In recent postings by Expertscape, two UTHSC leaders were ranked among the top 1% of scholars worldwide who have published works in their respective fields over the past 10 years. Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH, Endowed Professor of Women’s Health and Preventive Medicine at UTHSC and Co-Director of the TN-CTSI, was listed in the top 0.91%… Read More
The Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine (TennIRM) is presenting their inaugural annual symposium next month. The 1st Annual TennIRM Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 from 9:00am – 4:00pm. Attendance options are either in-person at the UTHSC Mooney Library, or virtually via zoom. Regardless of the option you choose, registration is required… Read More
The Office of Research is celebrating yet another CORNET hit, with a recent $1.15 million NIH award to Wei Li, PhD, UTHSC Distinguished Professor and director of the College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Center, and Jianxiong Jiang, PhD, associate professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Neurobiology at UTHSC. The two are principal investigators on a project titled “Targeting… Read More
New Dates Announced For Global Scientific Conference Recruited to Memphis by UTHSC, TennIRM The International Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference (IEBMC), a major scientific conference being jointly hosted by University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine (TennIRM), has been rescheduled with an updated speaker lineup. Originally slated for October… Read More
The Office of Research’s CORNET symposia are returning this fall. Based on the ideals of cross-disciplinary team science, the CORNET Awards were created to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary, team research. CORNET Awards Symposia are held to honor award teams and provide award recipients an opportunity to present their findings and share their discoveries. A variety of collaborations,… Read More
Last month, UTHSC joined institutions across the country celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week (9/20-9/24, 2021). The week was a chance to recognize the significant contributions postdoctoral scholars make to UTHSC research and discovery. The Postdoctoral Office in the UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences invited Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Steve Goodman, to be the… Read More
Annual grant and contract awards secured by UTHSC researchers reached record heights in FY21. The Office of Research reported annual grant and contract awards for FY21, which ended June 30, 2021, totaled $121.7 million, a 20.6% increase from last year. Sponsored dollars in FY20 were approximately $100.8 million; the FY21 total is currently $121,700,667. Roughly… Read More
The Office of Research is excited to announce that the Hot Topics in Research series is returning this fall! Hot Topics in Research is an educational lunch-and-learn series put on by the Office of Research, designed to inform the UTHSC community of opportunities and resources available to them. Since 2016, we’ve had presentations on a variety… Read More
