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Zhongjie Sun Awarded $2.4 Million to Study Regulation of Kidney Function and Blood Pressure in Aging

Written by Lee Ferguson

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Research

Zhongjie Sun, MD, PhD, Thomas A. Gerwin Chair of Excellence in Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and co-director of the UT Methodist Cardiovascular Institute, has been awarded $2.4 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for a project that may lead to new therapeutic strategies to… Read More

UTHSC Hypertension Investigator Receives $2.6 Million Grant, Champions VCR CORNET Awards Program

Written by Sarah Ashley Bloch

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Research

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center researcher Kafait U. Malik, DSc, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmacology, has been working in the area of cardiovascular science, with a focus on the mechanism underlying the development of high blood pressure, or hypertension, and its pathogenesis for more than four decades. “I have a zest… Read More