“And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it. And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it” -Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall I came to UTHSC to find several clinical trial offices: Office of Clinical Research, Clinical Research Center, Office of Preventive Medicine Clinical Research, Pediatric… Read More
“Tennessee’s state-wide multi-site clinical trial facilitator – Hospital operated, academically supported, powered by a robust research enterprise data ware- house, for superior performance and increased sponsor engagement.” The Clinical Trials Network of Tennessee (CTN2) has been activated. It will operate as a separate 501(c)(3) subsidiary of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), the non-profit… 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
A Knoxville-based startup company, Peroxygen Systems, Inc., claimed the grand prize at the 2016 Tennessee Venture Challenge (TVC) competition for budding entrepreneurs in early April. Ming Qi of Peroxygen Systems, Inc. received $20,000 from the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), winning over five other startups whose principals pitched their business ideas to a panel of investors. The Tennessee Venture Challenge, hosted by the… Read More
