Drs. Theodore Cory and Santosh Kumar are enrolling African American women for a research
project “Isolation of Blood from Healthy Control Donors”, to find out how the immune system
responds to infection with infectious diseases.
Subjects must be between the ages of 18-50, and generally healthy. Subjects must not be
heavy alcohol users, use illicit substances, have liver damage, have HIV, the human
papillomavirus (HPV), or be pregnant.
Subjects will be asked to provide 4 tablespoons of blood in one blood draw and will be
compensated $25.
Please contact Dr. Theodore Cory at tcory1@uthsc.edu, or 901-448-7216.
Come Volunteer with your fellow UTHSC friends at the Midsouth Food Bank on four dates, including, March 20th, March 27th, April 17th, and April 24th. We will be volunteering from 1:00pm-3:00pm and transportation will be provided. Follow the link below to register today. Volunteers will work in our Volunteer HUB on different tasks, as needed. Our most common task will be sorting through donated food, checking for package quality, and ensuring the product is “in date”. Volunteers will then sort the product into different categories, then box and pallet those categories. https://uthsc.givepulse.com/event/432747-midsouth-foodbank-volunteer-opportunity
Neuroscience Institute welcomes: TJ Hollingsworth, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry University of Tennessee Health Science Center
“Photoreceptor Mutations Meet Chronic Inflammation: A Perfect Storm of Early and Rapid Vision Loss”
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – 12:00 pm Link Auditorium
**Coffee and cookies will be served**
Please join Chancellor Buckley on Wednesday, February 21, at 11:00 am CST (12:00 pm EST) for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s State of the University presentation, “Tennessee is Our Campus.” This presentation will be held on the Memphis campus in the Mooney Library, Room 201, and will also be live streamed. Register to… Read More
Alvin Crawford, MD, the first African American to attend and graduate from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, will return to his alma mater Monday, February 26, for a celebration and book signing of his recently published autobiography, a presentation on his research, and visits with students. A 1964 College of… Read More
The College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center provides a unique opportunity to student pharmacists by offering the American Heart Association (AHA) Advance Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) training. This training is aimed at improving the outcomes of patients who suffer sudden cardiac arrest, particularly in hospital settings. The program enables… Read More
