Tag: College of Graduate Health Sciences


Driven by Curiosity

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Kelsey Glasper

Prestigious Fellowship Helps PhD Student Thrive “I’ve always been fascinated by the brain and how it shapes who we are.” That curiosity has guided Kelsey Glasper to national recognition as she works toward her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. Glasper is the first UT Health Sciences student to be selected… Read More

Where Academic Healthcare Meets AI

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Dr. Jessica Snowden portrait

There is a version of the artificial intelligence story that everyone has heard by now: the billion-dollar campuses, the coastal cities competing for the next great tech company. Memphis, Tennessee, does not fit that story. And that, it turns out, may be precisely the point. The University of Tennessee Health Sciences’ achievement of R1 research… Read More

Pursuing What Breaks Your Heart

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Rachel Perkins hugs a faculty member on the commencement stage.

How UT Health Sciences Helped Me Find Purpose in the Lab Growing up, my mom always told me, “To have a career that you feel lasting fulfillment from, you need to pursue what breaks your heart.” That idea ultimately guided me to cancer research. As a child, I was fascinated by science and always knew… Read More