Update: UTHSC Outreach to Evacuees Focuses on Memphis
|The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) campus-wide effort is focused on supporting the 13,000-plus hurricane evacuees who are now in Memphis.
UTHSC News
UTHSC’s Kumar Receives Foundation Grant
|Narendra Kumar, PhD, instructor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Department of Physiology, has received a $141,456 grant from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America.
Researcher Investigates New Targets for Cardiovascular Disease
|Daniel L. Baker, assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine, has received a four-year $260,000 American Heart Association National Center grant.
UTHSC to Participate in American Heart Association Heart Walk
|Thirty-seven UTHSC teams are working diligently in an effort to raise funds for the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk. The three-mile walk around downtown Memphis starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at AutoZone Park.
UTHSC Students Working with Lifeblood to Increase Donations
|Students are teaming up with Lifeblood to hold six campus blood drives for the upcoming academic year. With a goal of obtaining 150 units of blood per drive, the kick-off drive is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1.
UT Researcher Wins Grant to Improve Islet Transplant Success Rate
|Ivan C. Gerling, PhD, associate professor at UTHSC and Memphis VA Medical Center collaborative investigator, has been awarded a $100,000 two-year grant from the American Diabetes Association’s Innovation Funding Program.
UT Investigator Wins Grant to Study Cardiac Regulation
|Rennolds Ostrom, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and the Vascular Biology Center of Excellence, has been awarded a $154,000 two-year grant by the American Heart Association (Southeast Affiliate).
Researcher Awarded NIH Grant to Study Degenerative Syndrome
|Ioannis Dragatsis, PhD, assistant professor of physiology, has been awarded a $143,348 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to generate a mouse model for Familial Dysautonomia (FD), also known as Riley-Day syndrome.