Dr. James Dale, professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee, has been recognized for his decades-long work developing a vaccine against Group A streptococcus, the bacteria that causes rheumatic heart disease and claims nearly half a million lives each year.
As the obesity epidemic continues to affect the U.S. healthcare system, a new commentary discusses GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound, which have become widely used in obesity treatment.
Medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) just got a leadership boost from Avery Dargie, a Memphian student who has taken on the role of Medical Student Executive Council (MSEC) president in her final year.
Health care in Tennessee’s rural areas is getting a serious boost thanks to the efforts of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing.
Health care in Tennessee’s rural areas is getting a serious boost thanks to the efforts of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing.
The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is celebrating a milestone year, having recently been ranked 12th nationwide among pharmacy schools for National Institutes of Health grants.
The quest to battle the Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus (VEEV) received a financial boost as Colleen Jonsson, PhD, the director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, was awarded a substantial $423,500 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), UTHSC reports.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s CANDLE Study has landed a significant cash infusion to propel its research on how early-life environments influence child health.
