Category: 2016

In the newly approved Operational Strategic Plan for Research, there is an entire section devoted to Stimulating Partnerships and Collaborations. Outlined carefully in this section are subsections that describe specific ways UTHSC can spur partnerships and collaborations with our different partners, both established and yet to be established. Corporate Partners in Research, one of the… Read More

The 2016 University of Tennessee Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards in Cancer request for applications was announced in late September at Vice Chancellor for Research Steven R. Goodman’s Town Hall meeting. The CORNET Awards provide seed money to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary, team-based research which will give rise to future extramural funding. There are several key… Read More

At the core of the College of Dentistry (COD) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) mission are three fundamental values: Teaching, Service, and Research. The COD has placed an increased emphasis on research in the past few years which has started them on a journey of transformation. While teaching will always remain… Read More

In his Town Hall address on September 26, 2016, Vice Chancellor for Research Steven R. Goodman, PhD, announced that the Office of Research Development had recently purchased Elsevier’s Pure Funding Discovery Module. Pure will provide UTHSC with a public-facing portal which will allow the university to showcase its faculty and their research expertise, thus increasing… Read More

As biomedical researchers, we rely on peer-reviewed journal articles to improve our knowledge and stay abreast of current information, techniques, and ideas. Journal articles often contain interrelated concepts of biological systems including biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, genetics, diseases, and drug therapies, making it difficult for any single reader to know details of all the content. Therefore,… Read More

Jarrod Fortwendel, PhDdm assistant professor in the  department of Clinical Pharmacy within the College of Pharmacy joined the faculty in July 2016. After completing his BS in Clinical Laboratory Science from Indiana State University in 1999, Dr. Forwendel received his PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine from the University of Cincinnati in 2005. He completed his… Read More