Dr. Jena J. Steinle, associate professor in the departments of ophthalmology, anatomy and neurobiology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Health Science Center, has been appointed director of research at the Hamilton Eye Institute.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, which has been part of every major diabetes research project that has been launched by the NIH, has been selected to join 36 other centers to conduct the GRADE Study. At UTHSC, we are looking for volunteers to take part in this study.
Chandra Alston has been named the new associate vice chancellor of human resources at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where she has served as interim director since July. Alston also served as assistant dean for finance and administration in the College of Allied Health Sciences. a post she’s held since 2009, while… Read More
The chairman of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Surgery will step down when a search for a new leader for the department finds his replacement, university officials announced Monday. Dr. Timothy Fabian, chairman of surgery for more than 14 years, will continue as a professor in the department after his successor is… Read More
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation Innovation Awards recognized 19 University of Tennessee Health Science Center researchers who, among other advances, won 14 patents during the year. The B. Otto and Kathleen Wheeley Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer went to Dr. Edward Chaum, Plough Foundation Professor of Retinal Diseases. Chaum, who joined UTHSC in 2000,… Read More
A $1.58 million federal grant to a University of Tennessee Health Science Center team will fund research on scanning patients for amyloid, a combination of protein fibers and sugar molecules found in patients with Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes and some other diseases.
Nursing Open Houses: Friday information sessions at University of Tennessee Health Science Center for anyone interested in a nursing career.
