UTHSC In the Media

RevBio Receives NIH Grant to Explore the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures with Its Regenerative Bone Adhesive Technology

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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

Regional One braces for more patients as Mississippi’s only burn center closes

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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

Health Care Health Care Heroes 2022: William C. Warner Jr. of Campbell Clinic and UTHSC

Published by Memphis Business Journal
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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

The Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research Hosts Virtual Symposium Highlighting the Applications of Machine Learning in Sickle Cell

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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

UTHSC team awarded $1.9 million to study neuronal activity in central taste regions of the brain

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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 Announces Expert Allergy Scientific Advisory Board

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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

UTHSC College of Nursing’s BSN Program Tops in Tennessee on U.S. News & World Report Ranking

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For the second year in a row, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has the highest-ranked Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Tennessee on U.S. News & World Report’s list of undergraduate nursing programs in its Best Colleges listing. Nationally, the college ranked No. 39 out of 681 BSN programs on the Best Bachelor… Read More

UTHSC has record year, scores $133M in research grants and contracts

Published by Memphis Business Journal
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In recent years, the University of Memphis has received acclaim for its research efforts, with the school being named a top-tier research university by the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education in December 2021. The U of M, however, isn’t the only local organization doing major exploration and investigation. According to MBJ research, the… Read More