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UT Works with Community Partners to Address Health Issues in Rural Counties and Underserved Groups

posted on August 28, 2024

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.

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Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Nina Fefferman.

National Science Foundation Awards UT $18M to Study Factors That Lead to Pandemics

posted on August 22, 2024

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.

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Statewide Biomedical and Clinical Research Collaborative Awards Granted

posted on July 18, 2024

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.

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Kristina Gordon, associate dean for community engagement for both the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and the College of Social Work and CHS CEO Parinda Khatri.

William T. Grant Foundation Announces Funding for UT, Cherokee Health Systems for Research-Practice Partnership

posted on June 5, 2024

The grant-funded efforts will center around the development of a training program for CHS practitioners and UT students and faculty.
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The Conversation: Why are some people faster than others? 2 exercise scientists explain the secrets of running speed

posted on April 29, 2024

There are several reasons why some people can run very fast while others tend to run more slowly. Dawn Coe and Elizabeth (Kip) Webster answered the question, “Why are some people faster than others?” for The Conversation’s Curious Kids series.

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Targeted Cancer Treatments Take Priority at UT, UTHSC and ORNL

posted on April 18, 2024

A partnership between UT, UTHSC, and ORNL aims to improve outcomes for cancer patients by identifying new precision therapies that leverage the state’s deep expertise in radioisotope production. The partnership will advance new radioisotope theranostics from concept to clinical application.

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