UTHSC News


Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Awards Grant to Ophthalmology

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Jena J. Steinle, PhD, associate professor in the UTHSC Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy and Neurobiology, has been awarded a grant for $495,000 by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).


Professor Jaggar Receives $1,850,000 to Further Hypertension Research

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Jonathan Jaggar, PhD, professor of Physiology at the UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $1,850,000 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health.


Study Reconfirms Economic Impact of UTHSC More Than $2.3 Billion

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A study designed to gauge the economic impact of the UTHSC on the economy of the state of Tennessee for FY2010 concluded that UTHSC’s total economic contribution to the state amounted to more than $2.3 billion.


UTHSC Releases New iPhone App to Help Smokers Quit

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The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has released a new iPhone App to help smokers break the smoking habit permanently.


Anatomy and Neurobiology Expert Named Pew Biomedical Scholar

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Max Fletcher, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the UTHSC has been named among the 2011 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts.


Christopher Dean Education Foundation Holds Learning Camp at UTHSC

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The “Releasing the Butterfly” Summer SuperLearning Camp is an intensive six-week college-preparatory series. UTHSC, located in downtown”s Memphis Medical Center, volunteered to host the camp.


Center for Cancer Research Receives Grant to Study Brain Tumors

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The Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a grant for $1,075,000 from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity to fund a study on brain tumors.


UTHSC Launches Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

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In July, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will launch the area”s only Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program certified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).