People: Faculty News

Karen J. Derefinko Awarded $3.3 Million for Behavioral Research to Help Patients Struggling With Opioid Addiction

Written by Trevor Pruitt

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Research

Karen J. Derefinko, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop psychological methods designed to help individuals with opioid use disorder through medication assisted treatment. The United States Department of Health and… Read More

UTHSC College of Nursing Changing Lives

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

In the new issue of the UTHSC Nursing Magazine you’ll discover the many ways the college is improving patient outcomes and shaping the future of the profession; meet new leadership in the college; learn program highlights including pass rates, enrollment numbers, and scholarships available to students; and recaps from exciting events including the NightinGala, Golden… Read More

UTHSC Nursing Professor Presents Internationally on Nursing Standards in Global Childhood Cancer Care

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Education

When childhood cancer experts from around the world meet in Lyon, France, this week at the 51st Congress of the Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), they will take on the big issues in addressing treatment of this disease in children. Keynote addresses will run the gamut from World Health Organization cancer policies to the genomics… Read More

Catherine Womack Part of Inaugural UT Executive Leadership Institute Class

Written by Alan Burns

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Education

Catherine Womack, MD, associate dean of student affairs in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, graduated in the first class of the UT Executive Leadership Institute. The inaugural class included 17 faculty and staff members from each University of Tennessee campus and institute. The Executive Leadership Institute was created… Read More

UTHSC’s Qi Zhao, MD, PhD, Using New Technology To Research Markers of Future Muscle Loss in Older Adults

Written by Trevor Pruitt

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Research

Qi Zhao, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded approximately $3 million to research improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sarcopenia. Characterized by the age-related, involuntary loss of muscle mass and strength, sarcopenia is one of the primary causes… Read More

Collaborative Research Leads to Creative Solution

Written by Jackie Denton

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Clinical CareResearch

Can a candy be good for your teeth? It can be, with the right ingredients. Researchers from the College of Dentistry and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have worked together to develop lollipop that is changing the way erosion of tooth enamel is treated. Searching for Options The… Read More

UTHSC Assoc. Professor Leads Research that Develops New Technology for Faster Diagnosis of Early Lyme Disease

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

A research team led by Maria Gomes-Solecki, DVM, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in collaboration with Sam Sia, PhD, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, has developed technology that could result in a new point-of-care diagnostic… Read More

Scientists at UTHSC and ORNL Collaborate to Develop Potential New Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

Nearly five years after beginning their research, investigators from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, with collaboration from scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), have found what they believe will be a next generation treatment option for advanced prostate cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, a high-impact journal in the cancer field, published a paper on… Read More