There is perhaps no field more relevant to the future of medical care than regenerative medicine. With the potential to heal or replace tissues and organs damaged by age, disease, or trauma, regenerative medicine stands to bypass obstacles posed by current transplant therapy, which suffers from limited donor supply and often severe immune complications. The… 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
After a whirlwind two days of meeting with multiple leaders at companies from across the city of Memphis and speaking with several officials from UTHSC and the University of Memphis, we sat down with Dr. James Kang (left) and Dr. Steven R. Goodman (right) to talk about where they’ve been, what has been discussed, and what… Read More
In February, a UTHSC delegation led by Vice Chancellor for Research Steven Goodman visited Chengdu in the PR of China. The delegation included Dean Don Thomason, Associate VCRs Stephania Cormier and Gabor Tigyi, Assistant VCR Weikuan Gu, Professor of Pharmacy Ryan Yates, and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at UTHSC and St. Jude Chair of Pediatric Cardiology… Read More
When the University of Tennessee Health Science Center hosted a delegation of Chinese scientists in mid-April as part of an ongoing conversation to bring novel research initiatives, cutting-edge biotechnologies, and a student and postdoctoral Fellow Exchange Program to Memphis, you may wonder what could all this mean for UTHSC’s future? Our university offers several unique assets… Read More
