Research at The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Research is essential to both the educational and patient care arms of the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. Without research, young students, physicians, and other medical care providers cannot obtain essential knowledge of evolving medical therapies or learn to evaluate future therapies. Exposure to research is essential to the education of physicians, who must learn to apply scientific methodologies and continue to learn throughout the decades of a medical practice.
Laboratory Research
Patients need practitioners familiar with the latest medical knowledge. Involvement in clinical trials advances the knowledge of our physicians and provides patients with access to new therapies that are otherwise unavailable. Research one year may become standard medical therapy the following year. Of course laboratory research serves as the underpinning for our clinical investigations.
Our Research Efforts
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine houses a number of world-class research efforts that have already made a considerable impact on the understanding and treatment of serious medical disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's Disease, amyloid disease, multiple myeloma, ovarian and breast cancer, and reproductive disorders. These focused areas of excellence provide an ever increasing interface between the clinical and research arms of the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
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