As the United States experiences a continuous increase in cases of melanoma, researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are beginning a study to determine whether sex hormones affect the risk of the deadly skin cancer. The researchers have received a $423,500 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of… Read More
Raaj Kurapati, the new executive vice chancellor and chief operating and financial officer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, traces his career in higher education to a conversation he had with his father, who was in the hospital preparing for heart surgery. His father, Rajarathnam Kurapati, asked for three things he thought would… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Office of Research will host its annual Research Resource Fair Thursday, September 28, 2023, from 2-4 p.m. in the Madison Plaza Lobby. The event, on hold for three years during the pandemic, connects faculty, staff, and students to important resources that can help them succeed in research… Read More
It seems a small thing, but help from the new Center for Student Success at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center resonated with Bahar Zarei, a new PhD student in pharmaceutical sciences. “The first day I came here, I forgot my (phone) charger and they lent me one,” said Zarei, who is originally from… Read More
A study at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center aims to develop a new way to treat ischemic stroke, a leading cause of death in adults worldwide. The study is funded by a $1,155,000 translational grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. Jianxiong Jiang,… Read More
Tony Marion, PhD, College of Medicine Emeritus Professor, may have retired in 2022, but UTHSC researchers are about to benefit from one of his final efforts on their behalf: a major equipment upgrade to ensure they have the latest and greatest technology for isolating and analyzing live cells. For the third time in his career,… Read More
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have received a five-year grant totaling $3.69 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study how genetic differences influence behavioral and physiological responses to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive component in cannabis. Increased legalization for medical and/or recreational use and more favorable public perspectives… Read More
Kenneth R. Tilashalski, DMD, has been named executive associate dean for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry. He will join the faculty effective September 1. Prior to joining UTHSC, Dr. Tilashalski, known as Dr. T, served as the associate dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),… Read More
