Tag: UTHSC Center for Cancer Research

Narayanan Named Deputy Director of UTHSC Center for Cancer Research

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Research
Dr. Rames Narayanan

Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, MBA, has been named the deputy director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Narayanan is a professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine in the UTHSC College of Medicine, Muirhead Endowed Professor of Pathology, and the director… Read More

Makowski, Pierre Publish Findings on Obesity and Response to Cancer Therapy

Written by Communications and Marketing

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Research

Liza Makowski, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research, has long been interested in how the immune system is altered by obesity and how this impacts cancer risk and treatment. “Obesity is complex, because it can cause both inflammation and activate counter-inflammation pathways leading to immunosuppression,” Dr. Makowski… Read More