UTHSC researcher developing vaccine to help eradicate rheumatic heart disease, saving thousands of lives each year. Anyone who has spent time around children is likely familiar with strep throat, a common bacterial infection treated with antibiotics in high-income countries. However, in low-to-moderate-income parts of the world, this seemingly innocuous infection can become deadly due to (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Andy Pulte
UTIA researcher practices ‘slowest performing art,’ introducing new varieties of hardy hibiscus. A University of Tennessee researcher and self-described equal opportunity plant lover has spent the better part of the last decade breeding new varieties of hardy hibiscus plants. Plant breeding is kind of like creative gambling,” jokes Andy Pulte, Distinguished Lecturer and Director in (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Anne Zachry
In 2021, UTRF awarded Zachry a Maturation Grant to help develop and test the Tummy Time Trainer.