Tag: Dr. Robert Williams


Landmark Aging Study by UT Health Sciences Researcher Published in Nature

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Portrait of Dr. Rob Williams in the lab

A University of Tennessee Health Sciences researcher has published findings that could reshape how medicine approaches aging, longevity and late-life health, including the prospect of personalized interventions that keep people healthier longer. Rob Williams, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics in the College of Medicine, is the lead author… Read More


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

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Headshot of Dr. Colleen Jonsson

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


UTHSC a Leader in Hosting Open Data COVID-19 Sequence Resource

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Faculty members from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have led the development of PubSeq, a global digital data repository of COVID-19 RNA sequences. PubSeq is open to all interested individuals, primarily researchers working to understand the CoV-2 coronavirus and the pattern of spread of its numerous variants (including the Delta variant). “We created… Read More