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.

Russell W. Chesney, MD, the LeBonheur Professor and chairman of the pediatrics department at UTHSC, received the Founders Award from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.

The Bluff City Medical Society, in partnership with the UT Center on Health Disparities, is featuring Levi Watkins, Jr., MD, as its guest lecturer for the Annual Bluff City Memorial Lecture.

The UT Cancer Institute announces its newest, state-of-the-art, cancer treatment facility at 2996 Kate Bond Road, Bartlett, with an open house from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6.

Dennis R. Schaberg, MD, has been elected a regent of the American College of Physicians, the nation’s largest medical specialty society.

David M. Allen, MD, UTHSC professor of psychiatry, will be presented the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) first annual Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents at the APA’s annual meeting in May.

Dennis R. Schaberg, MD has been named the Gene H. Stollerman, MD, Endowed Professor in Internal Medicine at UTHSC.

The Tenth Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium will be held on Saturday, October 16 in Hardin Hall at the Memphis Botanic Garden located at 750 Cherry Road.