Utilizing specialized adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to deliver functional human FMR1 directly into the central nervous system, the team successfully restored FMRP production within key cortical and subcortical regions of Fmr1 knockout mice.
CJ Rudolph, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Tennessee (UT), won $5,000 in seed funding at UT Health Sciences’ entrepreneurship workshop for a device designed to make scoliosis braces more comfortable and effective.
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences has appointed Anja Dabelić, MD, FAAFP, assistant vice chancellor of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) to lead initiatives supporting interprofessional education and collaborative practice, academic clinical partnerships and workforce development across the university.
Nawajes Mandal, PhD, professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, has received a $466,103 grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) to investigate how blister agents such as mustard gas damage the eye and contribute to long-term vision loss.
The University of Tennessee expands their school of dentistry to Chattanooga, with their Restorative Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary Program.
A community pharmacy residency program study has now led to expanded access to diabetes care in Tennessee.
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Pharmacy’s PGY-1 Community-Based Residency Program, in collaboration with Kroger Health, has developed a successful model for expanding access to A1C testing in community pharmacies.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced five grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which will provide a total of $3,956,287 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
