Last Saturday morning, 25 Shelby County high school students came to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus in Memphis to compete in the state’s first-ever Brain Bee. Not all arrived believing a career in medicine was possible. By day’s end, they could picture themselves as the person in the room who had the… Read More
For the first time, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected a student from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The five-year fellowship will provide Kelsey Glasper with three years of critical financial support, including an annual stipend and coverage of educational expenses, and access to professional… Read More
William Armstrong of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Researches Hormone Oxytocin Using $1.5 Million Grant Most women who have had labor induced to deliver their babies have had experience with the hormone oxytocin. William Armstrong, PhD, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), is conducting research on the neuronal mechanisms governing… Read More