University of Tennessee Health Science Center

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a public academic health sciences institution headquartered in Memphis, serving the state through comprehensive colleges in the health professions and a statewide network of clinical education sites. Industry collaborates through integrated partnerships with teaching hospitals across Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, providing access to diverse patient populations, real-world data, and clinician investigators for sponsored studies and translation. Shared core facilities, biobanking capabilities, and translational research spaces—along with simulation and surgical training environments—support contract research, prototyping and validation, and multicenter trials coordination. Research is supported by competitive federal funding led by the NIH, with additional awards from other national agencies. A dedicated technology transfer office manages IP, licensing, sponsored-research agreements, and startup support to accelerate commercialization.