Dr. Lynda Wilmott, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $52,500 grant to explore proteins in the brain that play a key role in controlling the communication of nerve cells that are important for encoding and storing memories.
Dr. John Boughter, an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has landed a $418,000 grant. It comes from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the question of… Read More
Kevin Hope, a graduate assistant in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the College of Medicine at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $100,000 from the Dup15q Alliance.
Vaxent chief scientific officer James B. Dale, who also serves as a professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, invented the vaccine based on more than 25 years of laboratory research.
The West Cancer Center serves all adults impacted by cancer, and the partnership behind it helps fulfill that mission by pulling together the resources from three institutions – West Clinic, Methodist and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
When the health care system announced the $40 million gift a week ago, it said the money would be used to transform the current Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, which is a partnership between Methodist and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
“This gift will further our vision of Memphis being a healthcare hub not only for the Southeast, but for the entire United States,” said Dr. James Eason, UTHSC Professor of Surgery and Director of the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute.
“The event Friday was the kind of thing we want to foster and culture in the medical district,” said Dr. Ken Brown, executive vice chancellor and COO at UTHSC. “In the near future, you’ll see a lot more things like that. You’ll start seeing more art. The medical district will become a lot softer, a… Read More
