The laboratory of Ronald “Nick” Laribee, PhD, studies how cells sense nutrients and transmit the information to the machinery regulating how genes are turned on and off.
The Communications and Marketing Department of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has earned top honors – Platinum – in the 2013 MarCom Awards. An international creative competition, the MarCom Awards recognize outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals. UTHSC’s team submitted only one entry in the annual competition titled, “BSN Reborn!” Entered… Read More
David M. Stern, MD, executive dean for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has named Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS, as the first Eastridge-Cole Professor and chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at UTHSC. Dr. Weksler will also serve as chief of Thoracic Surgery for UT Methodist… Read More
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of bronchiolitis or lower respiratory tract infection in young children, is responsible for significant mortality of infants worldwide. Stephania Cormier, PhD, is bringing $727,500 in grant money to Memphis to research the virus and better understand the role it plays in the development of asthma in children who… Read More
The widespread disease of drug addiction puts a heavy burden on addicts, their families, and the public. The abuse of and addiction to illegal drugs costs society an estimated $181 billion per year. Among contraband drugs, cocaine is one of the most widely abused and addictive substances in the U.S. Currently, there are no pharmacotherapies… Read More
Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, department chair, welcomes guests to the dedication ceremony. A formal dedication of the new Kaplan-Amonette Department of Dermatology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) was held Oct. 11, at 2:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Hamilton Eye Institute at 930 Madison Ave.
The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is seeking participants with prediabetes for a new study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health with collaboration from Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The study, referred to as D2d, will determine if vitamin D can reduce the risk of getting… Read More
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare President & CEO Gary Shorb (center, back row) and UTHSC College of Medicine Executive Dean David Stern (far right) recently met with four of the five African-American medical students who were awarded the first Dr. Ed Reed Scholarships. From left, Pat Matthews Juarez, PhD, and Paul Juarez, PhD, two UTHSC professors… Read More
