Department: Office of Research

Brian Peters Part of Multi-Disciplinary Team Awarded $3.9 Million to Study Mixed Fungal-Bacterial Infections

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

Brian Peters, PhD, First Tennessee Endowed Chair of Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy and professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the UT Health Science Center, was recently awarded $3.9 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project aimed at unravelling intricate mysteries surrounding complex fungal-bacterial infections.… Read More

‘We’ve Just Had a Good Time Doing It,’ Terrance Cooper, PhD, Says of His Career in Research

Written by Janay Jeans

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Research

Terrance (Terry) Cooper, PhD, developed his interest in biology while taking photomicrographs with direction from his biology professor as an undergraduate student at Wayne State University in the mid-1960s. Now, Dr. Cooper, a researcher and Harriet Van Vleet professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry in the College of Medicine, is a nationally… Read More

Dr. Guoyun Chen Recieves $2.28 Million for Sepsis Treatment Research

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Headshot of Dr. Guoyun Chen

Guoyun Chen, PhD, MD, an associate professor of Pediatrics Research at the UT Health Science Center and basic scientist at the Children’s Foundation Research Institute at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, has been awarded $2.26 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue researching new ways to treat sepsis, a potentially deadly… Read More

Statewide Biomedical and Clinical Research Collaborative Awards Granted

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

A systemwide collaborative grant program led by the UT Health Science Center College of Medicine in Knoxville is supporting research and scholarly activities to pursue discoveries addressing health issues across Tennessee and beyond. The program will fund six awards totaling more than $450,000 to support teams of clinicians, faculty, and researchers from across the state… Read More

Parfenova, Pourcyrous Awarded $2.5 Million to Study Neonatal Cerebral Vascular Disease Pathology

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded $2.5 million to a research team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for a project aimed at finding new ways to treat brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth. Helena Parfenova, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology, is principal investigator… Read More

UT Health Science Center Clinical Faculty Have Strong Presence Among 2024 Health Care Heroes Finalists

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CarePublic ServiceResearch

The list of the 2024 Health Care Heroes finalists released this week by the Memphis Business Journal underscores the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s extensive clinical impact in the Memphis community. Of the 26 finalists, 17 are associated in some manner with UT Health Science Center. “The UT Health Science Center has an abundance of… Read More

Researchers Awarded Department of Defense Grant to Study the Role of Gut Microbiomes to Improve Outcomes in Dystonia

Written by Janay Jeans

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Research

Mohammad Moshahid Khan, PhD, principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was recently awarded a $308,000 grant from the Department of Defense for a study that will investigate the role of the gut microbiome in dystonia, a movement disorder… Read More

Marko Radic, PhD, Committed to Making a Difference for Patients, Awarded Lupus Insight Prize

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Clinical CareResearch

Ten years ago, Marko Radic, PhD, laced up his walking shoes to participate in the Virginia Davis Memorial Walk/Run for Lupus, a fundraiser to support the Lupus Foundation of America. An associate professor in the UT Health Science Center’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Dr. Radic had spent his research career up to that… Read More