In the Summer edition of The Research Rainmaker, we outlined some of the early wins that have been achieved in just one short year since the Operational Strategic Plan for Research was approved and implemented. One area the UTHSC Office of Research is striving to further support is entrepreneurial ventures. We recognize that our faculty are… Read More
In later summer 2017, UTHSC in partnership with the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) welcomed the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Chris West. The EIR position is a shared resource between Memphis Bioworks Foundation and UTRF designed to support innovative research teams and their entrepreneurial ventures in Memphis and throughout the state. Chris comes to UTHSC with… Read More
In early Fall 2017, the Office of Research Development announced a new Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Award opportunity for UTHSC Researchers. The new UTHSC/Southern Research (SR) CORNET Award in Drug Discovery and Development was designed to launch drug discovery programs that are based on new and unique biology of disease that will fill significant unmet medical… Read More
Research, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization In early November, UTHSC announced a new collaborative partnership with Memphis Bioworks Foundation and TriMetis Life Sciences. The partnership surrounds the recent addition of Steve Bares, PhD, president and executive director of Memphis Bioworks, and Phil Cestaro, president and CEO of TriMetis Life Sciences, to the Office of Research Leadership Team. The… Read More
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
