine has received a $3.15 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Hao Chen, PhD, Brendan Tunstall, PhD, and Dean Kirson, PhD, are collaborating on a study examining how social interactions… Read More
After serving with great distinction and dedication since 2012 as the dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, effective today, esteemed leader and colleague Donald Thomason, PhD, returns to his passion and to direct activities in teaching and mentoring students. Since becoming a faculty member at UT Health Science Center in the Department of Physiology in… Read More
The Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood (CANDLE) Study, led by Qi Zhao, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has reached a milestone by receiving continued federal support to investigate how early-life environmental exposures affect health outcomes in children. The long-running… Read More
Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, has been named the inaugural Urban Child Institute (UCI) Endowed Chair of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. As the first recipient of the endowed chair, Dr. Barnes will serve as the director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UT… Read More
John Cox, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $3.68 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to better understand how the bacterium that causes chlamydia reproduces. The research could lead to better ways to… Read More
African Americans with sickle cell trait (SCT) have 39% higher odds of acute heart failure compared to non-African Americans with SCT, according to a study led by Ugochi Ogu, MD, associate professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the medical director of the Diggs-Kraus Comprehensive Sickle Cell… Read More
