Tag: Dr. Karen Johnson

UTHSC Team Receives $3 Million To Test Health IT Intervention Targeting Disadvantaged Groups

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Clinical CareResearch

A UTHSC research team has been awarded $3.2 million from the National Cancer Institute to test the use of health information technology in managing obesity among disadvantaged groups. Karen Johnson MD, MPH, Endowed Professor of Women’s Health and chair of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC, is leading a clinical trial to determine whether an existing weight-loss… Read More

UTHSC Researchers Sweep UT President’s Awards Five Years in a Row

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research
Colleen Jonsson, PhD

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently announced its third record-breaking year for research grant awards. This effort to increase research awards by 43% over five years to $122.3 million has had multiple drivers. The reorganization of the Office of Research led by Steve Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research, has made the environment… Read More