Steve J. Schwab, MD, chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Johnnie D. Ray, president, University of Tennessee Foundation, have appointed Randy L. Farmer, EdD, as vice chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs at UTHSC. In his new position, Dr. Farmer will report directly to the chancellor and supervise a 19-person… Read More
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced that Vivian S. Loveless, PharmD, BCNP, FAPhA, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the recipient of the 2012 APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice. She is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical… Read More
Roderick Hori, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received an award of $112,266 from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for a study titled, “Delineation of Methyl-DNA Binding Protein Interactions in the Prostate Cancer Genome.” The award will fund… Read More
The Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has announced that the TARGIT Research Study (Treating Adults at Risk for Weight Gain with Interactive Technology) has reached a milestone of enrolling 200 participants. The purpose of the study is to test an intervention, which targets young adult smokers who… Read More
Tonia Rex, PhD, assistant professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a grant totaling $1,874,688 from the National Eye Institute, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health. The award will fund research on glaucoma. The study titled, “Novel Therapy and Mechanisms… Read More
Chancellor Steve J. Schwab, MD, senior-level administrators and students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently welcomed Rev. Jesse Jackson to the UTHSC main campus in Memphis. The civil rights leader and Baptist minister is in town to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and… Read More
From April 10 to 13, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will host a TEDMEDLive Simulcast on its Memphis campus, inviting about 250 local health care professionals to participate in each day’s events.
A team of researchers led by Mark S. LeDoux, MD, PhD, professor in the Department at Neurology at the UTHSC, has made a discovery that may lead to a cure for primary cervical dystonia.
