In Memphis, Mark Corkins heads the pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition practice at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Earlier in the shortage, which began in earnest after a recall this past spring, Corkins treated children who had been hospitalized because they didn’t have enough of the specialty formulas they needed. When these children were… Read More
The National Cancer Institute has awarded more than $5.2 million to a team lead by researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) for a study that will fill critical gaps in knowledge around obesity-mediated cancer risk. Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UTHSC College of… Read More
LOWELL, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RevBio, Inc., announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. This funding will allow the company to pursue the treatment of vertebral compression fractures with its patented bone adhesive technology known as Tetranite®.… Read More
On Friday, Oct. 14, Mississippi’s only burn center — the JMS Burn & Reconstruction Center run by Merit Health Central in Jackson — will close its doors. “It’s definitely going to pressurize the system, which really needs more burn centers and more providers taking care of burn patients,” said Dr. Ram Velamuri, the medical director… Read More
In 2020, MBJ’s Health Care Heroes focused on those doctors, scientists, health professionals, and administrators who steered us through COVID-19. In 2021 and again this year, we have broadened the scope to include all of those who take care of our minds and bodies. We will be rolling out one profile a week through the… Read More
On September 22nd, during Sickle Cell Awareness Month, The Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research (FSCDR), the US’s first outpatient center exclusively dedicated to the treatment of and innovative research for SCD, will host a one-day virtual symposium on featured topic: the Applications of Machine Learning in Sickle Cell. Led by Scientific Chair Dr. Kenneth Ataga, Director of the Center… Read More
The National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has awarded $1.9 million to John Boughter, PhD, professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and co-director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), to study the brain circuitry involved in processing novel tastes and foods. Max Fletcher, PhD,… Read More
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST), a pharmaceutical company advancing medicines to solve patients’ problems with current standards of care and provide transformative products to improve their lives, announced today the establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board comprised of eight allergy experts. Jay Lieberman, MD, is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
