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Dr. Mohammed Moshahid Khan, PhD, principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Neurology in the UT Health Science Center College of Medicine, was recently awarded the grant to investigate the role of the gut microbiome for the potential treatment of dystonia, a movement disorder that can cause abnormal postures and involuntary twisting or… Read More
Dr. Yangbo Sun, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, conducts research on cardiovascular diseases and modifiable lifestyle risk factors. A study led by Dr. Sun found that eating one meal a day was associated with a higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults aged 40 or older.
UTHSC researchers working to find new treatments to combat breast cancer metastasis recently pulled in a major national award. Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Drug Discovery Center in the College of Pharmacy, and Tiffany Seagroves, PhD, professor of Pathology in the College of Medicine, are principal investigators on… Read More
A team of UTHSC researchers has been awarded $924,000 from the Department of Defense for their work developing a new treatment for ovarian cancer. The project is a collaboration between the labs of Wei Li, PhD, distinguished professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Drug Discovery Center in the College of Pharmacy, Junming Yue,… Read More
Ronald Cowan, MD, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), recently was named to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Scientific Council. Dr. Cowan, a respected physician-scientist, was jointly nominated for the position because of his… Read More
Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Obesity at UTHSC, have received $2.1 million from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine how the microbiome impacts the immune system… Read More
A team of University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) researchers in the College of Medicine recently received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award to study how genetic differences may explain why some people are more susceptible to opioid addiction than others. Hao Chen, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science,… Read More
Jay Fowke, PhD, MPH, chief of the Division of Epidemiology and professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has been awarded an $843,694 grant from the Department of Defense for his research project entitled, “Prostate Tissue Gene Expression Patterns Predict Prostate Tissue Inflammation, Aggressive Prostate Cancer,… Read More
