A paper authored by Lawrence M. Pfeffer, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pathology and director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been published in the journal Oncotarget, entitled “The critical role that STAT3 plays in glioma-initiating cells: STAT3 addiction in glioma.” The paper… Read More
Darrylinn Todd, EdD, has been named associate vice chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
Valeria Raquel Mas, PhD, has been named Director of Transplant Research for the UT- Methodist Transplant Institute. She will also hold the Transplant Institute Endowed Professorship in Translational Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have formed the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI) to address health inequities in the Southern United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the American South represented the largest population growth by region in 2017. Comprised of 17 states stretching from Texas, Oklahoma,… Read More
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding childhood cancer research, has awarded more than $650,000 in new grants to support researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Based in Los Angeles, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is one of the nation’s largest private funder of… Read More
Scott Strome, MD, FACS, an internationally recognized head and neck surgeon, has been named Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) effective on or before October 1. Dr. Strome comes to UTHSC from the University of Maryland School… Read More
Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have discovered a chemical compound that could lower sugar levels as effectively as the diabetes drug Metformin but with a lower dose. This new approach to diabetes drug discovery has been published in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal. The research team includes… Read More
Sue Chin Lee, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been awarded the UTHSC/Southern Research Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Award in Drug Discovery and Development for studying treatments that target anti-tumor immunity.
