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Dr. Dagogo-Jack Named Officer by American Diabetes Association

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Samuel Dagogo-Jack is Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Director, Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, where he holds the A.C. Mullins Endowed Chair in Translational Research.


Memphis People in Business: March 25, 2021

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The Office of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center named Kyle Johnson Moore as its new director of the Office of Scientific Writing. In this role, Johnson Moore will assist research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students in the writing of successful research grants and scientific manuscripts. Lyndsay Pittman last month was named… Read More


Congressman Cohen Announces $2.2 Million in Grants to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced three National Institutes of Health grants totaling $2,203,064 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). One, for $1,505,914, is for research to identify early-life modifiable risk factors for obesity and mental health problems in children, from the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.… Read More


Five African Americans named to new administrative posts at universities

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Brenda Murrell is the new associate vice chancellor for research in the Office of Sponsored Programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She has served in the role on an interim basis for the past year. She has been on the staff at the university for 17 years.


Ireland-based med tech firm selects Memphis for first U.S. location

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PBC’s Insley said Memphian Dr. Thomas “Toney” Russell, the company’s chief medical officer, has played an integral role in the business’ growth. Russell, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, researcher and professor emeritus of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has called Memphis home for the last half a century.


Dr. Michael Whitt — 2021 Innovation Award Winner

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Inside Memphis Business honors the very best in local innovation. Meet one of the four winners this year. Professor Michael Whitt’s innovation in virus research from two decades ago has been innovatively adapted to help develop Covid-19 vaccines. Whitt currently serves as the associate dean of the Office of Medical Education in the school’s College… Read More


Bill Greene, PharmD, Of St. Jude, Alumnus of UTHSC, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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William L. “Bill” Greene, PharmD, the chief pharmaceutical officer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been selected by the Tennessee Pharmacists Association to receive the 2021 Shelby Rhinehart Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his work and support of the pharmacy profession. The award was created in 2002 to recognize individual support… Read More


3D Printing News Briefs, April 22, 2021: Philips Lighting, Cerambot, Revotek & UTHSC, ENS Lyon, Université de Lorraine, & University of Victoria

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Biotechnology company Revotek, based in Chengdu, China, has long been working to 3D print blood vessels, and is now bringing its innovative technology to Memphis, Tennessee. Steven Goodman, PhD, the Vice Chancellor for research at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has known Revotek’s co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Y. James Kang, PhD, a… Read More