Dr. Scott E. Strome is the new executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center…A Harvard-trained physician and cancer researcher who co-founded the Baltimore biomedical startup Gliknik Inc., Strome arrives in Memphis at a peculiar time in the history of American medicine.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Memphis Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center were part of the SPRINT MIND (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Memory and Cognition IN Decreased Hypertension) multisite clinical trial, which recently released data showing aggressively lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and… Read More
The incidence of tick-borne disease in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate, officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases say. They call on public health and biomedical researchers to double down on efforts to better understand the pathogenesis of tick-borne illnesses and to develop improved strategies for prevention and… Read More
Deer ticks are scary enough. Now, scientists have linked bites from the lone star tick to about one-third of all potentially life-threatening allergic reactions around Tennessee. A lone star tick bite can cause a severe immune system response to red meat — such as beef, pork and lamb — said study lead author Dr. Debendra… Read More
Fronting Health Sciences Park in the middle of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s campus, the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation cuts a striking profile — literally, in a brick facade canted at the corner. Designed by Memphis’s brg3s, CHIPS houses facilities for training students in healthcare emergencies. The architects answered a… Read More
Tulane University, University of Mississippi Medical Center and University of Tennessee Health Science Center have formed a new research consortium to fight health disparities in the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Clinical and Translational Science Consortium will be dedicated to improving the health of communities stretching along both sides of the Mississippi River from Memphis to… Read More
A new study in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology suggests that a meat allergy caused by ticks may be more common than previously known, and that this tick-induced allergy could explain some previously unexplained cases of severe allergic reactions. Study author Jay Lieberman, M.D., associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science… Read More
The largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants has included two local institutions in its latest round of financing. Grants from Los Angeles-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation totaling more than $1.1 million were awarded to researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. St. Jude received the bulk… Read More
