Category: Research


UT Research Foundation Honors Pioneers of Progress at 2024 Innovation Awards

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UT Health Science Center researchers across the state were celebrated for their pioneering discoveries and entrepreneurial excellence at the 2024 University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) Innovation Awards. The ceremonies, held November 25 in Knoxville and December 4 in Memphis, honored the brilliant and dedicated faculty whose research-to-commercialization successes are driving real-world impact to treat… Read More


Dr. Kirk Hevener Awarded $3.7 Million for Groundbreaking Research on Bacterial Gut Infection Treatment

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded $3.7 million to Kirk Hevener, PharmD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, for a project to develop new treatments for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, a serious and often deadly bacterial infection of… Read More


College of Nursing Leads System Collaboration for Rural Health Outreach

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A $500,000, two-year grant led by faculty from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing will increase outreach, education, and health care workforce development in rural areas of the state. The effort is a collaboration with nursing faculty from the University of Tennessee at Martin and the University of Tennessee Southern in… Read More


UT Health Science Center Hosts UT President’s Council Showcasing Successes, Impressive Momentum

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Third-year dental student Gustavo Morrice spoke of the joy he felt to be able to provide a full set of dentures for a patient recently. “To me, that was really powerful,” he said. “I love what I do.” A Nashville native who has dreamed of being a dentist since fourth grade, Morrice was addressing the… Read More


UT Health Science Center Researcher’s Experimental Work Integral to Nobel-Winning Protein Design

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When Seetharaman Jayaraman, PhD, associate professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, learned that his former collaborator and renowned computational biologist, David Baker, PhD, had won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, he felt a deep sense of pride. As a structural biologist, Dr. Jayaraman played a key role to… Read More


College of Pharmacy’s Fall 2024 Magazine Focuses on Statewide Community Care

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In the last year, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has deepened its commitment to fostering healthier communities through person-first pharmacy care. This dedication is illustrated in the fall 2024 issue of the College of Pharmacy Magazine, highlighting the faculty’s achievements in education and research, the students’ excellence, and… Read More


Physicians at UT Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Participate in $3 Million NIH Grant on Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease

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Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians Jonathan D. Finder, MD, and Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, were recently named co-principal investigators of a five-year, $3 million National Institutes of Health research project (R01) grant, “Integrative Genomics of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease.” The multicenter grant uses genetic data from Le Bonheur and UT… Read More


Bernd Meibohm, PhD, Part of Research Team Securing $4 Million NIH Grant to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment

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Tuberculosis (TB) has coexisted with humanity since the beginning of human history. In 2022, tuberculosis (TB) was the second leading infectious killer worldwide, following COVID-19, with 1.3 million deaths reported, according to the World Health Organization. Primarily impacting the lungs, TB can cause various symptoms, including coughing, coughing up blood or mucus, chest pain, fever,… Read More