When Seetharaman Jayaraman, PhD, associate professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, learned that his former collaborator and renowned computational biologist, David Baker, PhD, had won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he felt a deep sense of pride. As a structural biologist, Dr. Jayaraman played a key role to… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing is working with Regional One Health to bring nurse midwifery to Lauderdale County – one of many Tennessee counties dubbed a maternity care desert because residents there have no access to obstetric care. The College of Nursing offers a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree… Read More
In the last year, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has deepened its commitment to fostering healthier communities through person-first pharmacy care. This dedication is illustrated in the Fall 2024 issue of the College of Pharmacy Magazine, highlighting the faculty’s achievements in education and research, the students’ excellence, and… Read More
Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians Jonathan D. Finder, MD, and Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, were recently named co-principal investigators of a five-year, $3 million National Institutes of Health research project (R01) grant, “Integrative Genomics of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease.” The multicenter grant uses genetic data from Le Bonheur and UT… Read More
Tuberculosis (TB) has coexisted with humanity since the beginning of human history. In 2022, tuberculosis (TB) was the second leading infectious killer worldwide, following COVID-19, with 1.3 million deaths reported, according to the World Health Organization. Primarily impacting the lungs, TB can cause various symptoms, including coughing, coughing up blood or mucus, chest pain, fever,… Read More
During its final meeting in 2024, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday recognized a vital 100-year clinical and teaching partnership, celebrated 70 years of outstanding work by the Audiology and Speech Pathology Department in Knoxville, heard updates from the chancellor and college deans on programs and initiatives, and received an overview… Read More
Upon entering the Student-Alumni Center on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s campus, students, faculty, and staff are now welcomed by an artistic display that not only inspires a creative and festive spirit but also aims to make them feel more at home. At the center of this creative transformation is Jess Guthrie, assistant… Read More
Amali Samarasinghe, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health Science Center, describes herself as an aficionada of the alternative hypothesis. “I have a passion to uncover the inner workings of non-dogmatic possibilities.” Dr. Samarasinghe is the lead author of a comprehensive review on eosinophils published in the September 2024 edition of The… Read More
