Vascular biology plays a vital role in the progression of many debilitating diseases including: cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Vascular disease is the most common cause of death and disablility in Western societies.

Understanding the vascular system is critical in the war against vascular disease. As a result, the integrated study of disease related to the vascular system is developing as an essential area of focus on the top medical school campuses around the country.

The Vascular Biology Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) was established in 1999 to facilitate collaborations in the Mid-South to accelerate knowledge in the area of vascular biology. In January of 2000 the Vascular Biology Program received a 5 million dollar investment from the State of Tennessee to further the accomplishments of the program and create a Vascular Biology Center of Excellence (VBCE).

To date, the VBCE has organized approximately 100 investigators from more than 30 departments across the UTHSC campus and five additional institutions (including St. Jude Children's Research Center, Methodist Hospital, The University of Memphis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital) to facilitate bench to bedside vascular biology research.

 

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