University of Tennessee Health Science Center doctors are working with other infectious disease experts to find a drug that will help stem the effects of coronavirus as the state deals with the first confirmed case of the disease. UTHSC researcher Dr. Colleen Jonsson is doing research in Memphis with live coronavirus.
We are likely in the early stages of a pandemic with a novel coronavirus. As the state’s major educator of health care providers, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has a responsibility to participate in the response to this upcoming event.
Amy Koehn, coordinator of the neonatal nurse practitioner program for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, edited “Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions.”
A multi-state clinical trial that included researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been named one of the 2020 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards by the Clinical Research Forum.The study, which was conducted in 102 medical centers and clinical sites in the nation, showed… Read More
A landmark Memphis clinical trial of neurofeedback therapy shows promising results for adolescents struggling to overcome chronic childhood trauma… It was the first randomized control trial to examine the use of neurofeedback therapy on adolescents who have suffered significant abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, and other adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. “Basically, we found that… Read More
In three to five years, the 80-acre University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus in the heart of the Medical District could have $500 million worth of new construction. To show how it will tie in with research goals and human factors such as safety and accessibility, campus leaders invited the public in Tuesday, Feb.… Read More
You have a fever and a cough. How do you know if this is the flu or the new coronavirus that is sweeping across continents and upheaving travel and daily plans of millions if not billions of individuals? The answer is simple. If you live in the United States as of Feb. 1, 2020, there… Read More
A team of medical researchers here have a deep hunch that a gene, thought to regulate metabolism in the body, could hold clues to new treatments for diabetes. Ten years ago, Dr. Darryl Quarles, head of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Division of Nephrology, made a name for himself in the research world… Read More
