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Rachel Patton McCord, associate professor of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology and UT-ORII’s radiopharmaceutical therapies convergent research initiative (CRI) team co-leader has received $3 million in federal funding for genomic research in cancer treatment.  McCord’s team works on DNA damage in cancer cells in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to research how low…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For the fifth year, the University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Science Alliance is offering undergraduate students hands-on research experience at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its Student Mentoring and Research Training program, or SMaRT. This summer, the program is hosting 40 undergraduates from 28 universities nationwide, including…

UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Science Alliance is proud to announce the 2025–26 GATE (Graduate Advancement, Training, and Education) award recipients — 11 outstanding graduate students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! Congratulations to:Pradip AdhikariLia AmaliaSam GruberAnik MuhuryJason OlavesenMd. Saif Hassan OnimEmily ProehlOpeyemi TadeBipin T.Xudong WangHahley Marie Wiltse This year’s GATE awards represent an investment of…

UTK PhD student Anna Jones is making strides in cancer research — and she’s just been awarded two scholarships from the American Nuclear Society (ANS): the 2025-2026 Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship and the 2025-2026 Oak Ridge/Knoxville Local Section Scholarship. Jones’ groundbreaking work with UT-ORII’s Radiopharmaceutical Therapies Convergent Research Initiative team is focused on developing new ways to diagnose and treat…