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Dr. Frederick Azar, Campbell Clinic’s chief of staff, has been elected to lead the board of directors at ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Azar is a professor and director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program in the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is looking for participants for new studies on new blood pressure medications. “We’re beginning two new studies in hypertension. So, people with high blood pressure. And so we’re looking for people who would be interested in participating in these studies,” said Dr. William Cushman, professor and Medical Director for Research… Read More
Dr. Andrew Griffith, senior associate dean of research for University of Tennessee Health Science Center‘s College of Medicine, was awarded the David D. Coleman Endowed Professorship. Griffith joined the College of Medicine in July 2020 after 22 years at the National Institutes of Health. As senior associate dean of research, Griffith manages the growth of the research… Read More
A University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) research team has secured a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to test health technology in managing obesity in disadvantaged groups. The team, led by Dr. Karen Johnson, endowed professor in women’s health and chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, will receive… Read More
Dr. Jason Rehm has been appointed vice chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine/Health Science Center in Chattanooga. The University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Health Science Center is a medical education science institute providing education for medical students, residents and fellows. Dr. Rehm teaches and… Read More
Laxative use was independently associated with lower risk of hyperkalemia during the last 1-year pre-ESKD period, finds a recent study. The research is published in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology. Keiichi Sumida and colleagues from the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee included a study… Read More
Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded a team of UTHSC researchers $1.99 million for their work to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and related complications. Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the General Clinical Research Center, is a principal investigator, along with Nawajes… Read More
