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Evans Receives Rho Chi Lecture Award

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William E. Evans, PharmD, director and CEO of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2004 and member of the UT College of Pharmacy Class of 1975, received the 2014 Rho Chi Lecture Award this year at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Rho Chi Society. The award is among the society’s highest distinctions, and… Read More


Professor Andrew Kang, MD, Receives $1.65 Million Grant for Rheumatoid Arthritis Research

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Andrew Kang, MD, professor in the Division of Connective Tissue Diseases in the College of Medicine, has received a grant totaling $1,650,000 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, an Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The award will be used to support a project titled “20 (OH) Vit D3, T… Read More


Professor Jonathan Jaggar of UT Health Science Center Receives $95,931 Grant Supplement for Blood Pressure Research

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Jonathan Jaggar, PhD, the Maury W. Bronstein Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant totaling $95,931 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The award, which will be distributed over a three-year period, is a supplement to… Read More


Gabor Tigyi will Chair International Conference

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Medical Director/Assistant Professor Dr. Kent Lee Proposal Accepted by the AAMC

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PA Faculty Member Dr. Kent Lee Proposal Accepted by the AAMC (April 8, 2014) The Department of Physician Assistant Studies is pleased to announce that our medical director, Dr. Kent A. Lee’s proposal for scholarship on faculty diversity and inclusion to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) on “Faculty Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine” has… Read More


The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Realigns Dental Hygiene Department Under College of Dentistry

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Anyone who has ever spent time in a dentist’s chair knows the value of a well-trained dental hygienist. Many of Tennessee’s dental hygienists learned their skills in the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Allied Health Sciences. Effective July 1, UTHSC Dental Hygiene will be realigned… Read More


UTHSC ITS: Blackboard Routine Maintenance Reminder

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Dear UTHSC campus, This is a reminder about the regularly scheduled Blackboard maintenance windows this Tuesday, April 8 from 5:30 a.m. and to 6:30 a.m. ITS will perform routine maintenance to help ensure that Blackboard continues to run smoothly. During this time, courses and content will likely be unavailable. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns… Read More


Dr. Andrzej Slominski Invited to Write Editorial in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on Studies of How Melanoma Fools the Immune System

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Current approaches to treating melanoma amount to Sisyphean work, Andrzej Slominski, MD, PhD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), wrote in an editorial published in the April edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. “Similar to Sisyphus, it will be problematic to reach the pinnacle where targeted cure is achieved,” wrote Dr. Slominski, who… Read More