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Congressman Cohen Announces Eye Research Grant to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $466,103 from the National Eye Institute for research on sphingolipid signaling in vesicating ocular injury under the direction of Dr. Nawajes Mandal, a professor in the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.


‘Don’t give up on yourself’: Regional One team defy odds to save officer’s leg

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As Dr. Thao Wolbert and Darrell Prewitt talked in a medical exam room at Regional One Hospital, family members and staff kept a close eye on his left leg. That’s because Prewitt’s leg, after being hit by a car after a high-speed chase in Arkansas, was recently hanging on by a thread — or rather,… Read More


Integrative analysis of the mouse cecal microbiome across diet, age, and weight in the diverse BXD population

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The gut microbiota adapts to and shapes the host’s metabolic state through affecting circulating metabolites and consequent gene regulatory networks, resulting in systemic influences in diverse organs via connections such as the gut–liver axis.


Twin nurse anesthetists from UTHSC share journey for National Nurses Week

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is marking National Nurses Week by sharing the story of Hunter and Spencer Turner, identical twins both in the nursing practice with a concentration in nurse anesthesia.


‘I want to hit a ball with a weird-looking stick’

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Victoria Godwin acknowledged with a laugh that she has been called on more than once on an Irish sporting field for reasons having nothing to do with her athletic ability.


UTHSC Advisory Board approves $747M operating budget

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board approved a $747 million operating budget and $334 million capital budget Friday, May 8, sending it to the statewide Board of Trustees for approval.


Cecelia W. Sawyer to receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

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Rust College will confer the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters upon Cecilia W. Sawyer during it 160th Commencement Exercise, to be held Sunday, May 3, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. on the Grand Lawn in front of the McCoy Administration Building.


St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ALSAC Announce New and Continuing Board Officers

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and ALSAC, its fundraising and awareness organization, announced today the election and re-election of Board officers for a one-year term beginning July 1.