Tag: cancer

UT Health Science Center Researchers on Team that Developed Novel Technique To Help Understand Cancer at the Cellular Level

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

Three investigators from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are part of a team of scientists from around the country who developed a novel single-cell technology that could eventually lead to more targeted therapies for cancer. Neil Hayes, MD, professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the College of Medicine and director… Read More

Dr. Liza Makowski Aims to Transform Cancer Care by Understanding Obesity and Cancer Connections

Written by Christopher Green

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Research

When Liza Makowski, PhD, moved to Memphis to join the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, she amplified her goal of making a difference in the cancer space. Dr. Makowski leads the Makowski Lab at UT Health Science Center, with a goal to study how obesity and immune cells like white blood cells affect cancer… Read More

UT Health Science Center Researchers Partner on Multi-Institutional $20 Million Award to Develop New Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Therapies

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research

UT Health Science Center researchers Gabor Tigyi, MD, PhD, Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor in Basic Oncology Research, Junming Yue, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pathology, Sue Chin Lee, associate professor in the Department of Physiology, and David Schwartz, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, are part of a scientific leadership… Read More

UTHSC Part of International Colorectal Cancer Study Renewed for Five Years with $10 Million for Innovative Research

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Clinical CareResearch

A major international study of colorectal cancer called the ColoCare Study, which includes the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a five-year renewal with $10 million from the National Institutes of Health to fuel new innovations in colorectal cancer treatment. This next phase of the project will focus on developing new medical interventions… Read More

Narayanan Named Deputy Director of UTHSC Center for Cancer Research

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research
Dr. Rames Narayanan

Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, MBA, has been named the deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Narayanan is a professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine in the UTHSC College of Medicine, Muirhead Endowed Professor of Pathology, and the director… Read More

UTHSC’s Neil Hayes, MD, Funded to Continue Research  Related to The Cancer Genome Atlas

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research
Dr. Neil Hayes is a co-principal on a $1.8 million grant to continue working on research related to the TCGA.

Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is one of two principal investigators for a $1.8 million grant that extends the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a groundbreaking multisite project to understand cancer at its molecular level through genome sequencing and… Read More

UTHSC College of Medicine Forms New Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Cancer Program

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical Care

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine has formed the UTHSC Cancer Program, a new comprehensive, multidisciplinary initiative consisting of a group of university faculty clinicians, who will provide cancer care across multiple university-affiliated hospital systems and clinical practice groups in the region. The new program includes physicians in all cancer-related specialties… Read More

UTHSC Researchers Collaborate on $2 Million Grant To Study Immune System and Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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Research

Liza Makowski, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics-Obesity at UTHSC, have received $2.1 million from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine how the microbiome impacts the immune system and response… Read More