Two different strategies to discover and perfect pharmaceuticals active against the COVID-19 virus have attracted a half million dollars in research funding to support five institutions, including the Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
The issue of too many people and not enough doctors has been an issue that’s plagued parts of the Mid-South for decades. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects the country will face a shortage of between 54-THOUSAND to 139-THOUSAND physicians by 2033. In the Mid-South, health officials say the shortage is due to a… Read More
The Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine is doing cutting-edge work at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and their goal is to translate scientific discoveries into new therapies for people suffering from organ damage. To learn more, we talked with executive director Dr. Gabor Tigyi and UTHSC’s vice chancellor for research, Dr. Steve Goodman.
The Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has announced the latest round of grant recipients from its Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Joseph F. Pierre, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, received a $423,292 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the pathophysiology of Hirschsprung Disease in newborns. Ankush Gosain, MD,… Read More
As new mask mandates rolled in nationwide Wednesday following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that vaccinated people in high-transmission areas should still mask indoors, the Shelby County Health Department will not comment on what residents should do. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Wednesday, July 28, the county is still reviewing the… Read More
It was May of last year when Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued guidance for reopening churches. Since then, it’s been a multitude of difficult decisions about how and when to come back to in-person worship service and once again, they’re having to make more decisions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Dr. Ogu is an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
