UTHSC Professor Wins $1M Grant
Dr. Junling Wang, a professor in the department of clinical pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has won a grant of almost $1 million.
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Memphis working to close the breast cancer disparity gap
“This is a huge problem in Memphis, a crisis,” said Dr. Gustavo Miranda-Carboni, a professor and cancer researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Miranda-Carboni, recruited by UTHSC to study breast cancer and related health disparities, is part of a growing consortium of researchers, oncologists and health care providers who aren’t waiting.
Shelby County program helps relative caregivers
The University of Tennessee’s Relative Caregiver Program is designed to support children whose parents are not able to care for them.
Major Donor Gift for West Cancer Center
West Cancer Center has announced a multimillion-dollar gift from Jack and Betty Moore to The University of Tennessee/West Institute for Cancer Research, the cancer center’s fundraising arm.
Mystery still surrounds death of Inmate No. 81738
The autopsy, conducted by a doctor at the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center in Memphis, listed Thornton’s cause of death as “multiple blunt traumatic and thermal injuries.”
Memphis Innovation Awards 2015 Announces Honorees
University of Tennessee Health Science Center professor Dr. Lisa Jennings was honored for the foundation of CirQuest Labs and Ariste Medical. Her multi-service lab connects pharmaceutical and device industries, while reducing costs and complexity.
Surprising discovery on racial disparities in health care
“It is widely accepted that African Americans have higher mortality and worse cardiovascular outcomes in the general population. A large part of this is attributable to socioeconomic deprivation, which includes, among others, lack of obtaining needed health care,” study author Dr. Csaba Kovesdy, director of the Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program in Nephrology at… Read More
Memphis Researcher’s Strep Vaccine Moves to Trial Phase
Vaxent chief scientific officer James B. Dale, who also serves as a professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, invented StreptAnova based on more than 25 years of laboratory research.