Health and Wellness
Faculty members in nursing, microbiology and nuclear engineering are leading research projects to address complex health challenges including breast cancer, diabetes and other conditions that disproportionately affect communities across Tennessee.
Researchers are harnessing the power of AI to deliver practical solutions to real-world challenges—from enabling more precise surgeries and quicker scanning for cancer to preparing students and workers for success in an increasingly AI-driven future.
An amputee controlling a prosthetic with his own muscles. A military medic 3D printing the bones she needs to treat injuries. What sounds like science fiction is underway every day in labs across UT, as researchers from work on medical solutions that will improve lives.
UT researchers and their community partners are working together to address health disparities in rural Appalachia and in other underserved communities, tackling some of the region’s top health challenges, from opioid use disorder to Type 2 diabetes.
Nina Fefferman has been awarded $18 million from the National Science Foundation to study how, when and why an infection in a population will spread, or cause an epidemic or pandemic, rather than dying out.
A new system-wide collaborative grant program led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Knoxville is supporting research and scholarly activities to pursue discoveries addressing health issues across Tennessee and beyond.
