Researchers at UTHSC and the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center played a significant role in collecting data that resulted in the new guidelines announced in late October for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure. The first comprehensive new high blood pressure guidelines were published by the American College of Cardiology and the… Read More
We have several leadership positions open at UTHSC with search committees assigned. It seems like an opportune time to think about the qualities that we are looking for in our current and future UTHSC leaders. With the passing of Prince Rogers Nelson in April 2016, the world lost a musical genius and innovator. One of his… Read More
Adjacent to the heart of UTHSC’s campus is the UT-Baptist Research Park. Constructed in 2009, the 30,315 square-foot facility hosts strains of naturally occurring infectious diseases such as multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, tularemia, streptococci, cholera, and Chlamydia infections. This biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3), Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3), and Select Agent Facility, as defined by the Centers… Read More
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” When one reads these famous words by Albert Einstein, you cannot help but think of the process of change. Ever continual, sometimes grueling, but you must be willing to endure the process in order to progress forward. UTHSC was established in 1911… Read More
One of the important strategic goals outlined in the Infrastructure section of the Operational Strategic Plan for Research was the unification, under the Office of Research, of all existing pre- and post-award functions, as well as additional activities directly re- lated to the research enterprise. This unification process also included the development of sponsored programs offices at… Read More
Each year, the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) presents the Young Investigator Award for Research in Olfaction to an outstanding junior faculty researcher who is an emerging leader in the field of olfaction. In April 2017, that award was given to Max Fletcher, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at UTHSC.… Read More
The UTHSC Office of Research is excited to introduce the Agilent iLab core facility software solution (iLab Operations Software) to campus to manage our institutional core facilities. iLab is a web-based system highly customized for academic shared resources that will streamline research by making the process of requesting equipment reservations, order requests, and billing core users quicker… Read More
Six research teams were recently announced as the 2017 awardees for the UTHSC Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards. Based on the ideals of cross-disciplinary team science, the CORNET Awards provides seed money to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary, team-based research, which will give rise to future extramural funding. To date, the CORNET Awards have provided almost $1… Read More
As you have learned from this issue of the Research Rainmaker, a delegation of UTHSC research education leaders visited Sichuan University in Chengdu, China in mid-February 2017. The group included Drs. Steph Cormier, Gabor Tigyi, Jeff Towbin, Ryan Yates, Don Thomason, Weikuan Gu and me. We were visiting an old friend of mine, Dr. James Kang, who I… Read More
