UTHSC News


Nursing Receives Grant from Health Resources & Services Administration

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Tommie L. Norris, DNS, RN, associate professor of Nursing and director of the Clinical Nurse Leader Program at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $814,100 from the Health Resources and Services Administration.


Andrzej Slominski Receives $1,662,408 Grant to Further Skin Research

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Andrzej Slominski, MD, PhD, professor of Pathology and director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program and Skin Cancer Division of the UT Center for Cancer Research at UTHSC, has received a grant totaling $1,662,408.


Meiyun Fan Receives Grant Extension for Breast Cancer Research

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Meiyun Fan, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has received a $707,988 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for an existing study on breast cancer therapy.


Doctoral Nursing Student Receives Fellowship Award

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This year, Wafa Khasawneh, a doctoral nursing student at the UTHSC, is one of six individuals nationwide to receive a three- to five-year doctoral fellowship award from the Southern Regional Education Board.


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.