It was early April, still the beginning days of the pandemic, but already Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter had become the local face and voice of the fight against COVID-19. The stoic demeanor. The calm speaking voice. The dark hair pulled back in a bun, a serious face framed by large glasses.
Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association alleges a diet with higher levels of plant protein is associated with lower risk of premature death in postmenopausal women. The researchers analysed data from more than 100,000 women aged 50 to 79 who participated in the national Women’s Health Initiative study between 1993 and… Read More
“It’s very hard,” said Dr. Cyrilyn Walters, medical director of ambulatory services at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, “because there’s not a lot of data.” Her team, which partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, works with each patient to rule out conditions unrelated to Covid-19 that could be causing a patient’s symptoms. Otherwise,… Read More
Dustin Fulton has been named assistant dean for Admissions in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Fulton has served as interim assistant dean since May and most recently served as associate director in Student Affairs and Community Engagement. He has been with UTHSC since 2014.
A recent study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, has found a novel way to identify a high potential for developing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms occur. Ray Romano, Ph.D., RN, completed the research as part of his Ph.D. in the Nursing Science Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of… Read More
Undergraduate medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) worked with senior administration at the UT medical school to design, deploy and staff a large drive-through community COVID-19 test site. Medical students drafted all training, testing and safety protocols in partnership with faculty mentors, resident physicians and city leaders. Over 170 medical,… Read More
Parse Biosciences, a company providing researchers with scalable and flexible single cell sequencing solutions, today announced the launch of their Single Cell Whole Transcriptome Kit. The kit, which was previously available only through Parse’s early access program, is now generally available to all researchers in North America.
A rare and disease-causing mutation for cystic fibrosis (CF), called the F1099L mutation and characterized by a protein maturation defect, was identified in a recent study. Treatment with lumacaftor was also seen to effectively rescue function of the defective CFTR protein that results from this mutation, found in two infants — one Black, one mixed… Read More
