Tag: Dr. Maha Krishnamurthy

From Honeymoon to Pitch Table: UT Health Sciences Graduate Student Embodies ‘Discovery to Impact’

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research
Portrait of CJ Rudolph in the lab with a scoliosis brace on the counter next to him.

On June 18, CJ Rudolph landed in Memphis at 1 a.m. after nearly 24 hours of travel home from his honeymoon. By mid-day, he was standing before a room of researchers, investors and industry leaders pitching a medical device he had spent three years developing. Hours later, the third-year University of Tennessee Health Sciences biomedical… Read More

Innovation Developed by UT Health Sciences Research Program Passes Landmark Trial for Cardiac Amyloidosis

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Clinical CareResearch
Portrait of Dr. Jon Wall sitting in a lab in front of shelves containing scientific instruments and materials

A new diagnostic tool developed at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences may soon make it significantly easier for physicians to detect cardiac amyloidosis, a progressive and frequently underdiagnosed disease caused by abnormal protein deposits in the heart. The tool is a novel imaging technology, a radioactive molecule that, when injected into a patient and… Read More