The remarkable thing about the 68 classically posed portraits of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)’s “Live! Just as We Are” exhibit is how unremarkable they are. Other than all of the subjects being African-American and women, there is nothing obvious connecting them… On closer inspection, there is something about the calm, confident eyes… Read More
Hubble, founded by UT Health Science Center researcher Edward Chaum and ORNL researcher Kenneth Tobin, has developed an innovative way to provide remote diabetic retinopathy screening and analysis in primary care doctors’ offices and other settings.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Dr. Susan Miranda have received a $1.6 million grant that will be used to uncover breakthroughs in osteoporosis research. The grant was provided by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health, and research will take… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center(UTHSC) will be able to delve deeper into the mysteries surrounding two neurological diseases, thanks to two recent grants totaling more than $1 million. The school received $340,000 from TicTocStop, Inc. to conduct an innovative clinical study on Tourette’s syndrome, along with $680,000 from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for research into Parkinson’s disease.
West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (WTRFC) is ramping up its staff following news last month that theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center(UTHSC) had been awarded a $3.1 million contract to operate the center and the Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is forming the new Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics (GGI) . . . renowned experimental neurogeneticist Dr. Robert W. Williams, the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair in Computational Genomics, will serve as the department’s founding chair.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the 100-year-old medical education and research complex in the Medical District, is halfway through a five-year plan that includes $250 million in demolition, new construction and renovation to its campus. As UTHSC expands its footprint, its infrasturucture upgrades help keep Memphis on the medical map.
The newest scientific weapon against Lyme disease is coming out of the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Maria Gomes-Solecki, doctor of veterinary medicine and assistant professor in microbiology, immunology and biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has developed a groundbreaking vaccine that prevents the transmission of Lyme disease – in mice.
